this year, the Jets moved into their new home – New Meadowlands Stadium- made with 40,000 tons of recycled steel and featuring solar panels and energy-efficient light bulbs. But that wasn’t enough for the Jets, who have a plan in place to make the organization as green as the classic jerseys the team sports on the field.

Now Alteris Renewables, the top renewable energy integrator in the northeastern United States, is trying to ramp-up solar energy use within the region by offering solar energy systems at no money down.

The idea behind the reduction is that it will allow TEP to keep the rebate in place through the end of the year.

On Friday, General Mills announced the completion of the first renewable energy installation at any of their plants in the United States. The General Mills Methuen, Massachusetts facility recently completed a solar installation that is expected to supply almost 80 percent of the facility’s summertime needs and 40 percent of its needs the rest of the year.

With the help of a solar energy grant from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA), Allentown, Pennsylvania has installed a $517,000, 420-panel solar array atop the city’s Bridgework Industrial complex that city officials hope will be the model for future installations throughout Lehigh County in southeastern Pennsylvania. The panels were activated in early March of this year, but the [...]

LG outlined a five-year plan in which the company will invest $820 million to expand the Gumi plant and make LG one of the solar energy industry’s leading manufacturers

Not to be outdone, Twentieth Century Fox announced last week that the company has hired Solar Power Inc. and Pacific Edison to develop and install a 158 kW photovoltaic solar power system to be place on its Building 99 roof in Century City, CA, seven miles outside of Hollywood.

Piccard and his partners have successfully completed a test run of the Solar Impulse; a solar airplane that could potentially be the first of its kind to grace the skies by using renewable energy.

A group of scientists at the University of California at Berkeley think so, and their work could allow farmers to one day grow solar power among their field of crops.

Chinese thin film solar manufacturer Trony Solar is set to issue an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange.