LOS ANGELES, Calif., October, 2012 SolarCity® this week announced a 7.4-megawatt (MW) solar power project that will bring renewable energy to 26 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools. The project will bring immediate and long-term cost savings to the District and is expected to save more than $776,000 in their first year and more [...]
Mission College, Gilbane Co., a full-service construction company, and SunPower Corp, this week announced the dedication of a 1.1-megawatt (MW) solar power system at Mission College, located in Santa Clara, Calif. Over the 25-year-life of the system, Mission College is expected to save approximately $8.5 million in electricity costs. “The SunPower installation will greatly reduce [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $15,000 grants to the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Mo., for two teams of students to design solutions to challenges in the developed and developing world. One team will develop a window ventilation system to keep energy costs down. The other team is developing a [...]
The Department of Energy announced this week that it is awarding more than $17 million in grants to 23 universities to strengthen and encourage the development of new nuclear energy technologies. The grants will come from the DOE’s Nuclear Energy University Programs and will provide full grants for the higher education institutions that will help fund [...]
Cal Poly Pomona University is celebrating becoming carbon neutral at its 16-acre John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies with an event called “Plug into the Sun: Green Light to Carbon Neutral.†The milestone was made possible by the installation of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy systems from California-based Amonix, Inc., the recognized leader in [...]
The world is quickly changing from fossils fuels to preparation for a clean energy future based largely on solar energy. Whether it is solar thermal ,concentrated solar power,solar hot water ,heating and cooling or photovoltaic technology (PV solar) experts and trained personnel will be in demand. Solar Thermal and PV companies will soon be struggling to [...]
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