California solar installations jumped 26% in 2012
California had a banner year in solar installations in 2012, bringing the state 391 megawatts closer to its goal to install 3,000 megawatts by 2017. According to a California Solar Initiative progress...
View ArticleEnergy pioneer village's solar power share offer
Investors are being offered a stake in a new solar-energy plant serving a village that has a long history of pioneering new forms of power generation. Wedmore Community Power Co-operative has been...
View ArticleConstruction to Start on Mega-Solar Project at Tokachi Speedway (ORIX...
(Source: ORIX Corporation) Construction to Start on Mega-Solar Project at Tokachi Speedway - 21.0 MW Maximum Output for Sarabetsu, Kasai, Hokkaido - TOKYO, Japan - July 5, 2013 - ORIX Corporation...
View ArticleClinton Foundation, NRG and Solar Manufacturers Partner To Power Hospital in...
(Source: NRG Energy Inc) PRINCETON, N.J., July 15, 2013/PRNewswire/ -- NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) today announced the completion of the first project of a new partnership with the William J. Clinton...
View ArticleMore fights ahead for Georgia Power after loss on solar
State regulators forced Georgia Power on Thursday to expand the amount of solar energy it generates, putting the company on the rare losing side of a political battle. But the vote was just a skirmish...
View ArticleBGE Offers Tips to Help Customers Beat the Heat (BGE - Baltimore Gas and...
(Source: BGE - Baltimore Gas and Electric Company) Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rachael Lighty, rachael.lighty@bge.com Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) BGE Media Hotline: 410.470.7433 BGE...
View ArticleOntario energy conservation efforts need work, critics say
Last week, amid scorching temperatures that led to warnings about power blackouts, Ontario’s energy minister told an audience in Toronto that conservation was the main way to ensure the stability of...
View ArticleGreater Cochin Development Authority to take the solar route
KOCHI: The failure of harnessing wind energy has forced Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) to replace the windmill project with solar energy. After holding talks with representatives of...
View ArticleLet's go solar: How communities make energy together
Sizzling temperatures across the UK make most of us think of barbecues, swimming or sun-tan lotion. But in part of South London, the thoughts of Agamemnon Otero are on the kilowatts per hour being...
View ArticleScam eclipses solar power prospects
The prospect of the State harvesting rooftop solar energy in plenty to tide over its energy crisis seems to have been marred by the raging solar scam. Moves to tap solar energy, an answer to Kerala’s...
View ArticleRooftop solar energy is a natural for sunny California
A flex (power) alert was issued recently due to the heat wave and high energy demand as Californians cranked their A/C. As the climate gets warmer, flex...
View ArticleTata Power to develop 28.8MW solar power project in Maharashtra (TATA Group...
(Source: TATA Group - TATA Sons Ltd) Tata Power, India's largest integrated power utility, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Tata Power Renewable Energy is developing one of its largest...
View ArticleKolkata college to help Peru and Mexico with energy schemes
KOLKATA: Apart from being the country's first college on renewable energy, the ArkaIgnou Community College of Renewable Energy now has another reason to feel proud. The city-based institute set up by...
View ArticleEnergy conservation efforts have a long way to go
Discussions on brands, prices, offers, and value-additions in a product are common when it comes to buying a gadget for home. However, how many of us tend to know about the energy efficiency of the...
View ArticleRooftop Solar Plant the Size of Two Football Fields Set to Open in Yonkers...
On Wednesday, the New York area will welcome a new rooftop solar power plant just north of NYC in Yonkers. Designed by Half Moon Ventures, a Chicago-based solar and wind energy developer, the sprawling...
View ArticleORIX to Develop Mega-Solar and Rooftop Solar Power Generation Businesses at...
(Source: ORIX Corporation) ORIX to Develop Mega-Solar and Rooftop Solar Power Generation Businesses at 77 Sites Across Japan with Combined Maximum Output of 170 MW TOKYO, Japan - June 28, 2013 - ORIX...
View ArticleEnergy-efficient solar power plant on RGTU campus soon
BHOPAL: Rajiv Gandhi Technical University (RGTU) will soon boast of being the first university in the country to have the facility of low-cost and most efficient solar-based futuristic power plant on...
View ArticleSolar power plant helps resident keep his cool
It may be a case of owner's pride, neighbours' envy. Kilpauk resident D. Suresh seems hardly annoyed by the frequent disruption in power supply, unlike his neighbours. The stand-alone rooftop solar...
View ArticleSolar Power Plants in Kashmir
Tweet SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and Union minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah today inaugurated a 18-KW Solar Power Plant at Sub-District Hospital at...
View ArticleGujarat planning rooftop solar power policy for households: Modi
Gujarat, which is bathed in the sun’s rays for most part of the year, is considering coming up with a “rooftop” solar power plant policy to enable the people to produce their own electricity and earn...
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