solar power
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Global investment in green energy hit record in 2010
Venture capitalists, corporations, and governments worldwide pouring $243 billion into wind farms, solar power, electric cars, and other technologies.
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California utility signs 831-megawatt photovoltaic farms deal
Seven new solar farms would have the capacity at peak output to power more than 540,000 homes.
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U.S. military sees great value in distributed renewable energy
In Iraq, new distributed renewable energy systems could help the Marines reduce fuel consumption, saving lives and money.
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Deal signed in big China solar project
The world's largest photovoltaic project, a massive 2,000-megawatt solar power plant complex, is finally moving forward in China.
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Solar thermal industry set to boom
A new report says that employment in the solar thermal collector industry jumped 22 percent in 2009 from the previous year.
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Dark days for solar? Huge California project sold off
A setback for efforts to meet California's mandate to obtain a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
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Obama calls NFL Eagles owner about clean energy (oh yeah, and Michael Vick)
Did Obama call Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeff Lurie to praise his decision to let Michael Vick return to the team ... or to discuss clean energy?
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Why 'Made in America' is the gift that keeps on giving
We offer here our "holiday wish list" for American workers to preserve an innovation-led economy that makes stuff and creates good jobs here at home.
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Federal solar incentives cost schools ownership opportunity
This is part of a series on distributed renewable energy. It originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. There’s been a fair amount of news about the spread of solar carports in California, highlighting the Milpitas School District’s 14 distributed solar PV arrays. According to a […]