WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior (DOI) today announced the availability of a report by the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and the possible impacts of new emission standards for the control of regional haze. DOI commissioned the study and will provide it to the [...]
Arizona Public Service Co. and First Solar announced the completion of the 17-megawatt (MW) Paloma Solar Power Plant — the first facility to reach commercial operation as part of the AZ Sun Program. Earlier this week, APS also placed the Cotton Center Solar Plant in commercial operation, the second AZ Sun facility to come online. [...]
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 [...]
DOE has given two loan guarantees for huge renewable energy projects. The agency announced on December 16 that it had finalized a partial loan guarantee for a $1.3 billion loan to support the world’s largest wind farm, the 845-megawatt (MW) Caithness Shepherds Flat project to be located in eastern Oregon. And on December 21, DOE [...]
EnviroMission Joins Renewable Energy Developers to Commend Arizona Commerce Authority Recommendations EnviroMission Limited has joined renewable energy developers, Power-One and Abengoa Solar Inc., to commend Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer, and the Arizona Commerce Authority for recommendations aimed at advancing the renewable energy industry in Arizona.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu have announced a comprehensive environmental analysis that has identified proposed Solar Energy Zones (SEZs) on public lands in six Western states most suitable for environmentally sound, utility-scale solar energy production (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah).
Easy Energy Completes Solar Water Heating Project at Orange Tree Golf Resort. Phoenix-based Easy Energy has just announced the completed installation of a solar water heating system at the Orange Tree Golf Resort, one of Arizona’s finest luxury golf resort destinations. The solar water heating system is designed to offset the natural gas usage in [...]
Kinney Construction Services, Inc. Installs 3,838 KYOCERA Solar Modules at Sedona Red Rock High School SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–Kinney Construction Services, Inc. and Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced the completion of a major solar electric system at Sedona Red Rock High School in Sedona, Ariz., which will be unveiled this afternoon during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the [...]
Arizona Public Service Company’s drive to develop more solar energy took another step forward today with the announcement of an 18-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant to be located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix in Gila Bend. The plant will be owned by APS and sited in the town’s new Solar Overlay Zone. The municipality has designated [...]
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A team of technologists from GE’s Industrial Solutions, Appliances, Lighting and Research divisions is partnering with major utilities, builders and local communities in the western U.S. to evaluate and develop new strategies that reduce energy usage in new and existing homes by up to 70%** or more. With the average U.S. household paying $1,240 per [...]
WINDSOR, CO – Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage and smart grid solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced that its Ice Bear energy storage systems have successfully recorded more than five million hours of cumulative field run time. Since 2005, the company and its utility partners have installed and operated [...]
PHOENIX – Governor Jan Brewer is awarding seven Arizona renewable energy companies more than $2.7 million to advance their operations and create nearly 180 new jobs for Arizonans. The awards come through the Manufacturers’ Energy-Efficiency Grant Assistance (MEGA) Program at the Arizona Commerce Authority, and are targeted at creating and implementing energy solutions. “These awards [...]
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has approved Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP’s) plan to provide customers with an affordable way to meet their electric needs with locally generated solar power. By the end of this year, participants in TEP’s Bright Tucson Community Solar Program will be able to purchase shares of solar energy for as little [...]
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