The proposed Crossroads Solar Energy Project in Mariposa County, Arizona is one step closer to construction today after SolarReserve — the Los Angeles, Califoornia-based utility-scale solar project developer — earned two Certificates of Environmental Compatability (CEC) from the Arizona Power Plant and Transmition Line Siting Committee.

It’s no secret that one of the American industries hardest hit by our nation’s most recent economic recession was homebuilding, which in many respects is still trying to grapple its way back to even years after taking a nosedive.

The largest photovoltaic (PV) power plant in the United States was completed this week, as Arizona-based PV module-maker First Solar finished building the Copper Mountain Solar Facility in Boulder City, Nevada, just 40 miles east of Las Vegas.

According to a new study released today by Greentech Media Company (GTM), the U.S. market for utility-scale solar energy farms is expected to double each year between 2010 and 2015. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research group came to this conclusion after carefully reviewing all solar power projects that have been announced by developers and utilities to date.

Arizona has gained quite the reputation for its ability to generate solar power. It’s one of the top generation states in the nation, so it only makes sense that they use their homegrown clean energy, right?

Since 2004, few utility solar incentive programs have been as successful as the Salt River Project’s (SRP) EarthWise solar rebate.

Prudential Financial, Inc. – a company that provides financial services worldwide – has installed a solar photovoltaic (PV) system atop its Scottsdale, Arizona building and a parking lot with charging stations for electric vehicles (EV) beside it.

The Energy Options Workshop at the Graham County Cooperative Extension in Solomon, Arizona cover everything from the basics of how wind energy works to how to install – or find someone to install – those Arizona solar panels that have become so prevalent.

Arizona Public Service (APS), the longest-standing utility company that now serves a combined over 1.1 million customers in 11 of Arizona’s 15 counties, recently received three awards from two different noteworthy clean energy organizations for its efforts to promote renewable energy solutions and educate its customers on the benefits of clean energy

Now SunEdison is at it again, recently installing a 1-megawatt (MW) solar plant in Pima County in southern Arizona that will generate over 2 million kWh of solar power each year.