CleanTechnica » arizona solar http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels… Again (+ Other Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:33:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76869 Here’s more solar fun for some lazy Sunday (or Monday after Christmas) reading. Enjoy! Solar $$ Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels For New Chilean Projects? UK Solar Installations Still Offer Excellent ROI Peer-to-Peer Financing For Residential Solar Rolled Out In Arizona Living the EV/PV Dream: How I Chose to Pair My Solar System With an Electric

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/feed/ 0 Arizona Solar: So Much Potential… Under Threat http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/arizona-solar-much-potential-threat/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/arizona-solar-much-potential-threat/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:00:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76475 Originally published on Solar Love. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear someone say Arizona? Heat? Sunlight? Well, apparently some of Arizona’s leaders don’t want solar power, even though there is plenty of sunlight year round. If you live in the Phoenix area and want to take advantage of all the sunlight

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/arizona-solar-much-potential-threat/feed/ 31 Solar Powered Cars, Top Solar Stocks (+ Other Solar Stories) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:50:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76426 In case you just can’t get enough solar news, analysis, and commentary, here’s a big link drop of good solar stories we haven’t already covered on CleanTechnica. Solar powered cars, solar trees, top solar stocks, and much, much more. Enjoy! Fun Solar EV Charging Rocks, But Which Option To Choose? Solar Trees For Solar-Powered EVs Solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/feed/ 0 Arizona’s Largest Utility Plans Tax On Solar Leases http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/12/arizonas-largest-utility-plans-tax-solar-leases/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/12/arizonas-largest-utility-plans-tax-solar-leases/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:04:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76265 This headline on solar leases from an investment site caught my eye: “Solar Leases Set To Become Toxic in Arizona.” Drawing free renewable energy from the sun sounds like a grand idea to many – but not if you happen to be a utility company operating with a business model based on the selling energy. Solar, which once had

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/12/arizonas-largest-utility-plans-tax-solar-leases/feed/ 32 Dark Money Makes The Utility World Go ‘Round http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/14/dark-money-makes-utility-world-go-round/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/14/dark-money-makes-utility-world-go-round/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:22:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74946 A so-called consumer advocacy group from Houston, Texas, with ties to the fossil fuel-loving Koch brothers, recently submitted 2,500 signatures from Wisconsin ratepayers to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in support of across-the-board rate hikes from utilities Madison Gas & Electric and We Energies. The We Energies’ proposal also included a hefty additional tax on

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/14/dark-money-makes-utility-world-go-round/feed/ 13 SolarCity Introducing First-Of-Its-Kind “MyPower” Solar Financing Option http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-introducing-first-kind-mypower-solar-financing-option/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-introducing-first-kind-mypower-solar-financing-option/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:21:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73176 A new, first-of-its-kind solar financing option based around a combination of low upfront costs and personal ownership has just been unveiled by SolarCity. The new financing option — which has been dubbed “MyPower” — works by allowing SolarCity customers to pay for their solar loan in a similar way to the way that they’d pay for

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-introducing-first-kind-mypower-solar-financing-option/feed/ 37 Sunrun Expanding, Plans To Enter New Markets + Add 800 New Employees http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/sunrun-expanding-plans-expand-new-markets-add-800-new-employees/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/sunrun-expanding-plans-expand-new-markets-add-800-new-employees/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:20:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72579 The US-based solar leasing giant Sunrun is planning a major expansion throughout the country, with the aim to enter a number of new markets and to add over 800 new employees, according to recent reports. The plans call for the expansion and opening of new offices in the Arizonan, Nevadan, Californian, and Hawaiian markets, as

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/sunrun-expanding-plans-expand-new-markets-add-800-new-employees/feed/ 2 Solar News & Energy Efficiency News Roundup http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/09/solar-news-energy-efficiency-news-roundup/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/09/solar-news-energy-efficiency-news-roundup/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:23:10 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70390 If you’re itching for more solar news to read this weekend, check out my top (non-CleanTechnica) picks below. Of course, also be sure you’ve read every solar article on CleanTechnica (we’ve only published 5,450… not including this one). I’m also rolling in energy efficiency news and other energy news, below the solar news. Solar News

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/09/solar-news-energy-efficiency-news-roundup/feed/ 0 Solar Energy News Buffet http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:00:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69875 As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and following the birth of a sweet little cleantech lover. Inevitably, “roundup articles” of important or interesting cleantech news we didn’t cover dropped off as a result. With a big backlog of stories I wanted to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/feed/ 5 First Solar Acquisition, Yingli Financials, SunPower Financials… (Solar News Catchup) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/27/first-solar-acquisition-yingli-financials-report-solar-news-catchup/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/27/first-solar-acquisition-yingli-financials-report-solar-news-catchup/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:10:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68746 Time to catch up on more solar news. Here are a number of big solar news stories we wouldn’t want you to miss: First Solar + Skytron: First Solar is acquiring Skytron. If Skytron doesn’t ring a bell, it should. It holds more monitored solar PV projects than all about 3 other companies in the world. Yingli

