by admin | Jan 16, 2016 | Installations, North America, United States, Wind
Royal Philips, a Netherlands-based technology company, will use wind energy for all of the electricity used at the company’s 133 North American sites by the end of 2016. Under a deal with EDP Renewables North America, Royal Philips will purchase 250,000...
by admin | Jan 13, 2016 | Financing, Installations, North America, Photovoltaics, United States
SunEdison and the City of San Diego have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA). Under the agreement, SunEdison will install 6.6 megawatts of solar systems across 25 city-owned sites in San Diego. The solar systems are expected to supply more than 70 percent...
by admin | Jan 10, 2016 | Installations, North America, United States, Wind
The Detroit Zoo has moved to 100 percent renewable electricity to power its Royal Oak campus operations. Detroit Zoo has bought renewable energy certificates (RECs) through ITC Holdings Corp. ITC will supply the RECs from electricity generated by wind farms through...
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...
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