The EPA’s First Fracking Rules — Limited and Delayed
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the first-ever national air pollution regulations for fracking on Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the first-ever national air pollution regulations for fracking on Wednesday.
The 110 MWac facility will be built on 1,100 acres and produce enough energy to power approximately 35,000 homes.
American Solar, announces it has been ranked the Number One customer-voted Residential Solar Installer in Arizona by Ranking Arizona magazine. This is the second year in a row American Solar has been ranked number one in this category. Ranking Arizona conducts the largest business opinion poll in the state.
In the global race to secure private clean energy finance and investment, the United States reclaimed the top spot, after trailing China since 2009. Globally, investment grew to a record $263 billion in 2011, a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year, according to new research on clean energy financing in Group of Twenty (G-20) nations released by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) has announced that with the addition of a new 1.5 megawatt (MW) solar array, anticipated to be completed in May 2012, all businesses and residences in north central New Mexico will receive electricity provided by solarenergy on sunny days
OPEL Technologies Inc. CA:OPL -5.13% , OPEL Solar Inc. and ODIS Inc., a leading global supplier of solar tracker systems and other solar related products, and a semiconductor device and process developer, wishes to announce that it has entered into a credit agreement for a revolving credit facility of up to $5,000,000 with TCA Global [...]
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.(NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of flexible CIGS solar panels, announced today that TFG Radiant Investment Group Ltd. (“TFG Radiant”) has completed the acquisition of the Ascent Solar common stock owned by Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS (“Norsk Hydro”), previously announced on January 4, 2012. With the purchase, TFG Radiant’s ownership interest increases from 19.4% [...]
In a speech today, Gordon Brinser, president of SolarWorld Industries America Inc., recommended revisions in the U.S. government response to incursions of predatory trade aggression from non-market economies such as China, as a move toward rekindling U.S. manufacturing and jobs. The need for policy updates, Brinser said, comes as China amasses a new magnitude of [...]
Noribachi, an LED and solar smart energy products company, has announced the issue of U.S. Patent 8,138,630 for a proprietary hybrid solar-grid power management system. Noribachi has developed and now patented a complex control system designed to regulate power supply between photovoltaic batteries, traditional grid energy and end use electronic applications. This system can be [...]
Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc. CWET has announced that they selected a site located in San Luis, Arizona, to pursue the construction of their innovative green renewable energy Downdraft Tower Facility. The Downdraft Tower has the capability of being operated with virtually no carbon footprint, fuel consumption, or residual waste. This technology will generate clean, [...]
Hoku Solar, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Corporation (NASDAQ: HOKU) that delivers investment-grade solar energy facilities for commercial, institutional and utility clients, today announced the signing of an agreement with a subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (A&B), to design and build the 7.2 megawatt Port Allen Solar Farm for A&B on the [...]
Westinghouse today affirmed that it will apply to the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to the final Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for investment funds worth up to $452 million. The fund was authorized by Congress to facilitate the rapid development and deployment of small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. The DOE plans to consider SMR [...]
Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) and First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) announced today that Enbridge has acquired a 100 per cent interest in the 50-megawatt (MW) Silver State North photovoltaic (PV) project that First Solar has developed and constructed in Clark County, Nevada, near the community of Primm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Silver State [...]
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
Abengoa and JGC’s Thermal Solar Power Plant, Solacor 1, Comes Online
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