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Arizona to get Billion Dollar Solar Thermal Power Plant
Albiasa Solar of Spain and the Arizona Department of Commerce are set to announce the building of a $1 billion solar-thermal power plant near Kingman, Arizona, next year, which will provide power for...
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More Wind Farms Mean Cheaper Energy
Just as we Americans are finally really and truly internalizing the real cost of sticking with fossil fuels, due to the Gulf sea floor gusher, a timely NREL study finds wind power makes electricity...
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4th Straight Record Year for US Solar Installations as Utilities Play a...
Grid-connected solar power systems installations reached a record high in the US in 2011, more than doubling in capacity and jumping nearly 40% in number, with utilities playing a greater role in...
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UK Scientists Plan To Recycle Power Plant Emissions Into Fuel
Scientists of the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh are working on photo-catalytic reduction technology which would recycle carbon dioxide emissions from power plants into liquid and gaseous fuels for...
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Another Prominent Republican Fighting Utility Monopoly For Rooftop Solar...
Here’s yet another case of a prominent Republican politician joining in the fight for rooftop solar power, this time in the highly contentious and important solar battleground of Arizona. Thanks to...
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Amidst Major Solar Battle, Arizona’s Largest Utility Quietly Renews ALEC...
Originally published on ClimateProgress by Kiley Kroh As hearings begin to determine the fate of Arizona’s booming solar industry, Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest utility, quietly renewed...
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SEIA Vows To Continue Efforts To Educate ACC About ‘Value’ Of Solar
Originally published on SEIA.org. WASHINGTON, DC – Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), [yesterday] released the following statement after the Arizona...
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Arizona Rooftop Solar Power Under Threat From APS, Again!
Update: Show your support for solar once more, by attending a meeting at the Arizona Corporation Commission this Thursday, February 6 at 10am at 1200 W. Washington St., Phoenix AZ 85007. If you are...
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APS Taxes, Arizona Solar Installations Drop
Arizona is learning a lesson the hard way: When you tax something, the market drops. Exhibit A: Arizona Public Service, a state monopoly, ended up with 426 rooftop solar net metering applications in...
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Top 10 Solar Utilities
Originally published on Cost Of Solar. When it comes to integrating solar power into the energy distribution system, the solar PV array that the homeowner or building owner installs is only one part of...
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Turning Point: In 2014, Politicians Compete For Who Supports Cleantech More
There’s no getting around the fact that clean energy took a popularity hit, particularly among Republicans, with the fossil lobby’s 2011 subterfuge: the phony Solyndra non-“scandal.” We can now say...
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Solar Energy Squad Goes After “Un-American Electric Power”
Originally published on Solar Love. The conventional energy industry has been using its paid-for politicians and long-embedded advantages to try and prevent homeowners and businesses from embracing...
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If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Own ‘Em—Utilities Muscle In To Rooftop Solar Market
Originally posted at ilsr.org. In the past five years, rooftop solar has revealed the limitations of the archaic electric utility business model, as customers have found generating their own power more...
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NREL + China, Duck Season In Australia… (Clean Electricity & Energy...
More solar, wind, and other green/electricity news for your reading pleasure: The Beginners Guide To Lower Heating Bills: For Tenants, Owners and Homelovers In an ideal world our homes would be so well...
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Good News, Bad News For Solar In Arizona
The first solar power plant operated by the Navajo Nation is up and running in Arizona, where the FBI is investigating a local utility for campaign corruption.
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Solar Plus Batteries Beat Out Natural Gas In Two US Electricity Markets
First Solar has just outbid every fossil fuel competitor to supply electricity to Arizona Public Service, the state's largest utility company, during peak demand periods. Can you hear the dam breaking?
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Arizona Renewable Portfolio Standard Coverage Omits Critical Info...
A couple weeks ago, we wrote about a major new ballot initiative in Arizona. The proposal is a 50% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) by the year 2030. A total of 480,464 Arizona residents sign onto...
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Network Of Tesla Powerwall Batteries Saves Green Mountain Power $500,000...
Green Mountain Power in Vermont says its virtual power plant system that involves up to 2,000 Tesla Powerwall residential batteries, saved it $500,000 during a recent heat wave.
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Arizona Solar Policy: Worth $40 Million to Lobbyists
Solar advocates in Arizona and a local utility already have spent $40 million in this mid-term election to attempt to control the adoption rate for solar energy in the state; as such, it may turn out...
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AES Building 100 Megawatt Battery In Arizona To Fight The Duck Curve With Solar
Arizona is stepping up its energy storage game with a new contract for battery supplier AES to install 100 megawatts of stationary storage for the utility Arizona Public Service
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