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U.S. Senate Pushes Tax Bill, Solar Grants to Official Vote
As expected, the U.S. Senate yesterday pushed the tax compromise bill to an official vote. Why do we care, you ask? The revised version of the tax bill that will be voted on most likely Wednesday this week includes a year-long extension of the renewableenergy Treasury Grant Program, which provides commercial renewableenergy projects a cash rebate [...]
Group Pushes for Hollywood Sign to go Solar
What if the Hollywood sign was solar powered? It just may be—if Solar the Sign, a non-profit group ofsustainability activists, have anything to say about it. The group isproposing to light the iconic Hollywood sign with solar power in a bidto promote solar power on a global level. Because the Hollywood sign is viewed, photographed, [...]
Secretary Chu Pushes Pumped Hydro Energy Storage
The U.S. has not yet seriously considered pumped hydro for new energy storage, according to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Pumped hydro storage uses excess electricity to pump water uphill to areservoir. Then when electricity demand increases, the water is released downward through turbines to generate electricity that is fed into thegrid. On average, pumped hydro [...]
Pulte Homes Pushes Solar in Arizona
In an effort to spur home sales during a gloomy time for real estate, Michigan-based developer Pulte Homes has begun to offer residences with solar roofsat two of its Arizona developments, in addition to a few of its solarroof communities developed earlier elsewhere the country. Since thebeginning of the new year, Pulte has started to [...]