Consumers Energy will be conducting an information session on March 5 in Saginaw, Michigan for residential and business electric customers interested in learning about customer-installed solar energy systems. The session will be held at Saginaw Valley State University. The session is free of charge, open to the public and will take place from 5:30 PM [...]
Real Goods Solar, Inc.and Alteris Renewables, Inc. have announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine two leaders in the solar industry, each pioneers with more than 30 years of experience in their respective markets. The combined company will retain the Real Goods Solar name. Combining a premier commercial customer base, [...]
Nautilus Solar Energy (“Nautilus”), a leading independent solar power producer, has executed a financing agreement with De Lage Landen to fund a minimum of $25 million of Nautilus Solar Energy installations across key markets in the United States throughout 2012. The De Lage Landen facility will be used to fund several megawatts of photovoltaic generation [...]
Industrial rooftop solar solutions company Chromasun today announced that it has extended its lead as a researcher and supplier of high performance energy solutions with the world’s first installation of a hybrid photovoltaic panel coupled with a solar thermal cooling system. The project was deployed in San Jose, CA in September 2011. “This project is [...]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week increased the budget for the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Program by $200 million in order to cover a budget shortfall. Thses actions implement Senate Bill (SB) 585 signed by Governor Brown on September 22, 2011. The amount Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), [...]
One of the U.S.’s premier homebuilders, today announced that it is significantly expanding its popular solar initiative by making solar power systems a standard feature of homes in nearly all of its communities across Southern California. Including the high-efficiency SunPower(R) solar power systems — now available at 28 communities — with a new KB home [...]
How would you like never having to pay for gasoline? With the just completed “Plug Into History” press event featuring the Nissan LEAF with a City Ventures home pre-wired for electric cars, the dream is now realized. Integrated with each residence, City Ventures homes feature solar power and energy-efficient design, bringing energy bills to near [...]
Arizona maintains one of the highest average daily solar radiation amounts in the United States, so we were hoping that this would be the first state in our series to provide solar incentives and we were not disappointed. Unlike the previous “A” states, Arizona offered several state-wide incentives in addition to local and utility based [...]
The New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund today announced an investment of $12.0 million in FLS Energy, Inc., the nation’s largest installer of commercial solar hot water systems and one of the largest integrators of photovoltaic solar systems in the southeastern United States. FLS Energy, Inc. is an Asheville, NC-based designer, installer, and owner of commercial solar [...]
Schneider Electric Launches Micro-Grid for U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced the launch of a fully-functioning micro-grid solution within the solar village at the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon, a challenge to 19 international collegiate teams to design, build and operate solar-powered houses [...]
The first solar thermal parabolic concentrator in the United States, which may be the first installation on a private residential home, is now operational at a residence on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. This may be the most powerful solar collector, for its size, ever installed on any residence in the world. For the past 40 years, [...]
Constellation Energy has announced that its retail business is offering a solar panel leasing program to residential customers in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Constellation’s residential leasing makes solar generation a real option for homeowners, with a choice of a little-to-no money down or prepaid lease for a 20-year term. The [...]
Energy Company’s Backing to Speed Growth of Home Solar Power Adoption Astrum Solar announced that it has secured an equity investment from Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) to support future growth and expansion efforts as it continues its mission to spread solar power to rooftops across America. Building on the belief that simplifying the process of [...]
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit Pushes Start Button at First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit pushes start button at first solar thermal power plant in Thailand built with Solarlite’s unique technology
New Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology Uses Considerably Resources than any Other CSP technology
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