Tag: Renewables
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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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Renewable Energy Revolution: The Biggest Business Opportunity on the Planet
By Billy Parish, co-founder of Mosaic and co-author of Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money & Community in a Changing World The world has seen three major energy epochs. The first started when we harnessed fire to cook, keep warm and light our nights. The second began when we figured out we could burn condensed ancient swamp muck…
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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,…