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200 MW Of Trina Solar Modules For Zonergy China Projects

Jake Richardson — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:00:29 +0000

Zonergy has chosen solar modules by Trina Energy to install in its projects around China

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California Keeps Crushing America’s Clean Energy And Tech Rankings

Silvio Marcacci — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:49:38 +0000

Even though California once again dominates Clean Edge's annual Clean Tech Leadership Index, clean energy keeps growing in almost every corner of America.

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An Automotive Insider’s Tour Of The Tesla Fremont Factory ©

Guest Contributor — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:48:17 +0000

By Jeff Cohen Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to tour many automotive assembly plants. As a child, I saw 1965 Ford Mustangs assembled at the Ford River Rouge factory in Michigan. When I became a General Motors executive and the brand manager of the GMC Jimmy/Envoy, I visited several GM assembly plants, including the now-closed Moraine Assembly

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Philips Releases 650-Lumen SlimStyle LED Floodlight For Only $13

Nicholas Brown — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:30:19 +0000

Philips has just released its SlimStyle BR30 indoor LED floodlight for a low $12.97. The SlimStyle BR30 was built using Luxeon mid-power LEDs, which were constructed at the Philips Lumiled facility in San Jose, California. Efficiency And Performance Of The SlimStyle BR30 LED Lamp This LED floodlight consumes 9.5 watts, and provides 650 lumens of light (equivalent to the

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Test Drive A Tesla (& Other EVs) Without The Hassle: Today In San Jose, Tomorrow In Monterey!

Scott Cooney — Sat, 31 May 2014 06:00:25 +0000

Teslas are amazing cars. Very positive customer reviews. Huge waiting lists. 0-60 that crushes fossil fuels and internal combustion engines. But test driving a Tesla requires a few hurdles. There’s the whole “direct sales” model that’s rankling feathers in red states across the country. There’s the calling ahead, and being ready to plunk down some

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Soligent & SunWize Become Soligent Distribution

Cynthia Shahan — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:30:12 +0000

Soligent and SunWize have decided to integrate and combine their operations in order to reportedly become the largest provider of solar distribution and dealer services in the US. Their combined portfolio of offerings involve financing and value-added services for solar installers, energy efficiency firms, electrical contractors, and roofing companies. The company’s new name is Soligent

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Solar Power Leaders — 10 Metro Areas Leading The Way In Solar Power Per Capita

Jake Richardson — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:00:46 +0000

Editor’s note: Absolute rankings give far too much credit to big cities, countries, and companies. Absolute numbers are important for some purposes, but if you really want to see who is taking the lead on a specific technology, relative metrics are what you want. That’s why I put together rankings of the top solar power

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Solar Impulse Lands In DC, Solar Impulse Founders Presented Top Innovation SEIA Award

Amber Archangel — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:30:46 +0000

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the founders of Solar Impulse have successfully arrived in our nation’s capital with their solar-powered airplane. The welcoming community waiting on the tarmac when they landed gave them a flag. Bertrand and André have given a Clean Generation flag to each community in which they landed that was a scheduled stopover. This banner from the Washington DC

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California Ranked As “Epicenter Of The US Clean Tech Market”

Silvio Marcacci — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:18:21 +0000

Energy policy leadership may be nearly nonexistent in Washington, D.C. due to partisan gridlock, but America’s states and cities are well on their way to a clean energy future - and California leads the charge, according to Clean Edge's 2013 US Clean Tech Leadership Index

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California Achieves 1,000 MW Installed Capacity Under Solar Initiative

Mridul Chadha — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:29:51 +0000

California achieved a major milestone when it crossed 1 GW of installed solar power capacity through the California Solar Initiative (CSI) recently, the state regulators have just reported. The initiative accounts for about 50% of the total solar power capacity installed in California. According to the state regulators, San Jose City has installed the

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Western American Cities Dominate US Clean Technology Index

Silvio Marcacci — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:23:09 +0000

A new analysis finds America’s 50 largest metro areas dominating the national clean technology economy, with the top six ranked clean tech metro regions located on the West Coast.

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Cleantech Leaders: 10 Influential Women in Cleantech

Guest Contributor — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:00:17 +0000

Someone from Technica Communications recently passed along this post below. These are some really great women making huge differences in the world we live in through their efforts to advance clean energy and other cleantech. Check out the list (full repost from Technica Communications): It’s easy to forget sometimes that most governments are designed

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San Jose to Save Millions from New SolarCity Solar Projects (1st Just Turned On)

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:44:46 +0000

SolarCity and San Jose are teaming up to install nearly 2.5 megawatts of solar power in the city, and it’s just flipped the switch on the first of 16 projects. The project just turned on will save the city “$27,000 in the first year and up to $1.2 million over 20 years.” In addition to

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10 Fastest-Growing Solar Cities in California

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:59:37 +0000

While solar is blooming fast in many other states now, California's still the U.S. leader and continues to install solar at a rapid clip. There is actually hardly a country on earth with as much solar as is installed in California.

PV Solar Report, "an authority on California solar market data," and SunRun, "the nation’s leading home solar company," recently released a list* of the California cities growing the fastest in solar power installations

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Green Grid Announces New Guidelines for Data Center Energy Efficiency

Dave Tyler — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:18:40 +0000

With servers humming constantly and air conditioning systems keeping the climate at just the right temperature, data centers have some pretty steep power demands. Now the industry is promoting a new set of energy efficiency guidelines. The Green Grid, a consortium of tech companies founded in 2007, launched the new guidelines at its second annual

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