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Medical center saving money with solar and natural gas

Feb 9, 2012 5:32 PM
With solar energy becoming more prevalent throughout the country, companies are jumping on ...

California company pushes limits of solar efficiency

Feb 8, 2012 5:53 PM
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently announced that California-based Alta Dev ...

Daughter Convinces Washington Couple to Invest in Solar

Nov 7, 2011 1:36 PM
With its green hills and verdant forests, Washington state has an understandable reputatio ...

United Nations Predicts Strong Renewable Energy Growth

May 16, 2011 4:19 PM
Renewable energy sources - including solar power installations - have grown remarkably in ...

Report: PV Systems Boost Home Prices in California

Apr 25, 2011 8:39 AM
A recent study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a division of the U.S. Depa ...

Blythe Solar Project Gets Federal Grant

Apr 20, 2011 9:05 AM
The Blythe Solar Power Project, which is planned to be the largest solar farm ever created ...

Largest Rooftop Solar System in California Created

Apr 12, 2011 2:48 PM
The largest solar thermal system in California has been created on a rooftop at Santa Clar ...

DOE Confirms CIGS Solar Cells with 15.7 percent efficiency

Dec 2, 2010 1:45 PM
Research and development at the Santa Clara, California solar manufacturer MiaSolé ...

California Racetrack Unveils Solar Plans

Nov 23, 2010 3:14 PM
Infineon Raceway, a storied auto racetrack in Sonoma, California, is going green with sola ...

Solar Power Creates Savings for California School

Nov 9, 2010 1:25 PM
Citrus Valley High School in Redlands, California is going solar with a 1,200-panel array ...

Santa Clara University Uses Zero-Down Finance to Build Solar Rooftops

Nov 8, 2010 2:55 PM
Santa Clara University just installed almost a megawatt of new solar capacity on several r ...

Chevron Helps Power Orange County

Nov 2, 2010 11:40 AM
Orange County, California has three solar projects on the horizon, all operated by an arm ...

NRG Energy Pours $300 Million into California Solar Plant

Oct 27, 2010 4:37 PM
Some energy companies are adapting to green energy with bright investment ideas.The solar ...

Huntington Beach Deploys SunEdison Solar Carports

Oct 22, 2010 4:37 PM
The city of Huntington Beach, California has signed an agreement with SunEdison - a wholly ...

Solar Power 'More Popular Than Puppy Dogs, Ice Cream'

Oct 19, 2010 3:08 PM
Almost 95 percent of Americans believe that developing and employing solar power should be ...

Solar Now Fastest Growing Energy Industry

Oct 19, 2010 9:29 AM
Solar power is now the fastest-growing energy industry in America, writes Rhone Resch ...

Charge Up Your Volt With Solar Parking

Oct 19, 2010 7:00 AM
General Motors is pinning some of its future hopes on the Chevrolet Volt - a so-called &qu ...

Solar Manufacturers Face Tough Competitive Environment

Oct 13, 2010 7:00 AM
Even as Silicon Valley solar darlings like Solyndra and MiaSolé planned to fun ...

New Orange County Solar Facility Begins Operation

Oct 6, 2010 2:41 PM
A new corporate parking structure solar installation began operation recently in Orange Co ...

Hollister, California Breaks Ground on Municipal Solar Arrays

Oct 5, 2010 1:46 PM
The city of Hollister, California will begin work today on a large-scale solar energy deve ...

Nearly 1,000 Megawatts of Solar Capacity Approved for California Desert

Oct 1, 2010 9:00 AM
The California Energy Commission approved Wednesday the construction of nearly 1,000 megaw ...

California, Hawaii Solar Researchers Look For Ways to Make Solar More Reliable

Sep 30, 2010 9:00 AM
As fossil-fuel energy becomes harder to extract and more expensive, renewable sources of p ...

Concentrating Solar Power Rises on Mexico-California Border

Sep 29, 2010 11:57 AM
While politicians in the U.S. continue to debate border control and immigration, green ene ...

