CleanTechnica » Walmart 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 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/2014/12/01/one-hour-solar-panel-installation-solar-news/feed/ 8 Corporations With Most New Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/18/corporations-new-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/18/corporations-new-solar/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:27:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73618 Solar Love. US commercial solar energy continues gaining steam, with Walmart leading the way in terms of total installed solar power capacity (despite recent criticism for funding anti-solar organizations). The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has just come out with its third annual Solar Means Business report, showcasing the most recent trends in corporate use

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/18/corporations-new-solar/feed/ 5 Walmart Owners Investing Millions Into Anti-Solar Activities http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/15/walmart-owners-investing-millions-anti-solar-activities/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/15/walmart-owners-investing-millions-anti-solar-activities/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2014 07:20:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73451 The heirs and still majority owners of the Walmart fortune, the Walton family, have been spending millions of dollars in recent years funding a huge number of anti-solar energy groups, according to a recent study from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). If you’re asking yourself, well, what exactly is a “huge number?” — in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/15/walmart-owners-investing-millions-anti-solar-activities/feed/ 29 Chinese Solar Panel Production To Double, Big Corporations Going Solar… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:52:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71634 More solar news for you solar lovers: Chinese solar panel production is projected to double by 2017. (sustainablog) Apple, Verizon, Google, UPS, Walmart, Kohl’s, IKEA, GM… there are a lot of big corporations investing in solar now. Remember, corporations are primarily aimed at financial profits. Put 1 and 1 together. (Solar Love) Hawaii is aiming to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/feed/ 2 By 2035, 1 in 7 Trucks Will Use Alternative Fuels http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/21/2035-1-7-trucks-will-use-alternative-fuels/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/21/2035-1-7-trucks-will-use-alternative-fuels/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:50:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69698 According to Navigant Research, 1 in 7 commercial vehicles will be alt-fuel powered by 2035. But is that good enough

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/21/2035-1-7-trucks-will-use-alternative-fuels/feed/ 32 Why Solar Installers Are Becoming Vertically Integrated http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/19/5-reasons-solar-installers-integrating-vertically/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/19/5-reasons-solar-installers-integrating-vertically/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2014 08:50:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69610 Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute By Robert McIntosh and James Mandel. A curious trend’s been washing through U.S. solar recently: vertical integration, the process of companies owning more and more of their own supply chains. Sunrun, a developer and financier, recently purchased the residential division of REC Solar, a major installer. SunPower moved into selling and

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/19/5-reasons-solar-installers-integrating-vertically/feed/ 4 12 Mainstream American Corporations Want More Renewable Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/17/12-mainstream-american-corporations-want-renewable-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/17/12-mainstream-american-corporations-want-renewable-energy/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:00:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69473 Twelve of the US' largest, most well-known corporations think renewable energy is as mainstream as they are, and want more of it

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/17/12-mainstream-american-corporations-want-renewable-energy/feed/ 3 Business Uses Carbon Prices For Long-Term Planning: CDP Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/16/business-uses-carbon-prices-long-term-planning-cdp-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/16/business-uses-carbon-prices-long-term-planning-cdp-report/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:30:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69518 CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) finds it encouraging that after years of denial, business uses carbon prices to plan ahead these days. The response of business and industry leaders to the problem of climate change is undergoing a major transformation, says the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: “Just over a decade ago, the corporate

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/16/business-uses-carbon-prices-long-term-planning-cdp-report/feed/ 1 Cleantech Leaders (Zayed Future Energy Prize Videos & Call For Applications) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/03/cleantech-leaders-zayed-future-energy-prize-videos/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/03/cleantech-leaders-zayed-future-energy-prize-videos/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:03:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69040 There are a lot of cleantech leaders out there. Numerous cleantech industries are growing in leaps and bounds, and numerous people and companies are to thank for that. I don’t envy the Zayed Future Energy Prize panels who have to narrow down numerous applications to choose just a handful of winners each year. But I

