Tag: business
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New York Grants $28.6 Million For Solar Energy Projects
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced nearly $30 million in awards this week, all towards solar energy projects in the state. The awardees include 29 large-scale photovoltaic (PV) projects around the state that are expected to add 33.6 megawatts (MW) to New York’s solar capacity, according to a statement from Cuomo’s office. Awards will also…
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Facebook Could Buy Solar Drone Maker to Help 5 Billion People Connect to the Web
One of the week’s hot rumors pairs one of the Web’s largest companies with a solar-powered technology that could help people in remote areas connect to the Internet. Facebook is in talks to buy Titan Aerospace, the company that created the world’s first solar-powered drones. According to TechCrunch, Facebook’s interest lies in its backing of…
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Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposes Billions in Clean Energy Funding
President Barack Obama’s $3.9 trillion budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year contains billions in potential renewable energy investments. The funding would vary from research to deployment efforts on federal lands and waters. In all, the president is requesting about $27.9 billion for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). [caption id="attachment_324720" align="alignnone" width="500"] President Barack Obama…
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10 States That Led Solar Energy to a Monumental Year
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) this week illuminated just how far renewable energy has come in the U.S. Photovoltaic installations in the U.S. last year were about 15 times greater than they were in 2008, according to SEIA’s Solar Market Insight Report 2013 Year in Review. “Today, solar is the fastest-growing source of renewable energy in America, generating…
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It’s Official: U.S. Solar Industry Had Record-Shattering Year in 2013
What would Alexandre Edmond Becquerel be thinking now? In 1839, at the age of just 19, Becquerel built the world’s first photovoltaic panel, later inspiring the imaginations of millions of people worldwide, including legendary scientist Albert Einstein. Still, it took another 115 years before Bell Labs invented the first modern silicon solar cell. By comparison,…