Happy Friday, everyone. We’ll skip the banter this morning and cut straight to the chase… Energy news this week has been dominated by a terrible oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Late yesterday, British Petroleum (BP) acknowledged that oil is seeping at a rate of 5,000 barrels per day — far faster than previously [...]

The solar news recap will be short and sweet today, folks — particularly because First Solar seems to be the only game in town this morning… In solar stocks news, FirstSolar (NASDAQ:FSLR) topped Wall Street profit estimates for Q1 and raised its 2010 forecast, via Reuters. FSLR shares were up, like, 13 percent in mid-day [...]

The 130-turbine wind farm will cost an estimated $2 million and, by 2012, is expected to generate enough energy to meet 75 percent of energy needs in Cape Cod.

We’re back after a brief hiatus yesterday. Here’s what’s on tap for today’s solar power and energy news: the nation may (finally) get its first offshore wind energy installation, though there’s still a long way to go; a nasty oil slick the size of Jamaica — the result of a tragic accident on the part [...]

On Wednesday, May 5, the Center for Ecological Technology (CET) is hosting a commercial solar workshop at Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts, which is actually one of the case studies that will be discussed during the $20, 8:30 a.m. to noon seminar.

The school was just two months away from putting to use a 108 cell solar panel system worth $43,700 when thieves climbed to the building’s roof within the last month and stole the energy system.

VA’s intial announcment in November only included solar installations at facilities in Texas, California, Nevada and Arizona that would amount to 1.7 megawatts (mw) of solar energy. Last week, VA unleashed a broader plan that included installations at 18 medical centers in eight states and American Samoa that together would total 3,020 kilowatts (kW) of solar energy.

The latest move for this over-achieving institution is the implementation of a new solar energy system courtesy of Bella Energy in Colorado that allows the school to solar power 11 percent of its energy needs. The school revealed the new 90-panel system at a ribbon-cutting ceremony during last week’s Earth Day. The system is expected to save more than 50,000 pounds annually of carbon dioxide from polluting the rocky mountain air.

Back to the grind, everyone… Here’s a burst of solar energy news to help you through the day. In New York solar news, Thornwood Self Storage center has added a Westchester County solar installation to its 48,000-square-foot facility, via a press release on Earth Times News. The 82-kilowatt (kW) solar electric system is expected to [...]

The session, entitled “Eliminating your Energy Bill: A Commercial Perspective,” will feature speakers aiming to enlighten local small business owners as to how a solar energy system can cut their monthly energy cost.