February 10th, 2012 | by Silvio Marcacci
America’s first commercial-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) facility took a major step forward this week with completion of the project’s 540-foot tower.
January 31st, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
On the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union remarks to expand clean energy development, the Interior Department is moving to finalize the nation’s first solar energy program for public lands with the closing of the public comment period today. Over the past 90 days, the Bureau of Land Management has been seeking input on the Supplemental Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (SPEIS) for solar development on public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The solar plan has garnered more than 100,000 comments in the past two years from stakeholders across the country advocating for balanced, guided development that would minimize potential impacts on wildlife and sensitive lands, and reduce uncertainty in permitting. Solar companies, major trade associations, utilities and conservation groups also submitted a joint letter to Interior with recommendations to help shape a successful solar program
January 17th, 2012 | by Susan Kraemer
Seven military bases in California and two in Nevada could produce a hefty 7 GW of power from renewable solar and wind power, according to an extensive study the military commissioned from ICF International. The study found that even though 96% of the surface area of the nine bases is unsuited for solar development because of military use, endangered species and other factors, the solar-compatible area is nevertheless large enough to generate more than 30 times the electricity actually used by the California bases, according to E&E News. Like all federal agencies, the Department of Defense is under an administration mandate to produce clean energy to cut its carbon emissions 28% by 2020, and it has a $4 billion annual energy bill
October 5th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
The Obama administration announced a few hours ago that it will "accelerate the permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines" to help create jobs and support the growth of renewable energy around the
May 27th, 2011 | by David L Roberts
All of us are beneficiaries of the paradigm shifts of credit cards and ATM’s; desktop computing and the Internet. For each of these widespread social shifts there were risk-taking start-up companies and “early adopter” consumers that helped lead social and economic change. In the case of today’s clean energy and energy conservation movement, we’ve come a long way from tree hugging by unshaven men (and women), saving the whales (and otters), Greenpeace and recycling in a few tangentially interested California neighborhoods. Going green has become more than an idealistic cause by the liberal left, to more broadly being recognized as an economic imperative
May 5th, 2011 | by David L Roberts
President Obama calls attention to the importance of Nevada and Reno, in particular, in fostering clean energy technologies and new companies
November 17th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
One more giant solar project on Federal land has made it in time for funding under ARRA! Solar Millenium’s Amargosa
July 8th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer
Desert lands in solar-rich Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah will not just supply our nation with abundant,
January 28th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
Well, it has been a long time coming, but the US is finally putting some money into high-speed rail (HSR)!
October 3rd, 2009 | by Tina Casey
Desert Hills Dairy of Nevada has joined with Carbon Bank Ireland, an emerging leader in cap-and-trade carbon emissions markets, to
July 3rd, 2008 | by Sarah Lozanova
The American Southwest has some of the best solar resources on the globe. Nevada, with abundant land and sunshine is
February 22nd, 2008 | by Timothy B. Hurst
Las Vegas, Nevada – The current period of sustained growth in the American Southwest is putting tremendous demands on important
