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Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

Enphase Energy Goes Public, Ends Solar IPO Drought

Enphase Energy will become the first solar company to go public on the U.S. market since the fall of 2010, when its stock begins trading on the Nasdaq on Friday under the symbol ENPH.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

Rocky Mountain Power Wants to Help Fund Small Renewable Energy Projects

Rocky Mountain Power is looking for Utah organizations that would like a little help making their dreams of establishing renewable energy projects a reality.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

New Solar Program Offers Millions to Affordable Housing

The CA Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is officially launching the latest CA Solar Initiative (CSI) program on March 29.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

The Green Elite: The Top 10 States for Renewable Power

When you step back and look at the country as a whole, the United States only generates just small fraction of its electricity from renewable energy sources -- about 10.4 percent in 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

Arizona Solar Energy Production Increased By 333 Percent In 2011

Arizona ranks third in the nation in terms of solar system installation, according to the 2011 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Governor Jan Brewer announced March 22.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

Sprawling Solar Plant on Tap for San Luis Valley

The San Luis Valley, already home to three solar power plants, could soon become the site of a sprawling 6,200-acre solar complex - a facility that would generate three times as much electricity as the other plants combined.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

Fort Hood Neighborhood Gets Solar Power Tuesday

Tucked away just to the east of the on-post neighborhood it'll soon help power, four gravelly acres have been claimed by about 3,000 solar panels.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

Critics: 'Bill Could Halt Solar Development'

There is a bill that would limit the Arizona Corporation Commission's power to regulate renewable energy.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

A Smaller Route to Solar Success

There are at least a dozen major ways to turn sunlight into electricity, but one of the more interesting is using a field of mirrors to focus the sun's energy on a "power tower" where the heat is captured and used later to spin a turbine and turn a generator.

Wednesday, Jun 06, 2012

N.C. Company Building Gigantic Solar Water Heating System at Turkey Plant

This gigantic solar farm, wedged between a turkey processing plant and a landfill, is this nation's Goliath when it comes to solar thermal technology.

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