Solar is good for U.S. trade
Today sees a new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association about solar’s role in U.S. global trade, and the results are encouraging. The headline here is that in 2010 the...
View ArticleNextEra’s next solar plant will be PV
As it begins construction on its 250-megawatt Genesis solar thermal project east of the Coachella Valley, NextEra Energy has its second desert solar plant in the works. The company has filed an...
View ArticleAre we ready for solar-powered oil wells?
So I am trying to rearrange my brain cells about this — and it’s being a stretch. BrightSource, the solar developer behind the Ivanpah solar project in Needles, sent out a press release Monday...
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Solar thermal fights back; FedEx expands its electric fleet
Every day, 5,000 times more energy shines down on the Earth from the sun than it takes to power the entire world. That enlightening factoid comes to us today from the solar industry’s newest trade...
View ArticleGetting the renewable energy mix right
I was out at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal on Wednesday, talking with students in the school’s green tech career academy about what I do as an energy and green tech reporter — ask people a lot...
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