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New York Times Profiles Applied’s Xi’an Solar Research Center
Thursday’s edition of the New York Times has a great piece on Applied’s new Solar Research and Development Center in Xi’an China. The Center, which is the world’s largest commercial solar R&D Center is nearly 500,000 square feet and includes full crystalline silicon and thin film solar panel lines. The story is well worth the [...]
New York Solar Rebates Funded Through 6/10
Holding to a firm tradition of supporting solar energy within NewYork, the Public Service Commission has voted to provide $12 millionfor solar rebates through June of this year. The solar market in thestate has been holding its breath since the NYSERDA rebate expired atthe end of 2009, with no new incentives on the shelf. The [...]
New York Grabs $10M in Federal Grants for Solar Installations
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority(NYSERDA) today announced $10 million in new funding from the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The authority will award thefunds to enable seven solar energy firms to install solar photovoltaic(PV) systems on homes and businesses across the state. Taken together,the anticipated projects represent about six megawatts of [...]
New York’s First Solar Charging Station for Electric Vehicles
On the heels of London’s latest electric vehicle announcements, New York City recently followed suit by deploying its first solar charging station. Beautiful Earth Group(BE) unveiled New York’s first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV)charging station, which will allow the energy firm to recharge itselectric MINI E using zero carbon energy making it one of the few [...]
New York Pension Invests in Green Private Equity Fund
The New York State Common Retirement Fund has upped its alternative investments by $150 million. The public pension put $100 million with Hudson Clean EnergyPartners, a private equity fund. The investment closed on Oct. 30 andis part of the fund’s Green Strategic Investment Program. NYSCRF also invested an additional $50 million with Brevan HowardAsset Management. [...]
New York Passes Solar Financing Law, 192-0
Solar Roof, photo by Marlith Why don’t more people “go solar?” The number one reason is the relatively high up-front cost of buying a solar rooftop system. Solar installation companies have devised several types of programsto take some of “the bite” out of the initial expense. There’s leasing,under which the homeowner pays only a small [...]
Ground Mount Solar in New York
We recently completed a 4 kW ground mount solar installation inupstate NY. The homeowners came back to groSolar after a successfulroof mount PV installation 2 years ago. Source
altPOWER Completes BIPV Project In New York City
altPOWER, a New York-based provider of solar project development, design and installation services, has inaugurateda 48 kW building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system in New York’sBattery Park City. This project is altPOWER’s eighth BIPV project inNew York. The building, known as the Visionaire, is a 35-storyU.S. Green Building Council, Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesign Platinum green [...]