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/03/cleantech-leaders-zayed-future-energy-prize-videos/feed/ 0 White House Finally Gets Its Solar Panels… Again (VIDEO) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/white-house-finally-gets-solar-panels-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/white-house-finally-gets-solar-panels-video/#comments Fri, 09 May 2014 17:46:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66612 The White House video above doesn’t note that President Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House decades ago that were later removed by the Reagan administration, but I guess they didn’t want to get too political with that. It is nice that the Obama administration finally got solar panels installed on the White

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/white-house-finally-gets-solar-panels-video/feed/ 20 Getting Fortune 500 To Invest Much More In Renewable Energy (VIDEO) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/22/fortune-500-double-source-renewable-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/22/fortune-500-double-source-renewable-energy/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:50:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65705 Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Jules Kortenhorst and Rebecca Cole  Last week, RMI’s program to significantly scale the commitment by Fortune 500 companies to source renewable energy was chosen as one of six winners at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit’s Finance for Resilience (“FiRe”) event. FiRe is designed to identify the best

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/22/fortune-500-double-source-renewable-energy/feed/ 2 IKEA Wind Farm To Cover 165% Of IKEA’s US Electricity Consumption http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/ikea-wind-farm-us-electricity-consumption/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/ikea-wind-farm-us-electricity-consumption/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:50:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65407 IKEA plugged in its mammoth stores in Belfast and Dublin last fall. Not content with photovoltaic solar on 90% of its American rooftops, IKEA has just invested in a 380-gigawatt-hour wind farm big enough to power every one of its stores in the United States—and then some. The Swedish home goods retailer has picked up

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/ikea-wind-farm-us-electricity-consumption/feed/ 32 Solar’s Disruptive Potential Discussed In McKinsey Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:10:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65098 For a variety of reasons, solar companies have had a hard time profit-wise in recent years. However, that doesn’t mean their sales haven’t been growing. The solar market has grown in size year after year, and for the companies that squeezed through the toughest of financial times, the future looks very bright, disruptively bright. Solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/10/solar-disruptive-potential-mckinsey-report/feed/ 24 2014 Zayed Future Energy Prize Winners (+ Exclusive Interview With ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/20/2014-zayed-future-energy-prize-winners-exclusive-interview-abb-ceo/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/20/2014-zayed-future-energy-prize-winners-exclusive-interview-abb-ceo/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 23:03:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=61564 I attended the amazing Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards Ceremony tonight (for the second year in a row). The Zayed Future Energy Prize Awards Ceremony is sort of like the Academy Awards of cleantech — quite a show. This year, the event actually included a performance from The Human Orchestra, which has performed at the Academy Awards.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/20/2014-zayed-future-energy-prize-winners-exclusive-interview-abb-ceo/feed/ 0 Walmart, Exxon, BP, Walt Disney, & 25 Other Top Companies Put A Price On Global Warming Pollution http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/07/walmart-exxon-bp-walt-disney-25-top-companies-put-price-global-warming-pollution/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/07/walmart-exxon-bp-walt-disney-25-top-companies-put-price-global-warming-pollution/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2013 12:00:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59853 Originally published on Climate Progress. By Jeff Spross It turns out the White House and major American businesses may be converging on how to assess the damage greenhouse gas emissions do to the global climate. According to a new report by the environmental data company CDP, in 2013 at least 29 companies either based or operating in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/07/walmart-exxon-bp-walt-disney-25-top-companies-put-price-global-warming-pollution/feed/ 4 Renewable Energy Fun & Rumination http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/28/renewable-energy-fun-rumination/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/28/renewable-energy-fun-rumination/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2013 13:10:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59387 Originally published on Cost of Solar. Good infographics are fun, and… informative. This renewable energy infographic below is a pretty cool one. First, have a look, then read on for my commentary: Join the solar rooftop revolution! First of all, I think the short definition for renewable energy is actually something worth delving into for

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/19/solar-hangout/feed/ 1 Solar Means Business: Top 25 US Corporate Solar Energy Users http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/15/solar-means-business-2013-top-25-us-corporate-solar-energy-users/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/15/solar-means-business-2013-top-25-us-corporate-solar-energy-users/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:15:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57804 From Big Box retailers to industrial manufacturers and commercial real estate developers, installing solar energy makes cents for America’s most well known and efficiently run businesses.

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