Distributed Small PV Arrays Offer Great Potential: DOE

Sep 29, 2010 11:54 AM
A study released by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laborat ...

California Solar Installation 'Avenal' to Be One of the Largest in the World

Sep 28, 2010 9:00 AM
A new thin-film solar power facility in Kings County, California will provide enough power ...

Another California Vineyard Invests in a Solar Installation

Sep 25, 2010 9:00 AM
It seems that more and more California vineyards are choosing to power their facilities wi ...

Contested Ivanpah Valley Solar Project Wins CEC Approval

Sep 23, 2010 3:57 PM
Yet another major California solar installation won approval from the California Energy Co ...

Lottery Entrepreneur Proposes 100 Percent Solar Power in California

Sep 21, 2010 11:34 AM
In action movies, we commonly see the protagonist get himself out of a tight scrape becaus ...

Sungevity Enjoying Rewards of Solar Bull Market

Sep 16, 2010 12:00 PM
California solar firm Sungevity is exactly the kind of firm that support for renewable ene ...

Largest Proposed Solar Plant Moves Forward in California

Sep 15, 2010 10:29 PM
A 1,000-megawatt California solar power plant being developed by the German firms Solar Mi ...

Arcadia, California Community Gets Sunvalley Solar Installation

Sep 14, 2010 5:35 PM
California Solar installer Sunvalley Solar has finished a 20.5-kilowatt array in Arcadia, ...

California Networking Firm Installs 550-Kilowatt Solar Array

Sep 10, 2010 12:00 PM
A high-tech firm in San Jose, California is turning to solar panels to provide electricity ...

CEC Approves Huge 250-Megawatt Abengoa Mojave Solar Installation

Sep 9, 2010 7:03 PM
Good news for advocates of solar thermal power installations: The California Energy Commis ...

United Steelworkers Lawsuit Could Have Implications for Solar Industry

Sep 9, 2010 4:40 PM
The United Steelworkers union will file a legal case with the Obama Administration allegin ...

California Solar Dish Facility Moves Towards Approval

Sep 2, 2010 12:00 PM
The Imperial Valley Solar Project, a proposed facility that would generate 709 megawatts o ...

Renowned Selyem Vineyard Opens New Solar Winery

Sep 1, 2010 5:03 PM
Williams Selyem, a famed producer of California Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Zinfandel, anno ...

SunPower Solar Tech Selected for U.S. Federal Facilities

Aug 31, 2010 3:00 PM
SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), a San Jose, California solar developer and manufacturer, ...

California Sandal Company Expects a Five-Year Solar Payback

Aug 27, 2010 6:10 PM
Rainbow Sandals is unveiling its San Clemente, California solar installation next week - a ...

California Officials Give Green Light to 250-Megawatt Solar Facility

Aug 26, 2010 5:25 PM
A 250-megawatt California solar energy facility received final approval Wednesday, reports ...

Tofu Maker Installs Solar Panels at Garden Grove HQ

Aug 23, 2010 12:00 PM
Tofu is pretty well associated with eco-friendly, environmentally conscious types. It may ...

California Elementary School Goes Back to Class with Solar Power

Aug 20, 2010 12:00 PM
For students at Grant Elementary School in Redding, California, back-to-school season this ...

SunPower to Sell Italian Solar Power Installation to Etrion

Aug 10, 2010 10:00 AM
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) announced Monday that it has entered into an a ...

SunEdison and DRI Energy Enter Three-State Partnership

Aug 6, 2010 9:51 PM
SunEdison and DRI Energy announced Thursday a new channel partnership which will see the t ...

Commission Recommends Approval for Massive Ivanpah Solar Plant

Aug 5, 2010 5:51 PM
The staff of the California Energy Commission recommended that the full commission approve ...

Silicon Valley Circuit Manufacturer Fires up Solar Installation

Aug 5, 2010 4:45 PM
Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI), the leading maker of high-voltage integrated circuits f ...

