Tag: News
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2012 Was Record Year for Global Renewable Energy
“2012 was a year of extreme uncertainty for clean energy markets, as venture investors pulled back and high-profile bankruptcies became a partisan wedge in the presidential election, all while climate disruptions brought clean tech back into the limelight,” said Ron Pernick, Clean Edge co-founder and managing director, in a press announcement. “But a key lesson…
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KYOCERA and VGI Energy Bring Solar Power to Affordable Multi-Family Housing in Chicago
Kyocera Solar Inc. announced today that it is supplying Kyocera solar modules and MyGen Pro installation systems to VGI Energy for affordable, multi-family housing units in urban Chicago. VGI’s retrofitted buildings throughout Chicago have been outfitted with 20kW rooftop solar arrays, providing electricity from the clean, renewable energy of the sun and contributing to VGI’s…
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Stanford Researchers Map Alternative Energy Future for New York
But a new study finds that it is technically and economically feasible to convert New York’s all-purpose energy infrastructure to one powered by wind, water and sunlight (WWS). The plan, scheduled for publication in the journal Energy Policy, shows the way to a sustainable, inexpensive and reliable energy supply that creates local jobs and saves…
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Aging Sewer Infrastructures Need Critical Upkeep Actions
As Marion Divers, a principal author of the study, has pointed out: “You build a sewer system once, put it underground, and unless there’s a catastrophic failure, you may not have a reason to dig it up and make sure it’s not leaking. Now sewers across the United States and in Pittsburgh are aging, and…