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The price of solar power drops to an incredible new low
2015-07-13 20:18:38| Semiconductors - Topix.net
A new record low price for solar project bids has been reached, making it the second time this month that previous cost barriers were shattered. This time, the news comes from NV Energy , a Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility company serving the state of Nevada.
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Minnesota Power Advances EnergyForward: Less Coal, More Natural Gas And Solar Power, And Additional Energy Efficiency Savings
2015-07-13 04:14:12| pollutiononline Home Page
Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, Inc. recently laid out the next steps in its EnergyForward plan, which will reduce carbon emissions, increase the use of renewable resources and add natural gas to meet customer electric service needs in a balanced, reliable and cost-effective way over the next 15 years and beyond
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Solar power: making money or just changing the world?
2015-07-09 16:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: In 2010 the BBC ran a radio series called A History of the World in 100 Objects. Based on exhibits from the British Museum, the series stretched from pre-historic artefacts to a Russian revolutionary plate. Object 100 though was chosen to represent the future. Neil MacGregor the British art historian and Director of the British Museum decided that this object should be a solar powered lamp representing human ingenuity and the challenges that we face in the twenty-first century. This article was...
U.S. government outlines solar power boost for the poor
2015-07-07 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The White House took steps this week to boost the installation of solar power and other renewable energy in federally subsidized housing and increase the number of jobs in the industry for poor people. The U.S. administration has set a goal of installing 300 megawatts of solar and other renewable energy in affordable housing by 2020, tripling a goal President Barack Obama set in 2013 that has already been surpassed. It is "really important for everyone to have access to solar and other renewable...
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Sunny weather sees Britain break solar power record, estimate says
2015-07-03 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Solar power is supplying 16% of the UKs electricity demand this afternoon as the country basks in sunshine, the industry estimates. The news comes as solar-powered homes, commercial rooftop schemes and solar farms open to the public on Friday and Saturday as part of solar independence day. The solar schools project run by climate change charity 10:10 is also celebrating the 1,000th solar panel installed on a school roof to save money and carbon, and solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2...
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