Tag: Featured Business
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Wind for Prosperity to Bring Power to 200,000 People in Kenya
[caption id="attachment_313459" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] A public-private partnership will bring a boost in renewable energy to some of the poorest communities in Kenya. Thirteen Kenyan communities with about 200,000 residents are slated to receive refurbished wind turbines from Vestas, a Danish manufacturer that is working with Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, to provide power to…
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Free Solar Arrays Coming to Communities in State With No Incentives
Free renewable energy and reduced emissions are on the way to new homes in two Texas communities. SolarCity and PSW, a Texas real estate firm, have announced they will jointly provide solar panels for two neighborhoods in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX region. Each new home in the 1600 Kings Highway and Bishop Heights communities will come equipped…
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Solar Businesses Speak Out Against Arizona’s New Fee
The newly passed fee for Arizona Public Service (APS) customers who will make solar installations after Dec. 31 isn’t going over very well. The largest solar installer in the state is lowering its prices in an attempt to offset the effects of the fee, while another company has already closed its doors and will file…
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Solar Growth Explodes In October
By Rhone Resch Even though they were overshadowed by the Senate’s historic decision to eliminate the use of the filibuster when it comes to most Presidential nominees—the so-called “nuclear option”—there were some major developments this week at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that are critically important to solar and renewable energy. First, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff,…
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Robust Project Pipeline to Make U.S. Third-Largest Solar Market in the World
Forty-three gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy are waiting in the U.S. project pipeline, giving the country’s industry a third-place global ranking, according to a market research firm. NPD Solarbuzz’s United States Deal Tracker report shows that the solar industry is being driven by a slew of projects that are 30 megawatts (MW) and smaller. The U.S. market…