Area Wal-Marts Go Solar
Wal-Mart today will reveal a major project that it has quietly pursued throughout 2012 — the installation of solar power arrays atop a dozen Ohio stores, including nine in the Dayton-Cincinnati area.
Chicken Little and the "Crisis" of Grid Reliability
The Wall Street Journal published an alarmist piece yesterday depicting California’s electrical grid as the victim of a ‘looming crisis’ brought on by the state’s ‘growing reliance’ on wind and solar. While the success of wind and solar certainly raises new issues in terms of how to plan and operate the future electrical grid, the article overstated the severity of the problem California currently faces.
Shell Sees Solar as Biggest Energy Source After Exiting It
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) says solar power, a business it abandoned four years ago, may expand into the world’s biggest source of energy in the next half century.
Affordable Housing Sees Promise in Southern California Solar Market
Promise Energy represents the new face of solar financing in California.
Its moment in the sun
A REVOLUTIONARY solar-powered aircraft touched down recently at Moffett Airfield, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Column: Michigan should embrace renewable sources
Michigan’s embrace of renewable energy and energy efficiency has paid off by creating jobs for Michigan workers and sparking investment in local communities.
Sunpower Providing Solar Energy For New SF 49ers Stadium
Even though the 2013 National Football League season is about six months away, one team is driving the ball down the field in helping to boost the changing image of spectator sports as a champion in environmental sustainability.
Vermont launches new energy loan program
The state of Vermont is launching a new program to make low-interest loans available to businesses for renewable energy and efficiency projects.
In California, Affordable Solar Power for the 99%
It wasn’t too long ago that rooftop solar panels were yet another expensive add-on for high end homes, but then again, it wasn’t too long ago that only the rich kids at your high school could afford pocket calculators, let alone mobile phones.
School banks on going solar
Rows of panels line the roof of the Philomath High School gym. For the past month, the photovoltaic system, commonly known as a solar panel system, has been collecting sunlight — and returning energy.