Butte College Solar Installation Makes School First Grid-Positive College

Aug 5, 2010 7:00 AM
Butte College has achieved an important milestone with its Oroville, California solar inst ...

Breakthrough Solar Technology Could Double Cell Efficiency

Aug 3, 2010 3:43 PM
Beating efficiency limits and overheating have long been the holy grail of solar panel res ...

Solyndra Seals 16.2-Megawatt Deal with California Utility

Aug 2, 2010 8:25 PM
Solyndra, a Fremont, California-based solar panel manufacturer, announced last week that i ...

Solyndra Replaces Founder CEO with Intel Veteran

Jul 28, 2010 5:46 PM
The founder and current chief executive officer of Solyndra, Inc., Chris Gronet, will step ...

Department of Energy Launches New Energy Blog

Jul 27, 2010 3:00 PM
Last week, the Department of Energy launched its new blog, entitled EnergyBlog. The Depar ...

California's Central Valley Benefiting from Solar Boom

Jul 27, 2010 12:00 PM
The Central Valley of California is known for its sprawling farms and orchards, producing ...

California Solar Panel Company Plans Three Projects in Italy

Jul 23, 2010 3:30 PM
Solar power systems are springing up the world over - and a panel company based in San Jos ...

Solexant Selects Gresham, Oregon for Thin-Film Solar Plant

Jul 21, 2010 6:06 PM
San Jose, California-based Solexant will build a first-of-its-kind thin-film solar manufac ...

BioSolar Develops Oil-Free, Efficient Cooling Solution

Jul 20, 2010 7:10 PM
A Santa Clarita, California solar developer has created a "breakthrough technology&qu ...

Premier Power and Puma Team Up In Solar Installation

Jul 19, 2010 6:50 PM
Premier Power Renewable Energy, an El Dorado Hills solar installer, and sportswear manufac ...

Over 50 Percent of New Power Came From Renewable Sources in 2009

Jul 19, 2010 12:00 PM
More than 50 percent of the newly installed power capacity in the U.S. came from renewable ...

International Movement Calls for Solar State Residences

Jul 17, 2010 12:00 PM
Bill McKibben, the founder of the Berkeley-based international climate change action group ...

SoloPower Unveils Flexible CIGS Solar Modules

Jul 13, 2010 3:00 PM
This week, SoloPower's new CIGS-based, thin-film, lightweight and flexible SFX1-i solar ph ...

Genesis Solar Switches to Dry-Cooling for Sonora Solar Thermal Plant

Jul 13, 2010 1:00 PM
Genesis Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources (NEE), will change th ...

JA Solar and Innovalight Ink New Solar Deal

Jul 12, 2010 4:03 PM
Innovalight Inc. of Sunnyvale, California announced Monday that the firm will develop and ...

California Regulators Approve Edison-Solar Millennium Deal

Jul 9, 2010 11:55 PM
The utility Southern California Edison got approval from state regulators at the Californi ...

Solar Impulse Plane Successfully Soars Through the Night

Jul 9, 2010 12:00 PM
The much-heralded 24-hour flight of the Solar Impulse, a prototype solar-powered airplane, ...

First Solar Forms Utility Systems Business With NextLight Acquisition

Jul 1, 2010 9:38 PM
First Solar announced on Thursday that it will form a separate group focused on the utilit ...

California Winery and SPG Solar Pioneer "Floatovoltaic" Technology

Jul 1, 2010 9:14 PM
The connection between wine, irrigation and solar power doesn't seem immediately obvious. ...

Sharp Electronics Manufactures Two Millionth Solar Panel in Memphis

Jun 29, 2010 10:20 PM
Sharp Electronics Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Sharp Corporation, announced ...

California Utility Celebrates First Solar Station of New Program

Jun 28, 2010 10:05 PM
Last week, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) celebrated the first step of a join ...

Goldman Sachs Says Buy First Solar Shares

Jun 28, 2010 6:41 PM
An analyst at the Goldman Sachs investment bank in New York said that investors should buy ...

