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Xcel Energy Plans US’s Largest Solar Power Plant

Xcel Energy has announced that an affiliate of SunEdison will build, own and operate a 8 megawatt central solar power plant in south central Colorado. The power plant will house two solar technologies; concentrating photovoltaic and advanced flat-plate solar panel units. Both the flat-plate solar panel segment of the plant ... Read more »

Savoy Building Gets First Polysilicon Solar Membrane System in California

iPower has begun construction on the first large-scale commercial installation of single-ply membrane solar roof on The Savoy Building at Fisherman’s Wharf. The 40kW system, from Open Energy Corp. will cover 3,000 sq. ft. and generate 50,000 kilowatt hours of energy annually. This system will save the company as much ... Read more »

Deyo Installs Solar System at Power Manufacturing Plant

Pacific Energy is finishing the installation of 90 of 180 solar panels as part of an energy-efficient system at Deyo, the makers of custom bicycling clothing for Team Voler Apparel, according to the Times Press Recorder. Grover Beach, California city officials said the solar panel project is the largest in ... Read more »

Salt Lake’s Convention Center Gets Grid-Tie Solar System

Carmanah’s Power Systems Group recently supplied an order to Pioneer Electric Inc., based out of Salt Lake City, for a customized 20 kW grid-tie solar power system. This grid-tie system will be installed on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. With more than a half million ... Read more »

Neenah Paper Becomes Wisconsin’s Largest Purchaser of Renewable Energy

Neenah Paper has become Wisconsin’s largest purchaser of green power and has been named to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s distinguished Green Power Partnership. The partnership recognizes organizations for exemplary green power purchases. The purchase of more than 10 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy qualifies Neenah Paper for membership ... Read more »

GM Facilities Cut Energy Use by 25%

General Motors reduced its energy use by 25 percent and added solar and landfill gas as energy sources at its North American facilities over the past five years. According to GM, the company is one of the leading users of renewable energy in the North American manufacturing sector, with renewable ... Read more »

Energy Department to Award $6 Million to Increase Energy Efficiency

U.S. Department of Energy will award $6 million to fund 22 federal-state partnerships to increase energy savings in residential and commercial buildings.  The state partnership grants will help implement training programs, and provide technical assistance and education with the goal of constructing more energy-efficient buildings.  DOE’s Building Technologies Program, within ... Read more »

GE Launches Ecomagination in Australia

General Electric has launched its global clean energy and water initiative – called ecomagination – in the Australian market at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. “The bridge between GE and Australia has been open since 1902, when we installed motors to open the Pyrmont Bridge over Darling Harbor,” Rice said. “Ecomagination is ... Read more »

LAX Unveils Energy-Saving New Lighting

Los Angeles International Airport has installed more than 1,800 LED-based fixtures as part of a lighting renovation project by Color Kinetics Incorporated . The LED-based system is expected to consume just 25 percent of the total energy drawn by the previous fixtures, while also reducing maintenance and cutting the number ... Read more »

CT Governor Proposes $500 Million Energy Plan

Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell has proposed a four-year, $500 million energy plan for Connecticut, The Advocate reports. The proposal calls for the use of bio-fuels and renewable forms of energy, cutting costs for businesses and families, and reducing fossil fuel consumption. Rell also called for a set of new ... Read more »

London’s City Hall Goes Solar

London’s City Hall will install photovoltaic solar panels that will provide 70kW of renewable energy, generating 3.1million kWh of renewable electricity over their lifetime. The panels will reduce the CO2 emissions of City Hall by 3,000 tons in its lifetime. London’s City Hall already incorporates a number of sustainable features ... Read more »


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