CleanTechnica » New York 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 Governor Cuomo Announces Statewide New York Fracking Ban http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:05:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76355 Yesterday (Wednesday, December 17, 2014), at a year-end cabinet meeting in Albany called by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York’s acting commissioner of health stated that he could not support high-volume New York fracking (technically, hydraulic fracturing) because the health issues of the practice outweigh the benefits. [If there is anyone out there who’s unaware of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/governor-cuomo-announces-statewide-new-york-fracking-ban/feed/ 3 “Western New York In 2030″ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/western-new-york-2030/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/17/western-new-york-2030/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:13:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76488 Editor’s Note: This article is one submission in a live Masdar blogging contest. Very simply, the focus of the contest submissions is to: “Describe your city in 2030: what will occur due to changes in energy, transportation and water technologies, and how will they transform how you live?” We are sharing this submission here on CleanTechnica because we think it’s

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/november-transit-savings-803/feed/ 9 Why Hong Kong’s Metro Is Such A Success http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/17/hong-kongs-metro-success/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/17/hong-kongs-metro-success/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:35:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74741 Millions of people take the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) in Hong Kong. The difference between transit-oriented development in Hong Kong and the US is vast, with Hong Kong showing up as a strong standard to match. Hong Kong’s secret is that the MTR is both the transit authority and a property owner. This cuts out a lot

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/17/hong-kongs-metro-success/feed/ 3 6 Potential US Grid-Scale Energy Storage Projects http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/6-potential-us-grid-scale-energy-storage-projects/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/6-potential-us-grid-scale-energy-storage-projects/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:49:04 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74443 One of the most obvious themes of the renewable energy growth phase the world is in right now is uncertainty. There seems to be a lot of confusion about the costs of solar and wind power vs. fossil-fuel-based and nuclear-generated electricity. That solar power costs have dropped dramatically in the last six years does not

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/us-energy-efficiency-ranks-released-howd-your-state-do/feed/ 21 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 The Megawatt Block Program: Setting New York Solar Up for Success http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/megawatt-block-program-setting-new-york-solar-success/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/megawatt-block-program-setting-new-york-solar-success/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 11:32:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73034 By: Colin Murchie, Director of Project Finance, Sol Systems. Research support provided by Eric Lustgarten. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is getting closer to solidifying the next iteration of its solar incentive program with the creation of the Megawatt Block. Perhaps befitting what may be one of the last major

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/megawatt-block-program-setting-new-york-solar-success/feed/ 2 SolarCity Factory In New York Could Create 5000 Jobs http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/solarcity-factory-new-york-jobs/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/solarcity-factory-new-york-jobs/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:00:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73013 Solar Love. The state of New York will provide $750 million dollars for a huge solar plant in Buffalo Governor Cuomo announced this week. $350 million will go towards construction of a 1.2 million-square-foot facility and the remaining $400 million will be for equipment. The facility will be used by SolarCity and Elon Musk has

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/07/solarcity-factory-new-york-jobs/feed/ 17 New California Solar Record, Solarboxes In London… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:47:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72904 Here’s some top solar news from around the internet for your weekend reading pleasure. London telephone boxes are being turned into “solarboxes.” (Planetsave) California solar has hit a new power output record, and pretty late in the year! (Solar Love) The state of New York is providing $750 million for a large solar factory from

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/feed/ 1 214 MW Of New Solar PV Headed To New York State Thanks To New Funding Via NY-SUN http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/03/214-mw-new-solar-pv-headed-new-york-state-thanks-new-funding-via-ny-sun/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/03/214-mw-new-solar-pv-headed-new-york-state-thanks-new-funding-via-ny-sun/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:03:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72843 214 MW of new solar PV projects will soon be developed in New York State thanks to $94 million in new funding from the NY-SUN program for projects awarded via the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Competitive PV program, as per recent reports. The announcement came in this week via New York

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/03/214-mw-new-solar-pv-headed-new-york-state-thanks-new-funding-via-ny-sun/feed/ 1 Siemens Investing In Fossil Fuels For “The Really Long Term” http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/30/siemens-investing-fossil-fuels-really-long-term/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/30/siemens-investing-fossil-fuels-really-long-term/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:30:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72623 German multinational Siemens has had its hand in the renewable energy pie for decades, purchasing existing wind and solar companies to compliment its already sizable energy division. Siemens is a regular topic here at CleanTechnica, a leading manufacturer of wind turbines and investing into many other renewable energy fields. However, Siemens aren’t getting carried away,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/sunrun-expanding-plans-expand-new-markets-add-800-new-employees/feed/ 2 Catalyzing Action At The September 2014 UN Climate Summit http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2014 09:57:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72416 Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s one-day UN climate summit last week. The meeting had a real name, but Robert N. Stavins in his New York Times runup to the conference was the only writer I observed using it: “Catalyzing Action.”

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/feed/ 1 Elon Musk Building Another “Gigafactory” In New York State http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/27/elon-musk-building-another-gigafactory-new-york-state/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/27/elon-musk-building-another-gigafactory-new-york-state/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:12:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72499 Elon Musk will soon be building what amounts, essentially, to another “gigafactory.” This one will be in New York State as per a recent agreement with the government there. Or course, to be clear, this “gigafactory” will be manufacturing solar PV modules, not lithium-ion batteries. But why not call it what it is? A manufacturing plant that will produce

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/18/ride-bike-save-100-trillion-global-high-shift-report/feed/ 1 Both Red & Blue States Green On Energy, Stanford Says http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/13/red-blue-states-green-energy-stanford-says/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 09:11:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71778 With Congress squelching innovation in Washington, we need to look to the states for policies green on energy. A study released by Stanford University and the Hoover Institution this week (The State Clean Energy Cookbook: A Dozen Recipes for State Action on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) cites 12 innovative projects being implemented by almost 20

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