The two members of the flight crew are from the Colorado mapping firm Sanborn. The crew collected data needed to pinpoint prime areas for solar installations and to determine which areas are need of more solar space. The photos taken are being digitized as you read, with the goal being to produce solar map of NYC by this Fall.

Instead, they’ll will be mixing beats all day long in celebration of the brand new, 22-panel solar energy system atop the station’s building in Armory Park District. Appropriately, KSCI chose Earth Day to unveil their solar tracks.

Before the festival began, Crimson Collective, a hodgepodge of artists, architects and designers, tested two solar panels inside their 45-foot tall, origami-style crane with a 150-foot wingspan. The testing of the panels went as planned, collecting natural rays in order to provide lighting once the sun went down and the music continued.

The crane was an addition to the festival that

The University of California Public School System may not be able to meet their 2014 goal of installing a combined 10 megawatts of renewable energy on UC campuses, according to Matt St. Clair, Sustainability Manager at the UC Office of the President.

The Denver Federal Center (DFC), one of the largest federal agency centers in the United States, will install a 3.2-megawatt solar energy system using Sharp solar panels.

Tony Jones of Coral Reef Wetsuits has a pending patent for 6-12 ft. solar surfboards that could be on the market faster than you can slip on your boardies.

Whether it’s touchdowns, goals or record-breaking sprints, eco-effiiciency (largely including solar lighting) is the name of the game in newer pro-sports stadiums around the world.

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer set a serious and ambitious tone at a pre-conference press briefing for the Copenhagen climate negotiations. The talks have the potential to directly impact renewable energy industries by producing a carbon-conscious world. To follow what’s going on and engage in conversation, check out the YouTube Channel and the iPhone app.

President Obama is slated to speak in Copenhagen on December 9th, where he will propose emission caps for the U.S. in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. This is the type of leadership we need to legislate for a sustainable future and spur a clean energy economy and bring the solar industry to new levels of production and integration.

Yesterday, U.S. President Obama and the People’s Republic of China President Hu released a joint-statement on issues relating to climate change and renewable energy. The two countries are making concrete efforts to work together in order to scale renewable energy such as wind, solar, advanced biofuels, etc. and to achieve a cleaner way to burn coal. In the statement, it is clear both countries want to see a substantive document come out of Copenhagen without sacrificing the right to economic development.