Solar Energy
Solar energy — energy from the sun — is a renewable energy source used for heat and electricity. We include a range of stories about the deployment of solar energy collection technology such as solar panels, rooftop arrays and solar fields. We also include articles on companies’ usage of solar energy to improve the efficiency of their operations and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Facebook Installing Solar Cogeneration System
Facebook is planning to create both electricity and hot water with a solar energy system at its new Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters.
With the capacity ...
Chicago Airports Plan Solar, Alternative Fueling, Composting
The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) announced a series of sustainability initiatives at the 2011 Airports Going Green conference in Chicago, including plans for a ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Dealers Fight Fuel Rules, Utility MACT Rule, Fracking Disclosure
Auto dealers are fighting the Obama administration's tough new fuel economy standards, taking the place of car companies that agreed to adopt an average efficiency target ...
Apple Quietly Plans Solar Array for $1bn Data Center
Apple is quietly planning a solar farm near its newly opened, $1 billion Project Dolphin data center in Maiden, N.C., according to news reports.
The ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Energy Department Probe, Arizona Copper Mining, Cape Wind Setback
President Obama has promised House Republicans investigating the government's aid to to the now-bankrupt solar firm Solyndra that a former business executive will lead an independent ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Solar Zones, Ozone Hearing, Carbon Tax
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (pictured left) on Thursday announced a revised plan to establish solar energy zones in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, ...
New Plants, Research Break Bounds for Concentrating Solar
Torresol Energy has opened the Gemasolar concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, the first commercial-scale plant that uses molten salt to transfer heat
The array near Seville, ...
Cornell Taps Distributed Sun for NYC Campus Proposal
Distributed Sun LLC has teamed-up with Cornell University for a proposal that, if accepted by the City of New York, would see the partners build, finance, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule
A United Nations committee has completed the draft design of a Green Climate Fund that would send $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist developing ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FERC Regulations, Wastewater Rules, Fines for ConocoPhillips and Sherwin-Williams
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it has published three final rules on Thursday, dramatically shaking up the payment method for transmission, particularly in the ...
Solar Briefing: Campbell’s, American Water, Trade War Kicks Off
Seven solar panel makers have filed a complaint with the Commerce Department, asking the government to impose duties on cheaper Chinese imports.
The manufacturers, ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ethanol Cuts, South Africa Carbon Fines, Cuba Offshore Drilling
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) introduced an amendment to the chamber's 2012 agriculture appropriations bill on Tuesday that would block the government from funding gas station "blender" ...
Solar Briefing: SPI 2011 News, University of Gothenburg, Standard Solar, Samba Energy
Canadian Solar has used the 2011 Solar Power International conference in Dallas to launch its Intelligrated Power module series. The Intelligrated CommercialAC is ...
Solar Briefing: Bank of America, GE, Air Products, SunPower
Here's the latest solar industry news emerging out of the Solar Power International conference in Dallas, and some related items:
The U.S. solar industry ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Power Efficiency Standard, Dow Solar Certifications, NSF/ANSI 350
The Storage Networking Industry Association announced on Monday the release of a specification for measuring data storage systems for power efficiency, ZDNet reported. After three ...
Granite Construction Buys 1.2MW Solar Array
Granite Construction Inc. has completed a 1.2 MW solar array at its aggregate and hot mix facility in Coalinga, Calif., using parts from eIQ Energy Inc., Siemens ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: EPA Appropriations, Dark Days for Solar, Germany's Renewable Boom
The Senate Appropriations Committee released a draft 2012 appropriations bill for the Interior Department and the EPA, The Hill reported. As expected, the $29.3 billion ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gulf Spill Penalties, Deepwater Wind, China Nuclear Push
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to postpone the EPA's so-called boiler MACT rules that would regulate emissions from commercial and industrial boilers, The ...
Nestle Purina, Perdue Open Major Solar Arrays
Nestle Purina PetCare and Perdue Incorporated have unveiled major solar arrays in Arizona and Maryland.
Nestle Purina’s 1,900 panel, 427-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system covers 70,000 square feet ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Conflict, Wisconsin Wind Rules, Coal Ash Pushback
The State Department allowed a company with close financial ties to TransCanada to perform a crucial environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, ...
