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California Solar Training: Sacramento
As California’s solar industry grows, the need for a trainedworkforce grows with it. Many independent organizations offer solartraining classes now–and so do many local colleges and universities.There is no national certification system for solar installers, otherthan the voluntary NABCEPprogram, and each state has a different definition for a“certified” installer. There’s a training program out there foreveryone: [...]
Sacramento Offers Solar Shares for Renters
Regardless of its many advantages, we’ll be among the first to admitthat solar power isn’t exactly a renter-friendly technology. Whether you live in an apartment, condo or multi-family home, the prospect ofinstalling a solar panel array, however attractive, is for the most part dimmed by the temporality of your residence. However, the SacramentoMunicipal Utility District [...]
N Solar To Build First North American Factory In Sacramento
N Solar Inc., a newly incorporated U.S. company that is a subsidiary ofMillinet, an IT equipment manufacturer, business services provider andsolar cell manufacturer based in Seoul, Korea, has chosen the County of Sacramento for its first North American facility. Accordingto the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization, the County ofSacramento and McClellan Business Park, N [...]
Sacramento Utility Receives Funding for Solar Highway
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and local partners will receive $5 million in federal Recovery Act funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the installation of California’s first solar highway and other renewable energy projects. SMUD ‘s project would utilize unused land along state highways, suchas property near exit ramps and other public highway [...]
Sacramento Solar Power Plant Expansion On Track
In June 2009, construction started on a 3.6 MW solar energy plant ataerospace giant Aerojet’s Sacramento location. In November 2009,Aerojet (a GenCorp Group company, NYSE: GY) and solar installer SolarPower, Inc. (OTCBB: SOPW) announced they were dreaming big: they were commissioning a 2.4 MW expansionto the system, which would expand it to 6 MW and make it [...]
Sacramento Lands Federal Solar Energy Grant
As observers are pointing out,to date, only a fraction of the federal stimulus funds have been doledout. A full two-thirds of the $787 billion promised by Washington isstill left to be disbursed in 2010. The lag is even more pronouncedwhen it comes to government investment in clean energy development: asBloomberg reports,the U.S., China and other [...]