Posted: 2010-09-01
Detroit Edison, an electric utility operating in southeast Michigan, is giving new life to some of its old solar panels.
The company installed a solar array in Scio Township, Michigan in 1997. It's retiring the panels used in that installation and replacing them with newer technology - but the retired panels are going to good use...
Posted: 2010-08-30
The government of Reno, Nevada is installing 1.3 megawatts of solar power - and, thanks to rebates, subsidies and a long-term energy-procurement deal, it's doing so for free.
The city's utility, NV Energy, is providing some incentive payments; the federal government is providing even more. And Reno will pay over many years for the energy its new solar arrays produce, bringing its net out-of-pocket cost to zero...
Posted: 2010-08-26
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties announced this week that it had received a rather unconventional donation.
The food bank, located in San Jose, California, received a donated solar power system from Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and SunPower. The latter provided the panels for the installation, which is expected to result in significant energy savings over its 25-year lifespan...
Posted: 2010-08-17
A Rockford, Illinois solar-module plant is being opened today, a supplier to the facility says.
New Bedford, Massachusetts solar-manufacturing equipment developer Spire Corp. provided turnkey manufacturing components to Wanxiang Solar, the Chinese panel company that is establishing a presence in Rockford. More than 60 workers will be employed at the company's facility - and the plant could establish Winnebago County as a green jobs hub and help combat Illinois' high unemployment rate...
Posted: 2010-08-16
It's not just homeowners and businesses that are adopting solar power - government institutions like prisons are looking to green their operations and reduce energy costs, as well. The federal correctional institution in Fairton, New Jersey is the latest prison to go solar.
Vanguard Energy Partners, an East Coast solar installer focused on large-scale projects, announced Monday that FCI-Fairton had deployed a 402-kilowatt solar array. The solar energy system will slash the prison's fossil fuel-derived energy use by 27 percent and reduce its carbon emissions by 790,000 pounds each year...
Posted: 2010-08-11
The San Diego Unified School District is going solar - and by adopting solar power, it will save a substantial amount of money.
The district announced last week a plan to buy 5.2 megawatts of solar energy from AMSOLAR, a company based in Solana Beach, California. AMSOLAR will install and maintain 23,000 solar panels on rooftops throughout the school district...