The admission-free event offers an opportunity for solar energy novices to learn the basics of solar technology through workshops and live speaking events featuring industry professionals.

As part of the agreement, the Red Sox home stadium Fenway Park will don Solar Blue logos, and Solar Blue will help the Red Sox find ways to put energy conservation measures into practice at the nearly century-old facility. The financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed, but the Sports Business Journal is calling it a multi-year deal and an expansion of an initial partnership that started in 2009.

The company says it will allow the billboard, one that is powered by 62 solar panels, 24 thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules and 16 LED floodlights, to go dark when there is not enough sunlight. The other option would be to connect the billboard to grid-sourced electricity when the solar power is not enough to keep it lit.

Pythagoras recently revealed its newest product, the solar window, which the company is calling the, “first energy efficient, transparent and high power-density photovoltaic glass unit.”

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that will allocate $70 million in energy grants for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The program gives a maximum incentive of a 25 percent of a qualifying project’s cost. A loan under REAP may not exceed $25 million, and a combined loan and grant under REAP may not exceed 75 percent of the project’s cost.

Bowdoin College, the nationally known liberal arts and science college in Brunswick, Maine, has received a $50,000 grant from the state’s Public Utilities Commission to install a solar hot water system atop Bowdoin’s Thorne Hall, one of the largest water-consuming buildings on its campus.

In an effort to invest more money in green technology and create more jobs in the renewable energy sector, North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue announced this week that state has invested another $4.9 million dollars for North Carolina’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Program.

Colorado customers of Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy have for several years been able to take advantage of solar rebates. The rebates reduce the out-of-pocket cost of installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, which encourages more homeowners to install solar panels. To offer a similar option to individuals who aren’t customers of Xcel or Black [...]

Southern California Edison (SCE) and the Southern California Gas Company (the Gas Company) have announced a joint effort to help their customers reduce–and in some cases, to pay–their monthly energy bills. Recognizing that in the on-going economic crisis, many households are falling behind on their bills or are looking for ways to cut down on [...]

Courtesy of the National Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the California Energy Commission (CEC) has received $314.5 million to invest in renewable and efficient energy programs.