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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) reports that electric generation from renewable resources in Texas increased 7% in 2012, compared to 2011, with capacity up by about 16%. Generators participating in the state's renewable energy credit trading program reported 33.9 mil...
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a report detailing how solar technologies are helping the U.S. military meet many of its critical functions - from security and battlefield readiness to cost savings and efficiency. According to the report, as of early 2013, ...
Wide majorities of likely Illinois voters believe it is important that the state maintain its commitment to increase its use of renewable power and support legislation that would achieve this goal by adjusting the state's renewable portfolio standard law, according to a new Zogby surv...
a lease financing agreement with Goldman Sachs to fund more than $500 million in solar power projects, representing an estimated 110 MW in generation capacity. According to SolarCity, the financing makes it possible for homeowners, businesses, government and other nonprofit organizati...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has engaged the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to help measure the region's solar resource. According to NREL, Saudi Arabia has big plans to install more than 50 GW of renewable energy in the next 20 years, with sola...
The small city of Sebastopol, Calif., which is home to approximately 7,200 residents and 1.2 MW of installed solar capacity, has become the second community in the state to require that all new residential buildings include a solar system. On May 7, the Sebastopol City Council unanimo...
The small city of Sebastopol, Calif., which is home to approximately 7,200 residents and 1.2 MW of installed solar capacity, has become the second community in the state to require that all new residential buildings include a solar system. On May 7, the Sebastopol City Council unanimo...
Rooftop solar companies SolarCity, Sungevity, Sunrun and Verengo have formed The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), which will initially focus on ensuring the continuation of net energy metering (NEM). Currently in place in 43 states, NEM provides solar consumers with credit for the en...
