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Friday, Jun 08, 2012

Austin City Council to Form Solar Committee

Under pressure from solar-power advocates who fear Austin may short-circuit a budding local industry, the Austin City Council is rethinking the city's strategy for expanding solar power.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

LIPA Celebrates Earth Day with Host of Solar Accomplishments, Initiatives

Long Island has become a leader in renewable energy in New York State, the Eastern region and the nation with initiatives and milestones including the installation of Long Island's 5,000th solar roof and Long Island Power Authority's CLEAN Solar Initiative (CSI).

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

NYSEIA Praises Gov. Cuomo's NY-Sun Initiative

New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) today praised Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's NY-Sun Initiative to double the amount of customer-sited solar power installed annually in New York and quadruple that amount by 2013.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

Net Metering: A 'Net Positive' for Solar

Forget bankruptcies and Chinese PV modules. One of the biggest issues facing the solar industry sits inside the box: a net meter.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

2 Solar Projects to be Unveiled in Carson City

Two solar projects are being unveiled this week in Carson City, Nev.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

Solar Advocates Like Preliminary CPUC Decision to Boost Clean Energy in California

California solar energy advocates [Thursday] praised a proposed decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that, if approved, will likely boost renewable energy use by homeowners, businesses, and commercial uses and lower energy costs for both solar and non-solar energy ratepayers.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

St. Louis Cardinals Cooking With Solar Power

There may not have been any sunshine bearing down on the St. Louis Cardinals' home opener Friday, but the stadium will be cooking with solar energy as the season progresses.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

Aqua Pennsylvania Turns Pickering Water Treatment Plant Solar

Aqua has gone solar at its water treatment plant near Phoenixville ? a move designed to save the company and its customer's money and shrink their carbon footprint.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

New Solar Farms in West Tenn. Signal Growth

Two new solar energy farms are generating a small but growing supply of electricity in West Tennessee, the latest signs of progress in an industry that proponents say is primed to add jobs and bolster rural and urban power supply.

Friday, Jun 08, 2012

State Details $1 Billion Investment in Clean Energy

Connecticut's public works regulator plans to distribute $720 million to zero-emissions, renewable-energy generation and $300 million to low-emissions generation over the next several years, detailing for the first time how the state will spend more than $1 billion of required investments in commercially generated renewable power.

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