Tag: News
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OnForce Solar Completes 402-kW Rooftop Installation in New York
OnForce Solar, a leading provider of solar electric systems, has announced that they have completed a 40-2kW rooftop solar installation for Price Master Corporation at its corporate office and warehouse distribution center located in Queens, N.Y. The 402-kW system integrates Con Edison’s SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system thatRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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In Light of Washington LNG Explosion, Community Demands Answers to Cove Point Export Terminal Concerns
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility explosion that rocked a Plymouth, WA, community on Monday, March 31, has Lusby residents demanding answers about a proposed expansion that would enable the Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas terminal to become an LNG export facility. The incident should also reignite debate on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s…
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Kenyon to Purchase 500-kW Hawaiian Solar System from Blue Earth
Blue Earth Inc., a renewable energy and energy efficiency services company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell its recently commissioned Waianae solar facility to Kenyon Energy. The 500-kW system is located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The sale of this project provides Blue EarthRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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100+ Scientists and Economists Urge President Obama and Secretary Kerry to Reject Keystone XL
More than 100 leading scientists and economists are calling on the Obama Administration to deny the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because it will trigger massive development of the world’s dirtiest oil, and escalate climate change. They include Nobel Prize winners in physics and economics, and lead authors of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel…
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Keystone XL’s Environmental Impact an Afterthought on ‘Meet the Press’
President Barack Obama’s impending decision on the Keystone XL pipeline earned significant airtime Sunday on NBC’s popular Meet the Press program, but little thought was given to the environmental impact of as much as 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day being carried from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. First, the network examined the…