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Solar Beats Natural Gas in Game-Changing Court Ruling
2014-01-03 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Solar energy faced off against natural gas in a courtroom this week, and the greener of the two came out on top. Minnesota administrative law judge Eric Lipman recommended a solar project to help Xcel Energy, one of the state`s largest utility, provide 550 megawatts (MW) of new electricity generation by 2020. Lipman could have selected one of five natural gas projects instead, but he realized Geronimo Energys Aurora Solar Project was the better deal. Its the first time that solars gone...
Major solar energy plan for Minnesota wins support over gas
2014-01-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: In an unprecedented decision, a Minnesota judge this week held that utility supplier Xcel Energy should invest in the solar energy developer Geronimo Energy rather than in natural gas generators because that choice is the better economical and environmental deal for the state. Judge Eric Lipman's ruling must be approved by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, which initially ordered the proceeding to force energy companies to compete on price. The commission is expected to issue its final...
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Idaho solar developer fights to keep project alive
2014-01-03 01:42:32| Energy - Topix.net
The developer of a proposed $180 million southern Idaho solar energy project hopes to deliver electricity by mid-2014, despite past rejections by regulators.
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Ascent Solar to build 100MW PV manufacturing plant in China
2014-01-03 01:00:00| Power Technology
Ascent Solar Technologies has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with the Government of the Municipal City of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, China to construct a new 100MW PV manufacturing facility.
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California Installed More Rooftop Solar 2013 Than Previous 30 Years Combined
2014-01-02 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: 2013 was a banner year for clean energy, and the U.S. solar industry was no exception. California, the nations solar standout, more than doubled its rooftop solar installations last year from 1,000 megawatts (MW) to 2,000 MW. To put this number in perspective, writes Bernadette Del Chiaro of the California Solar Energy Industries Association, it took California more than 30 years to build the first 1,000 MW of rooftop solar. When utility-scale solar projects are added in, Californias total...
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