APS, SRP See Increased Solar Demand Despite Incentive Drops
Arizona Public Service Co. and Salt River Project are continuing to see what they call strong demand for solar incentives, despite a ratcheting-down of those funds in the past two years.
Solar Megawatts Continue to Climb, Amid Concerns About the Health of the Sector
In meetings in Iselin and Trenton today, representatives of the executive and legislative branches will discuss how to correct much-debated problems in New Jersey's solar sector.
Hawaiian Utilities Looking To Implement New Solar Water Heating Program
Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light Co. have asked the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to approve a program that the utilities say would provide immediate solar water heating savings to residential customers at no up-front cost.
Department Of Commerce Postpones Decision On Chinese Solar Trade Case
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has delayed the announcement of its preliminary determination in the countervailing-duty portion of SolarWorld's trade complaint against China. The announcement, originally scheduled for Jan. 12, has been postponed to Feb. 13.
New York Governor Calls for More Investment in Solar, Transmission
Governor Andrew Cuomo Wednesday proposed quadrupling New York's solar capacity by 2013, and called on investors to fund $2 billion in new transmission infrastructure.
Tennessee's Solar Sector: The Latest Numbers In A Thriving Value Chain
Tennessee's Solar Sector: The Latest Numbers In A Thriving Value Chain
Solar industry trade group announces merger - The Hill's E2-Wire
The country's top solar industry trade association announced Tuesday it is merging with an organization that advocates for solar energy at the state level.
Stat of the Day: Six States Join 10 Percent Green Power Club
Greentech MediaSix states got 10 percent or more of their power from wind, solar and geothermal power in 2011. That's double the number from just a year ago. Not bad for a down year. CleanEdge released its State Clean Energy Index on Wednesday, tallying up the state of green energy and technology across the 50 states of the union as of the end of 2011.
DOE Funds New Critical Materials Hub for Alternative Energy
TriplePunditThe Obama Administration has just launched a $120 million research program for new energy materials called the Critical Materials Hub, which is designed to ensure that U.S. companies get a steady supply of rare earths and other resources needed for manufacturing solar cells, advanced batteries and other alternative energy technologies.
Shift by U.S. Muddles Solar Imports Case
Renewable energy companies around the world are awaiting a decision Thursday by the U.S. Commerce Department on whether to impose anti-dumping tariffs on solar panels imported from China, as a little-noticed policy shift by the department last year has made the outcome of the case unusually hard to predict