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Cost of solar energy falls every time the sun rises
2016-04-22 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Installing solar panels on your roof is not just for tree-hugging environmentalists. The increasing ease of the process and the financial returns have made going solar practically mainstream. Washingtonians are embracing solar power in a big way. In the District, residential solar installations have tripled since 2011, said Chelsea Barnes with EQ Research. By the end of 2020, the amount of installed solar capacity will be 300 percent higher than today, said Dan Whitten, vice president of...
United States: San Francisco mandates solar panels on new buildings
2016-04-22 01:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Never mind that San Francisco is known for waves of fog rolling in from the bay. This week, it became the first major city in the United States to mandate solar panels on new buildings with fewer than 10 floors. The Better Roofs Ordinance, unanimously approved by the city`s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, builds off of existing California law that requires 15 percent of new rooftops to be "solar ready." Now, those solar-ready roofs will have to include functioning solar panels. While it`s...
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Panel: Ancillary Services from Wind and Solar Plants
2016-04-22 00:26:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The technical capabilities of wind and solar power plants have made dramatic progress in the past 7-8 years. read more
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Solar developer SunEdison in bankruptcy as aggressive growth plan unravels
2016-04-21 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: SunEdison Inc (SUNE.N), once the fastest-growing U.S. renewable energy company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday after a short-lived but aggressive binge of debt-fueled acquisitions proved unsustainable. In its bankruptcy filing, the company said it had assets of $20.7 billion and liabilities of $16.1 billion as of Sept. 30. SunEdison's two publicly traded subsidiaries, TerraForm Power Inc (TERP.O) and TerraForm Global Inc (GLBL.O), are not part of the bankruptcy. In a...
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N.Y. County Cancels Landfill Solar Project
2016-04-21 15:10:00| Waste Age
Niagara County, N.Y., has scrapped a plan to cover acres of land with solar panels. read more
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