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/27/first-solar-acquisition-yingli-financials-report-solar-news-catchup/feed/ 0 Solar Leasing & PPAs On the Downswing? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/solar-leasing-ppas-downswing/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/solar-leasing-ppas-downswing/#comments Mon, 12 May 2014 23:00:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66745 Originally published on Solar Love. Are Solar Leasing & PPAs Going To Suffer From Maturing Solar Market? (via Solar Love) A representative of Soligent recently passed along an interesting note regarding a US movement away from solar PPAs and leases. Basically, as solar costs have dropped and banks have warmed up to solar, it has become

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/solar-leasing-ppas-downswing/feed/ 13 Want To Pay Tax On Your Leased Solar Panels? Arizona State Department Of Revenue Says That You Do http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/11/want-pay-tax-leased-solar-panels-arizona-state-department-revenue-says/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/11/want-pay-tax-leased-solar-panels-arizona-state-department-revenue-says/#comments Sun, 11 May 2014 19:00:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66620 Originally published on Planetsave. The residential solar energy war just continues to heat up more and more in the (already quite sunny and hot) state of Arizona. The State Department of Revenue there has done an about-face on PV tax policy, and is now saying that only solar panels owned outright are exempt from tax,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/11/want-pay-tax-leased-solar-panels-arizona-state-department-revenue-says/feed/ 14 US Solar Energy Capacity Grew An Astounding 418% From 2010-2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/24/us-solar-energy-capacity-grew-an-astounding-418-from-2010-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/24/us-solar-energy-capacity-grew-an-astounding-418-from-2010-2014/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:51:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65889 The installed capacity of solar energy across America jumped 418% from 2010 to 2014, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/24/us-solar-energy-capacity-grew-an-astounding-418-from-2010-2014/feed/ 26 The Solar Right & The Arizona Test Case http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/solar-right-arizona-test-case/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/solar-right-arizona-test-case/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:00:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64390 Originally published in Let the Sunshine In: A Solar Power Blog. Barry Goldwater, Jr., the son of the late conservative Republican Presidential candidate – and Arizona native – Barry Goldwater (who was defeated by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 election), has always been very much a man after his father’s heart. A retired

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/solar-right-arizona-test-case/feed/ 8 APS Is At It Again http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/aps/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/aps/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:20:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63517 Arizona Public Service is at it again. After failing to dismantle net energy metering in 2013, the monopoly utility company is aggressively pushing legislation to increase taxes on solar customers. And by all accounts, it has called in the big guns to try to make this happen. Last month, known APS lobbyists and even their

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/aps/feed/ 1 Solar Now Mainstream In US, According To SEIA’s 2013 Market Review http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/05/solar-now-mainstream-us-according-seias-2013-market-review/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/05/solar-now-mainstream-us-according-seias-2013-market-review/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:09:53 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63507 Originally Published in the ECOreport. When Rhone Resch used to get together with the CEOs from other energy sectors for lunch, he always felt like the little guy at the table. He might have been President of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), but it was the major players—like gas and oil—that used to pick

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/05/solar-now-mainstream-us-according-seias-2013-market-review/feed/ 3 Another Solar Tax Threatens Rooftop Solar Customers http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/03/another-solar-tax-threatens-rooftop-solar-customers/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/03/another-solar-tax-threatens-rooftop-solar-customers/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:40:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63356 (SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.) After failing to convince the Arizona Corporation Commission to impose a $50 a month surcharge on rooftop solar customers, the empire is trying to strike back. Arizona Public Service is working to convince Arizona lawmakers to make permanent a new property tax on solar customers who lease their systems. Approximately 80% of homeowners in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/03/another-solar-tax-threatens-rooftop-solar-customers/feed/ 8 Introducing The Solar Foundation’s “State Solar Jobs 2013″ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/12/introducing-solar-foundations-state-solar-jobs-2013/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/12/introducing-solar-foundations-state-solar-jobs-2013/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:08:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62573 The Solar Foundation has just launched its interactive “State Solar Jobs 2013” site. This is a state by state database, which shows the growth of solar jobs in 2013 and gives predictions for 2014. “Our state solar jobs research this year clearly shows that solar energy can be harnessed anywhere, and that growth rates are

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/12/introducing-solar-foundations-state-solar-jobs-2013/feed/ 2 12 Hybrid Solar Energy Projects Get $30 Million From ARPA-E FOCUS http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/09/arpa-e-hybrid-solar-energy-projects/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/09/arpa-e-hybrid-solar-energy-projects/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2014 22:00:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62395 Originally published on Solar Love. US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz this week announced $30 million of support for 12 more unique, hybrid solar projects through the ARPA-E program. Actually, it’s through a program within that program — the Full-Spectrum Optimized Conversion and Utilization of Sunlight (FOCUS) program, “which is aimed at developing new hybrid solar energy converters and

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/09/arpa-e-hybrid-solar-energy-projects/feed/ 1 New Ad Reveals Duke’s Monopoly Protection Plan http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/09/new-ad-reveals-dukes-monopoly-protection-plan/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/09/new-ad-reveals-dukes-monopoly-protection-plan/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2014 13:56:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62363 Those of you who are following net metering battles across the country (and if you’re reading this, you likely are) may have heard that Duke Energy is speaking out publicly against net metering and rooftop solar. Just last week, Duke CEO Lynn Good met with local reporters and attacked net metering to defend Duke’s monopoly.

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