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SolarCity Gets 26 Los Angeles Schools to go Solar
A total of 26 schools in Los Angeles will go solar thanks to a new partnership with SolarCity. Under the partnership, SolarCity will install a total of 7.4-megawatts of solar power projects across 26 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools. Already the majority, 17 arrays, have been installed. Already SolarCity has installed solar at [...]
Boulder Colorado Schools Go Solar
Solar panels installed on the roofs of 14 schools in Colorado’s Boulder Valley school district are now generating 1.4 megawatts of electricity while saving money for education. In one of the biggest solar projects for a school district, half the schools now run on solar – 30 in total. SolarCity installed (and owns) the 5,000 solar panels on the 14 roofs [...]
Top 10 Green Masters Degree Programs
There are a growing number of green masters programs in the US. With a global economy continuing to show signs of weakness people are flocking to educational programs that are associated with the growing green market. Forbes reports that there is already a $6 trillion clean energy business opportunity. While others suggest that there will [...]
Retail Solar Throwdown: IKEA vs. Kohl’s
It’s a bright week for the solar industry when two major retail chains announce their support of solar energy initiatives, so much so that they’re winning awards and setting new solar records! The international home products company IKEA recently reported its fourth solar PV installation in just one week, more than the store has ever achieved [...]
Energy Efficiency: UK Destroying U.S
The United Kingdom took top rank in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world’s 12 major economies, according to a new study from the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The U.K. was followed closely by Germany, Italy and Japan, with the U.S. coming in ninth. The ACEEE didn’t mince words, noting that [...]
SolarCity: The People’s Solar Company
A tale of two cities: Stockton, CA, population 290,000, has a deficit of $26 million and is about to be the biggest U.S. city to declare bankruptcy. Lancaster, CA, population 150,000, has a budget of $109 million, a solar program that will earn it a revenue stream of $1.5 million annually through 2017 and $800,000 [...]
Taxes: Big Reason Solar Powered Schools are Sprouting Up
Beginning in the fall of 2012, five district schools in the Saint Louis, Missouri, area will be powered with solar energy. Students will be able to watch the process and learn from the upgraded green energy providers by monitoring the systems in their classrooms. The five lucky schools are leasing five solar panels for 20 [...]
Irvine School District Proposes 11 Solar Parking Canopies
Large scale application of solar panels can alleviate much of our dependence on the grid. This has been demonstrated in the Irvine Unified School District, where the use of rooftop solar panels at 15 sites saved $220,000. Now plans are in progress to install solar panel parking canopies at 11 different campuses for further cutting [...]
California Schools Save $220 Million Going Solar
The Mount Diablo Unified School District in Northern California is about to make a huge commitment to solar energy. The school district and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ:SPWR) recently celebrated the completion of 40 SunPower solar power systems that will be outfitted on schools and facilities throughout the district. 11 more systems will be completed by the [...]