Tag: Featured Business
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Company Launches Foundation to Bring Solar Energy to Schools Without Electricity
One company can’t provide electricity to the 1.4 billion people in the world who don’t have it, but SolarCity’s latest initiative ensures that it will make a major impact in improving access. The San Mateo, CA-based solar energy provider announced this week that it will donate a solar power system to a school without electricity for…
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Extending Renewable Energy Tax Credits Would Preserve Environment, Jobs and Our Future
By Rhone Resch Monday, I was asked to take part in an online discussion on Capitol Hill as to whether Congress should extend renewable energy tax credits. Well, in some ways, this discussion is putting the cart before the horse. Most importantly, are incentives for renewable energy sources achieving their goals? In the case of…
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Blog About Cities’ Role in Sustainable Development to Win Trip to Abu Dhabi
How can cities contribute to the advancement of sustainable development while addressing water, energy and waste? It’s a loaded question with an endless amount of answers that can spark healthy debate and potentially help metropolises prepare for the population boom many will experience over the next few decades. It’s also the question at the center…
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24 Senators Fight to Extend Wind Credit Set to Expire End of Year
[caption id="attachment_315656" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] As the calendar continues ticking on a vital renewable energy tax credit set to expire in two weeks, 24 U.S. senators sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Finance in hopes of preserving jobs, investments and a path to clean energy. While the renewable energy Production Tax…
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Bird Death Risk Puts Massive California Solar Project in Serious Doubt
The construction of a colossal solar energy project in California is in serious doubt after the California Energy Commission (CEC) blocked a design amendment to reflect sunlight from mirrors to boilers on two, 750-foot towers. The Palen Solar Thermal project was originally proposed and approved in 2010, but redesigned last year when BrightSource Energy bought it after the…