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Arizona green jobs growing at faster clip
June
11, 2009, www.azcentral.com - Boosted by demand for solar power, jobs in Arizona's green industries
grew faster than overall state employment over a recent 10-year period,
according to a study by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Click here for
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Skyrocketing solar projects
create demand for desert land
June
4, 2009, www.azcentral.com
- A modern-day land rush is under way in the deserts of Arizona and the
Southwest as public utilities and speculators vie for vast tracts of
public and private land on which to build massive solar-power plants. Click here for
full story. |
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Arizona
utility plans new solar thermal plant
May
22, 2009, www.reuters.com
- Solar thermal power plant west of Phoenix, Arizona would produce
enough electricity to power more than 73,000 homes. Click here for
full story. |
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Solar
Project At Grand Canyon Now Operational
May
19, 2009, www.solarindustrymag.com
- 84 photovoltaic solar panels are now operational on and around the
Grand Canyon Visitor Center, providing the building with approximately
18 kW of electricity. The panels provide enough energy to offset 30% of
the Visitor Center's electricity use. For
full story, click here. |
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Local
Company Partners with Industry in Donating Solar Electric Systems to
Habitat for Humanity
May
14, 2009, www.americanpv.com
- Five families participating in Habitat for Humanity’s new homeowner
program will be moving into solar-powered homes this year as a result
of an industry partnership coordinated by American Solar Electric. For
full story, click here. |
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APS
Pilot Envisions Interconnected Solar Rooftops
May
11, 2009, APS
- Arizona
Public Service (APS) is launching an innovative pilot project in
Flagstaff that ultimately could provide a substantial increase in the
number of solar rooftops statewide. For press release, click here. |
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SolFocus
solar company expanding
April
24, 2009, www.azcentral.com - California-based SolFocus has expanded
one of its global manufacturing sites to East Mesa and plans to
quadruple its workforce. For entire article, click here. |
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SRP
revising solar incentives
April
21, 2009, www.srpnet.com - SRP is announcing changes to its residential
and commercial solar
electric system incentives effective June 1, 2009. For entire press
release, click here. |
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5
solar projects get $4 million in grants
April
17, 2009,
www.tucsoncitizen.com - Five new projects could help make Arizona a
center for solar development. For entire article, click here. |
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ASU
marks phase one of solar power program
April
1, 2009,
phoenix.bizjournals.com - Arizona State University inaugurated the
first 1.88 megawatts in its plan to install solar power at the Tempe
campus... Click here for full story. |
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German
manufacturer to donate solar panels to Biosphere 2
Mar
18, 2009, www.tucsoncitizen.com - Solon Corp., which opened a solar
panel factory in Tucson in 2008, will give the research center 470
solar panels capable of generating about two-thirds of the power for
the Biosphere conference facility... Click here for full story. |
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More
homes in Arizona to benefit from energy grant
Mar
13, 2009, www.azcentral.com - The number of Arizona homes eligible for
assistance in making their homes more energy efficient will grow
sharply thanks to a $112 million grant approved as part of the federal
stimulus. Announced ... click here for full story.
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German Firm Lands in Tucson
May
19, 2008, Arizona Republic - A German company that makes mounting
brackets for solar panels is opening its first U.S. location in a
22,000-square-foot Tucson facility. Schletter Inc. employees
already have begun... click here for full story.
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Solar Takes a Backseat in
National Climate and Energy Bill
May
21, 2009 - RenewableEnergyWorld.com
- With Obama’s first 100 days behind him, Congress is assiduously
debating his clean energy plan! The President's plan includes three
major components. Click here for full story. |
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SOLAR 2009 Conference Attracts
Record Crowds
May
13, 2009 - ASES
- Despite the struggling economy, or
perhaps because of it, America's longest running national solar
conference is seeing the largest
crowd in its 38 year history. See the press release from the American
Solar Energy Society. |
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Qualified
Remodeler Magazine Updates Articles on Renewable Energy and Green
Building
March
31, 2009
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Sustainable
Buildings Industry
Council Elects New Board of Directors
March
13, 2009, www.sbicouncil.org. - The SBIC is pleased to announce the
election of its new Board of Directors for the 2009 term.
Click here
for press release.
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Letter from American Solar
Energy Society Executive Director Brad Collins
March
2, 2009, www.ases.org. - What energy policies are needed to help get
the U.S. economy back on track? ...
Click here
for complete letter.
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Clean Energy Aspects of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
February
18,
2009, Renewable Energy World.com - The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes US $16.8 billion for DOE's
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)... click here
for full story.
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Karl Böer Medal for Hermann
Scheer
May
8, 2009, EuroSolar
- Hermann Scheer, chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy and
recipient of the alternative Nobel Prize, has received the Karl Böer
Solar Energy Medal of Merit 2009 this Thursday in Newark, USA.... Click
here for full story |
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Dutch entrepreneurs warm to
solar energy
May
5, 2009, Solar
Plaza - When
it comes to solar energy, Dutch entrepreneurs are successful all over
the world. .. a large group of new [Dutch] entrepreneurs are ready to
invest in solar energy... Click here for full story.
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New Solar Cycle Prediction
May
29, 2009, Science@NASA
- An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA
has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24
will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average number of
sunspots. Click here
for full story.
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Jet stream, America's Storm maker, Moving Slowly
Northward
April
17, 2008, SF
Gate - The jet stream - America's stormy weather
maker — is creeping northward and weakening, new research shows. That
potentially means less rain in the already dry South and Southwest and
more storms in the North. Click here
for full story.
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U.S. Headed for Fiscal Crisis?
July
7, 2007, CBS
News Video - David Walker, comptroller general of the U.S.,
totaled up our government's income, liabilities and future
obligations. He concluded the numbers don't add up.
Steve Kroft reports... Click here for full story (video format).
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Renewable Energy Access
Daily renewable energy news including top stories,
briefly noted, today's news, as well as product and industry
news. Renewable Energy News offers a free "Renewable Energy
E-Newsletter." Renewable Energy Access is a premier source for RE news
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Arizona
Department of Commerce Energy Office Newsletter:
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Energy
Policy Update Newsletter
This newsletter is published by the AZ Dept. of
Commerce Energy Office. It contains verbatim excerpts from
international and domestic energy and environment-related
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Interstate
Renewable Energy Council Newsletter:
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IREC/MSR E-newsletter
The
Interstate Renewable Energy Council's (IREC) Going Solar and Department
of Energy's Million Roofs (MSR) Newsletter. Bi-monthly.
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AASHE Bulletin
A
weekly compilation of news, opportunities, and announcements related to
campus sustainability (e.g., jobs, conferences, campus initiatives,
publications, academic programs).
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