$883 million is being requested from New Jersey state regulators to expand the Public Service Enterprise Group solar power capacity. (This group is New Jersey’s largest and oldest public utility.) If approved, the very large investment has been estimated to create about 300 jobs each year for five years. “New … [continued]
Walmart reached a very special renewable energy milestone this week. The mammoth retail giant revealed San Diego’s College Avenue store as it’s 100th store in California to use rooftop solar panels. It’s all part of the broad range plan to have 100% of their energy come from renewable sources. … [continued]
Below is an excellent post by Edwin R. Stafford and Cathy L. Hartman that Ed passed on to me. Ed and Cathy are marketing professors and directors of the Center for the Market Diffusion of Renewable Energy and Clean Technology at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. The … [continued]
Somebody recently dropped me a note about the YouTube video series “Fully Charged” — a series on electric vehicles and clean energy. Here’s one fun video from the series, covering Germany’s solar energy transformation. It’s a fun, highly-recommended video:
Following in the wake of the Cameron government’s new UK Guarantees £40 billion loan guarantee program, the money center banking group is set to ramp up its renewable energy investments. Offshore wind, solar power and biomass projects are at the top of the list. […]
Previously on CleanTechnica, the plan to transition Alcatraz Island to some degree of solar power, and off of diesel generators, was discussed. That was about two years ago, and now that plan has come to fruition. Previously, about two thousand gallons of diesel fuel were being used per week … [continued]
A new financing mechanism from Clean Power Finance may help harness the potential of solar renewable energy credits to bridge a growing financing gap and continue America’s residential solar power surge. […]
Talk about cutting out the middleman! A California company called LightManufacturing has figured out a way to fire up a plastic molding process with a concentrated solar power system, and the kicker is the system has no solar cells to generate electricity. Instead, heliostats (aka mirrors) provide all the … [continued]
A hearty congratulations is in order for India. It has just surpassed the 1,000 MW mark for installed photovoltaic solar power. Were there celebrations? It seems at times we don’t acknowledge the achievements in renewable energy that are taking place. Rather, the general perception seems to be one of … [continued]
North America’s largest provider of solar mounting structures for residential, commercial, and utility solar power systems, Unirac, has been awarded a contract by Bechtel Power Corporation to supply the ground mount system for the 110-MW AC Catalina Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Project in Kern County in Southern California, one of the largest photovoltaic … [continued]
