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Posts Tagged ‘solar power’

Guest Essay: Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy

Guest Essay: Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 15:35

[caption id="attachment_6549" align="alignright" width="144" caption="Tom Rooney is President and CEO of SPG Solar, in Novato, California, one of the larger solar integrators in the country."][/caption] I am working on yet another project, due at the end of this week. Therefore, I haven't ...

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US Commits Nearly $2 Billion to Two Solar Power Companies

US Commits Nearly $2 Billion to Two Solar Power Companies

Monday, July 5, 2010 14:19

Abengoa Solar plans to build the largest concentrating solar plants in the world in Arizona.

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State Bill Will Make New York a Solar Power Leader, Create Jobs & Boost Economy

State Bill Will Make New York a Solar Power Leader, Create Jobs & Boost Economy

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 14:21

The bill will create 22,000 new jobs and more than $20 billion in new economic activity by 2025, according to a new report.

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Laser “Radar” Maps NYC’s Solar Power Potential

Monday, May 10, 2010 14:21

Using light detection and radar (LIDAR), NYC is mapping every corner of the city providing data to optimize solar panel installation.

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Many Hands Make Light Work - HS Students Engage in Solar Research

Many Hands Make Light Work – HS Students Engage in Solar Research

Monday, May 3, 2010 16:20

The newest "recruits" to aid the "solar army" in finding an inexpensive means for converting light into energy are Pasadena high school students.

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Booming Job Market for Solar Energy

Booming Job Market for Solar Energy

Friday, April 16, 2010 13:00

Increased demand for solar panels buoys construction and roofing job markets.

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My Position Statement on a Variety of Energy Issues

Thursday, March 18, 2010 18:48

Welcome to the new R-Squared! Our goals here are to provide a place to engage in respectful and thoughtful debate about the very important issue of energy. I thought it might be a good idea to summarize my positions on a wide variety of energy issues. Here I will attempt to ...

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Will Solar Prices Fall into Grid Parity?

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 15:07

The following is a guest post written by Dan Harding. Dan has written numerous articles on the solar industry, and is a regular contributing author to CalFinder.----------------------------------Will Solar Prices ...

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Book Review – Power of the People

Sunday, October 11, 2009 13:24

I will finish up my long-promised concluding post in the recent series on ethanol and oil imports. I have been traveling for ten days, and inadvertently left all of my graphics for that post on another computer. I am back home now, and will try to tidy it up ...

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A Pair of Odd Energy Stories

Sunday, August 30, 2009 11:52

I am working on a story inspired by last week's Wall Street Journal article:U.S. Biofuel Boom Running on EmptyIt is taking longer than anticipated, but hopefully I will have something up tonight or early tomorrow. Until then, I thought I would share a couple of ...

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