SACRAMENTO – The California Energy Commission this week approved the construction of the proposed Beacon Solar Energy Project, the first solar thermal power project permitted in 20 years. “Today’s action begins the journey of increasing clean renewable energy in California,” said Energy Commission Chairman Karen Douglas. Douglas served as the presiding member of the committee [...]
At an event with homeowners and workers who benefited from the program, today in Manchester, New Hampshire, Vice President Joe Biden announced a major Recovery Act milestone—the weatherizing of 200,000 homes under the Recovery Act. As a result of the Administration’s unprecedented commitment to energy efficiency, more than 200,000 low-income families have been able to [...]
The revelation that British government ministers are gathering views from industry and the scientific community about “peak oil”, the point at which oil production reaches its maximum and then declines, has prompted speculations about their concerned for a future supply crunch. The British Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has refused to hand over [...]
Aug 26 2010 | Posted in
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Inc. magazine has ranked Mercury Solar Systems as the 10th fastest growing energy company on its exclusive Inc. 500 ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Mercury is one of the top solar integrators on the East Coast having completed over 1,000 installations totaling 12MW across its six offices. The Inc. 500 acknowledgement is testament [...]
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania residents now have even larger incentives to upgrade their non-electric residential heating systems to help them conserve energy and save money. The Pennsylvania Home Heating Equipment Rebate Program now offers rebates ranging from $250 to $1,000 to replace eligible non-electric residential furnaces, hot water heaters and boilers fueled by home heating oil, [...]
XcelPlus Global Holdings, Inc.,an alternative energy and renewable energy solutions company, have announced that it has acquired Sunfield Technologies North America, Inc. (Sunfield N.A.), making XcelPlus the exclusive U.S. supplier of Sunfield solar thermal collectors. “This solar thermal collector is the key component of our new line of products to retrofit traditional hot water heaters [...]
Florida Power & Light Company changed the Space Coast skyline this morning by demolishing the most visible structures at its 42-acre, 45-year-old Cape Canaveral Power Plant, as it prepares to build the Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center, which will open in 2013. FPL’s Next Generation Clean Energy Center will use about 33 percent [...]
WESTMINSTER — Southeastern Vermont Community Action received $900,000 to provide solar thermal and solar hot water technologies for low-income Vermont families. And the state as a whole will receive another $700,000 after being recognized for achieving weatherization benchmarks from the U.S. Department of Energy. SEVCA was one of five agencies in Vermont that shared almost [...]
NV Energy, Inc. and Great Basin Transmission, LLC, an affiliate of LS Power, have announced the signing of a definitive agreement to jointly construct and own a 500 kilovolt transmission line in Nevada. According to the agreement, NV Energy will own 25 percent of the One Nevada Transmission Line (ON Line) and purchase Great Basin’s [...]
Aug 22 2010 | Posted in
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Ed Roland of the American rock band Collective Soul recently had a Power Partners Solar™ water heating system installed in his home. The system was installed by Power Partners Solar™ dealer Energy Conservation Solutions (ECS). The environmentally conscious singer is very pleased with his new solar water heating system. “Doing what’s right for the environment [...]
Aug 21 2010 | Posted in
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This week, the Apollo Alliance released a report about the potential for clean energy job creation in Indiana. The report, How to Keep Creating Clean Energy Jobs in Indiana, found that Indiana missed out on 117,000 jobs when the U.S. Senate failed to pass clean energy and climate legislation this summer. “The job-creation potential of [...]
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and utility partners have returned from a fact-finding mission to Japan. During the trip, SEPA observed that Japan appears to have embraced solar at the consumer, manufacturing and national policy levels. Many of the participants described their renewed sense that the U.S. is also on the right track, with [...]
SACRAMENTO – A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending the approval of the planned Genesis Solar Energy Project in Riverside County. In its presiding member’s proposed decision (PMPD) released today, the committee said the proposed 250-megawatt facility, as mitigated, will have significant impacts on the environment. However, the benefits of the project would override [...]
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