Element Power and El Paso Electric working together to bring more clean, reliable solar energy to Texas and New Mexico El Paso Electric and Element Power today announced the execution of a power purchase agreement for the total output from Element Power’s Macho Springs Solar Project, a 50-MWAC solar photovoltaic power plant located near Deming, [...]
October 15, 2012 TexStar National Bank has implemented a plan to reduce fossil-fuel consumption at the lender’s San Antonio area office buildings. Bank officials say they are working to support the City of San Antonio area goals of becoming a clean-energy city and have already noticed an approximately 30% savings in overall energy costs. On [...]
Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima and officials from El Paso Electric Company (EPE), the regional electric utility EEÂ for the area, and SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. WFR +7.92% , gathered today to officially inaugurate and name the 12 megawatt solar power plant located near [...]
IRVING, Texas–Fluor Corporation FLR-1.82% announced today that Arlington Valley Solar Energy II, LLC (AVSE II), a member of LS Power Group, has awarded the company a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, as well as a separate contract for ongoing operations and maintenance services (O&M) for its new nominal 125-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) facility [...]
Onyx Service & Solutions Inc (otcqb:ONYX) is applauding news released from the University of Texas at Austin stating that one of its chemists has discovered a way that may allow solar panel efficiency to be doubled, possibly reaching as high as 66%. Such a development is capable of causing a positive “sea-change” in the solar [...]
New events and features will highlight this year’s 24th annual Homestead Fair held on Thanksgiving weekend at Homestead Heritage Traditional Craft Village in central Texas. Along with the dozens of hand-on activities, exhibits, displays and demonstrations scheduled for this year’s Fair, the new events are expected to be popular additions. Mini Barn-Raising Activity for Kids [...]
Austin, TX – Yesterday, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell renewed his commitment to end the city’s power contract with the Fayette coal fired power plant and seek renewable alternative to power Austin. In a speech today, the Mayor noted ending this relationship is a top tier priority for his office. When the transition to renewables is [...]
PV Insider have announced nine case studies, including Soitec, SolFocus, Amonix, Skyline Solar and Cogentrix Energy, will be held at the 3rd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit USA (14-15 November, San Jose) Following the successful release of the ‘CPV World Map 2011’, the 3rd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summit USA 2011 will take the next step and host a [...]
The University of North Texas is leading the charge to produce a quality green-collar workforce by building a state-of-the-art Zero Energy Research Laboratory, where students and faculty will get first-hand experience with sustainable energy technologies of tomorrow. The facility is designed to test emerging technologies that allow building systems to have a net-zero consumption of [...]
Texas A&M University has set its goals high – including being recognized as a national leader in energy efficiency and sustainability. Since 2002, the campus in College Station, Texas reduced campus energy consumption by 35 percent while the gross square footage served increased by 18 percent. Water consumption on campus has also been reduced by [...]
First Deployment of SunPower’s Oasis Power Plant Block IRVING, Texas. Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced this week  that SunPower Corporation awarded the firm the construction of the 20-megawatt (MW) Copper Crossing photovoltaic solar power plant on 144 acres of formerly private agricultural land in Pinal County, Arizona. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value into [...]
NEW YORK-Nuclear Innovation North America LLC (NINA), the nuclear development company jointly owned by NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) and Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), is reducing the scope of development at the South Texas Project (STP 3&4) expansion to allow time for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and other nuclear stakeholders to assess the [...]
HOUSTON & UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.–For the fourth year in a row, ConocoPhillips [NYSE: COP] and Penn State University kick off the ConocoPhillips Energy Prize. Their goal is to see who can develop the most original and actionable solutions that can help improve the way the United States develops and uses energy.
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