Posted on 07 April 2010
Sunny Morocco is planning to produce 40% of their energy needs via solar energy, spending $9 billion to generate 2000MWs of energy by 2020. The plan will require 5 solar power stations to produce 2000MWs of energy, situated in the regions of Ouarzazate, Ain Bni Mathar, Foum Al Oued, Boujdour and Sebkhat Tah with the first station to [...]
Posted on 06 April 2010
If you’ve spent thousands of dollars on solar panel system you probably want to know how well it’s working. At least this is what SunReports was banking on when they invested in the development and production of their soon-to-hit-the-market solar panel data collector. The SunReports solar power assessment tool is both a piece of hardware [...]
Posted on 06 April 2010
Kaiser Permanente, which is the largest non-profit health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States has taken it upon themselves to do something good for the environment. The health care giant has announced plans to install 15 MW of solar PV arrays on their buildings throughout California, saying “what’s good for the environment is good [...]
Posted on 05 April 2010
Want to live in a kick-ass eco-friendly house, an all-new 2010 GMC Terrain and $100,000? HGTV is kicking off its 2010 Green Home Giveaway. Located in the Pinehills community of Plymouth, Massachusetts, just eight miles north of Cape Cod, this amazing home earned a GOLD Certification from the National Association of Home Builders. “This is our first HGTV [...]
Posted on 05 April 2010
APS (Arizona Public Service), the biggest utility company in Arizona, has reduced the amount they are paying customers for installing solar panels claiming that it has been too effective and is costing them too much. Kris Mayes, chairwoman of the Arizona Corporation Commission stated that, “This is a great problem to have because it means [...]