SunPower Achieves World Record Solar Cell Efficiency

Jun 24, 2010 3:43 PM
SunPower Corp. of San Jose, California, announced on Wednesday that it had achieved a worl ...

What is the Lesson of Solyndra's Cancelled IPO?

Jun 22, 2010 12:26 AM
Last week, Solyndra, Inc. decided to cancel its plans to raise $300 million in an initial ...

Southern California Edison the Sunniest Utility in the U.S.

Jun 18, 2010 9:43 PM
The Solar Electric Power Association has released its 2009 Utility Solar Rankings, finding ...

Solyndra Forgoes IPO for Private Equity

Jun 18, 2010 7:21 PM
Solyndra, Inc., a California-based solar manufacturer which has been planning a well-publi ...

World's Largest Semiconductor Foundry Puts $50 Million Into California Solar Firm

Jun 17, 2010 7:17 PM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the globe's largest independent semicon ...

California State University Bakersfield Breaks Ground on New Solar Project

Jun 16, 2010 7:20 PM
CSUB began construction of a new 1-megawatt photovoltaic solar array that will simultaneou ...

California Company Creates Most Efficient Solar Film Ever

Jun 11, 2010 6:52 PM
MiaSole, a California-based solar panel manufacturer, announced today that the U.S. Depart ...

Nipton, California Is 'The Most Solar Town in America'

Jun 10, 2010 6:28 PM
Nipton, California will nab the title of "The Most Solar Town in America" with 8 ...

Southern California Edison Moves Forward With SPVP Project

Jun 9, 2010 12:00 PM
Southern California Edison is moving ahead with its Solar Photovoltaic Program - an initia ...

San Jose Solar Company Receives $41.5 Million in Funding

Jun 6, 2010 12:00 PM
San Jose, California-based Solexant just received a cash infusion of $41.5 million.The fun ...

California Utility Announces Solar Demonstration Projects

Jun 3, 2010 11:51 PM
One of California's leading utility companies has announced some new demonstration project ...

California School District Going Solar

May 28, 2010 11:21 PM
A California school district has decided to make an investment in clean energy, contractin ...

California College Announces Nation's Largest Concentrator Photovoltaic Array

May 26, 2010 7:15 PM
Victor Valley College in Victorville, California is now the site of the country's largest ...

Major California Solar Project Facing Possible Challenges

May 25, 2010 11:01 PM
As solar power plants have become more common in remote rural areas, they have ended up fa ...

California Solar-Equipment Company Sold for $76 Million

May 25, 2010 3:00 PM
The solar panel arms race is heating up, and companies are doing whatever they can to gain ...

California Aluminum-Products Factory Goes Green With Solar

May 21, 2010 8:35 PM
An aluminum-products plant in Visalia, California is using solar panels to reduce its carb ...

California Recycling Facility Set to go Solar

May 21, 2010 5:30 PM
Solar energy is becoming increasingly widespread in California, with photovoltaic panels b ...

California Company Develops Solar Panel Backsheet from Castor Beans

May 20, 2010 10:59 PM
BioSolar, Inc., a company based in Santa Clarita, California, announced this week that it ...

California Solar Boat Competition Creates Clean-Energy Awareness

May 17, 2010 6:39 PM
Solar energy has applications beyond just homes and businesses, as a recent solar boat con ...

Distributed Solar Energy Program Moving Forward

May 13, 2010 10:57 PM
Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced another step forward in its plan to deploy ...

California Companies to Benefit From Solar Technology Funds

May 11, 2010 10:08 PM
A handful of California companies will be among those receiving federal funds to develop n ...

Southern California Logistics Firm Announces Solar Installations

May 10, 2010 12:20 AM
Logistics company ProLogis is partnering with Southern California Edison to install approx ...

Parking Lots Could be Well-Suited for Solar Arrays

May 5, 2010 9:00 AM
A California company is carving out a potentially significant niche for itself in the sola ...
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