Category: Arizona
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U.S. Solar Energy Installations Reach Record High in First Quarter
This quarter’s report finds that the U.S. installed 723 megawatts (MW) in Q1 2013, which accounted for more than 48 percent of all new electric capacity installed in the U.S. last quarter. Overall, these installations …
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Wolves Poised to Lose Endangered Species Act Protections
The proposed rule removes federal Endangered Species Act protections for all gray wolves in the lower48 states and would be disastrous for …
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Dozens of U.S. Cities Join the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
At the start of 2013, the U.S. was home to 22 modern public bike-sharing programs. By spring 2014, that number will likely double as a flurry of cities joins the more than 500 bike-sharing communities worldwide. With the expansions of current programs …
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FIRST COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF NEW SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Salt River Project (“SRP”), one of Arizona’s largest utilities, is teaming up with solar panel manufacturer, SunPower, to dedicate a one-megawatt solar array plant at Arizona State University’s (“ASU”) Polytechnic campus. The solar power plant is the first commercial deployment of the SunPower C7 Tracker, a photovoltaic tracking technology that is able to concentrate the…
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Solar Energy Beats Out Coal
SIERRA CLUB — This past Saturday hundreds of tribal leaders, clean energy supporters and faith leaders from across the Southwest joined the Moapa Band of Paiutes for a 16-mile …