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The Princeton Satellite Systems’ SunStation EV Charging Station
Solar EV charging stations are hardly new – as regular readers of SolarChargedDriving.Com surely know. But every now and then something comparatively new comes along in the world of solar EV charging. Now is one of those times, at least according to Princeton Satellite Systems, which claims it will soon be producing “the first 100 [...]
Luke Air Force Base Embraces Solar
While the U.S. Air Force remains the largest energy user in the federal government, many Air Force bases are making significant strides to generate renewable energy on-site. Most recently, an Arizona utility has teamed up with an Air Forcebase to build the largest solar installation on U.S. governmentproperty. Arizona Public Service Co. (APS), a [...]
Pure Power completes 5th solar base camp
Pure Power has just completed work on our 5th feature film, providing cleansolar power to the base camp of Steve Carrell’s latest feature filmproject. Principal photography wrapped recently, and now we’re indiscussion to provide Mobile Solar Power Systems to our 6th feature. The entertainment business is really going the extra yard to green up their [...]
Renewable energy to power 4.5 percent of mobile base stations by 2014
As an ever increasing number of people around the world become connected by mobile communications networks, the challenges to providingelectricity to these expanding networks are becoming greater as well. In particular, developing countries are seeing unprecedented growth inwireless subscribers, however many of the base stations in these areasare in remote locales that have limited or [...]
LA’s Solar Shadeport to Power Air Force Base
We’ve heard of airports like the Page Field General Aviation Airport in Southwest Florida and the Le Castellet International Airport in the South of France using solarpower to juice them up. It’s about time Air Force bases take the hintand start going solar too. And that’s exactly what the Los Angeles AirForce Base has done, [...]
Environmental Media Association and Hybrid Base Camps
Justreceived our latest issue of the EMA Spring 2010 Newsletter, and were pleased to see our Hybrid Solar Base Camp mentioned as providing cleanpower for a Warner Bros. production. EMA – The Environmental Media Association –mobilizes the entertainment industry in educating people aboutenvironmental issues, which in turn, inspires them to take action. Pure Power readers [...]
Showa Shell Solar establishes European base in Germany
Japanese solar company Showa Shell Solar has announced a new investment in Germany. Alongwith the company’s renaming to Solar Frontier, the CIS(copper-indium-selenium) photovoltaic module manufacturer will open itsfirst European office in Munich in 2010. Germany Trade & Investsupported the company with its investment plans. Aiming to rampup production to reach a sales goal of 1 [...]
Solar Farm Planned for Stewart Air National Guard Base
Things are about to get brighter for the Stewart Air National Guard Base (ANG). According to a recent press release by Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), a solar farm will be built at the Stewart Air National Guard Base. The project, funded by a $4 million federal investment under the2010 Defense Appropriations bill, will be built [...]
Soaring Heights Communities at Air Force Base will Become America’s Largest Solar-Powered Community
With lots of sunshine, Arizona seems like a natural place for solarpower generation, but it has lagged behind other states. All of this isset to change when Arizona acquires the largest solar-powered communityin the continental U.S. A coalition composed of developer Actus Lend Lease, solar system designer SolarCity, Tucson Electric Power (TEP), and financing parties [...]