by admin | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog, Installations, North America, Photovoltaics, United States
University of California, Davis (UC Davis), together with San Jose-based SunPower, has constructed a 16.3-megawatt (AC) solar power plant on a 62-acre site south of Interstate 80. SunPower will own and operate the project and sell the generated power to UC Davis. The...
by admin | Dec 30, 2015 | Blog, Featured, Financing, North America, United States
As seen at RenewableEnergyWorld December 21, 2015 By Scott Sklar President On Dec. 15, House Republicans unveiled legislation that included multiyear extensions of tax credits for solar, wind, biofuels and electric vehicles, and energy efficiency. These bills passed...
by admin | Jul 26, 2015 | Blog, Installations, North America, United States
According to the National Mining Association, the total number of coal miners in the United States fell from 705,000 in 1923 to 87,000 in 2008, while coal production increased from 565,000 tons to over one billion tons during the same period. The number of coal miners...
by admin | Jul 26, 2015 | Blog
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY: Germany, the fifth largest economy in the world, in 2014 had 50% of its energy from solar and in on day in May 2014 over 70% of its total electricity from solar an wind. The United States 84% of all new electric power was renewable...
by admin | Jun 26, 2015 | Blog, Europe, Germany, Installations
Solar Power Meets Half of Germany’s Energy Demand A core facet of Chancellor Merkel’s historic “Energiewende” clean energy transition, Germany has led the world in driving adoption of solar energy technology and systems. Although it is now...
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