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Solar energy for no money down!
TheIrvine (California) Unified School District (ISUD) has partnered withSunEdison and SPG Solar to install solar energy at each of itstwenty-one campuses. Purported to be the largest solar deployment for a public schoolsystem in California, and possibly the United States, the project willreduce Irvine’s school power bill by 20 percent – a savings of $17million over [...]
China: No Money, No Problem!
The media headlines are screaming “U.S. Won’t Pay China to Cut Emissions” and “US Rules Out Climate Aid to China.” Todd Stern, the U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change (pictured right),made clear in a press conference yesterday (Day 3 if you are counting!)in Copenhagen that the war chest for the initial fast track funds beingconsidered [...]
August: Two times more PV than the previous best month!
Numbers are in for kilowatt reservations for the month of Augustunder the California Solar Initiative. And the greenest green shoot ofrecovery I’ve seen that we have proof of is the solar industry pickingup. Certainly Sungevity experienced it’s strongest sales month ever,which is good news for all our new customers who are going to savemoney and [...]
Solar Professionals are the Way to Go!!
Going solar is a huge undertaking, and willdrastically alter the way you and your home uses energy. This is acomplex change in events and that’s why it takes someone who is wellversed and has experience in these systems to install it for you andmake sure it’s done right the first time. Ultimately, saving you moneycompared [...]
APS Seeks More Solar Rebate Funds
One of the problems of a too-popular solar incentive program is thatdemand can outstrip supply. That is, it can run out of money. (Yeah,New Jersey, this means you.) The Arizona Public Service Co. (APS),which runs one of the state’s very popular solar rebate programs, hasannounced it needs more fundsfor commercial solar rebates. The state requires [...]
Green Stimulus funding opportunities for residences, businesses and states
Stimulus funding from Uncle Sam (blog.bioethics.net). TheAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment or Stimulus Act appropriated $3.1billion to the Department of Energy (DOE) State Energy Program (SEP) toenable energy efficiencyand clean energy deployment across the country. U.S. DOE SecretarySteven Chu announced last week more than $162 million of this fundingwill be directed towards energy efficiency and renewable [...]
How Much Impact Can the Feds Have on Solar?
The investment communityisn’t as bullish on federal grant and loan guarantee programs ascompany execs. At least one analyst expects the shipment of solarenergy equipment worldwide to fall 25 percent. It’seasy to opine about how the various government spending plans onrenewable energy – whether they are in the United States or China –will be a great [...]
Clean energy, the heart of global energy policies going forward
Governments around the world are adopting cleaner energy policies. U.S. is in a position to lead. Reflectedin the stimulus packages across the globe to catch the recent recessionare an arrangeent of components that support the development of aglobal clean energy market. Clean energy, as a catch-all phrase,encompasses wind, solar, geothermal, biofuels, EVs, smart grids, fuelcells, [...]
$3 Billion To Be Distributed To New Energy Projects
There’s certainly been no shortage of rhetoric lately in regards tothe billions in stimulus money set aside for new energy projects. I’msure you’ve heard it all by now. "The stimulus isn’t working." "Whereare all the jobs?" "Unemployment is still rising." While I’m not going to sit here and defend or ridicule the stimulus, no one [...]
Renewable energy: Turning dollars into shovels in four stages
Canthe U.S. turn dollars into shovels and create an industry that growsAmerican export markets globally in the twenty-first century? Howexpensive and complicated will a buildout of a renewable energy sectorbe? How much of the fossil fuel energy industry can be displaced? Thefinancial collapse of 2008 may end up giving birth to a renewablesmarket that is [...]
‘Meterless’ Parking Meters Run On Solar
Goneare the days when parking your car required you to search your pocketfor a few coins, the times have changed and today’s era is dominatednot by paper money but by plastic money. The city of Ann Arbor inMichigan is testing a new parking system that allows drivers to parktheir cars for a specified period of [...]