In step with the rapidly changing business infrastructure of energy utilities, Georgia Power has announced the launch of a new solar sales and installation service for customers, beginning July 1. As an unregulated offering, the program is being administered by Georgia Power Energy Services, a business unit that provides customers … [continued]
SunShare has announced that 400 kilowatts of solar electricity from two of its Denver Community Solar Gardens will soon be used to power 16 city-owned locations. A concept pioneered by the state of Colorado in 2010, Community Solar allows customers who either can’t or don’t want to put solar panels … [continued]
A Denver public health roundtable held on June 23 addressed the issue of fossil fuel emissions, climate change, and public health. This timely roundtable, hosted by Environment Colorado and held at the University of Denver, brought together a sampling of Colorado state legislators and national governmental representatives to discuss expected health impacts … [continued]
London Mayor Boris Johnson plans to make solar schools, fitting rooftop solar panels on existing schools. This represents one of the priorities in his public sector energy retrofit program, titled RE:FIT. This ambitious program is meant “to help accelerate reduction of energy use, cutting energy bills, and helping the delivery of the Carbon … [continued]
Citing a commitment to the issue of sustainability in product design, SunPower has announced that its E-Series and X-Series solar panels, manufactured at the company’s facilities in France, are Cradle to Cradle Certified Silver (C2C). This is good news for buyers of these solar electricity products. Here’s why: The C2C-certified … [continued]
Interest in mobile power continues following news of €2 million ($2.25 million) in grant funding being given to German-based Nomadic Power for a mobile battery project. Mobility seems to be the key word here. The grant comes from the European Commission for its “MobileBattery” project. This project involves a trailer-mounted … [continued]
Many of us today might understand the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2), the atmosphere, and climate change. However, we have been provided with little historic background on how the issue of global warming draws increasing attention from the likes of world leaders as highly regarded as Pope Francis. Aside from … [continued]
Solar Energy has provided an intriguing report about shared solar and how its happens to be working in France. I follow with keen interest the impact clean energy programs such as these have, not just on selected communities, but on energy utilities as well. This is an interesting one. FuturePerfect, where … [continued]
Many of us today might understand the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2), the atmosphere, and climate change. However, we have been provided with little historic background on how the idea of global warming gained traction. Historian and physicist John Perlin joins me in an enlightening interview about this little-understood subject. … [continued]
Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power is now adding over 100 MW of clean electricity to its renewable energy plants in Georgia. The company has announced the acquisition of the 103 MW Butler solar facility in Georgia from Community Energy. Located in Taylor County, Georgia, the facility is expected to enter commercial … [continued]
