Category: Green Building LEED News
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Going Solar Can Save You Big Time
Aside from the natural concerns that accompany most changes, a five-figure price tag is oftentimes what unnerves people about going solar. Such a number presents it as a sizable investment—which it is–but doesn’t immediately reveal the savings when compared to other forms of electricity. This week, Cost of Solar, an online energy resource and national…
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Pacific Power Renewables Breaks Ground on 947-kW Project in Cailfornia
Pacific Power Renewables has broken ground for the City of Reedley, Calif., to install solar power on four city sites. 947 kW is currently being installed at the waste water treatment plant, the community center, the Royal Valley building and […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar to Become Competitive With Natural Gas by 2025
Far from being bulldozed by cheap natural gas, unsubsidized utility-scale solar electricity will become cost-competitive with gas by 2025, according to Lux Research. In fact, increased gas penetration actually benefits solar, by enabling hybrid gas/solar technologies that can accelerate adoption […] — Solar Builder magazine
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ReneSola to Deliver 63 MW of Modules to SunEnergy1 in NC by End of 2013
ReneSola, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic products, today announced its final expected 2013 module deliveries to SunEnergy1, one of North Carolina’s leading solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms. By the end of the year, SunEnergy1 […] — Solar Builder magazine
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James Hansen: 2C Temperature Rise Would Be ‘Disastrous’
By Tim Radford Governments have set the wrong target to limit climate change. The goal at present—to limit global warming to a maximum of two degree Celsius higher than the average for most of human history—“would have consequences that can be described as disastrous,” say 18 scientists in a review paper in the journal PLOS…