Solar Power Stories

  • Solyndra was the great green hope for the U.S. renewable energy industry. What happened to one of the most well-funded startups and who will be the next great hope? From $1 billion...

    Who Will Succeed Solar Industry Darling Solyndra Following its Closure?

    Solyndra was the great green hope for the U.S. renewable energy industry. What happened to one of the most well-funded startups and who will be the next great hope? From $1 billion...

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  • ABX1 15 solar incentive extension is expected to help address the fiscal emergency declared by Gov. Brown in January.   California Governor Jerry Brown signed ABX1 15, authored by Assemblymember Jerry...

    Gov. Jerry Brown Signs ABX1 15 – Broadens Solar Incentives

    ABX1 15 solar incentive extension is expected to help address the fiscal emergency declared by Gov. Brown in January.   California Governor Jerry Brown signed ABX1 15, authored by Assemblymember Jerry...

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  • CoolerPlanet has created a time-elapsed Solar Energy Installation Map that demonstrates how solar installations have increased over the past decade, in California. The areas around San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and...

    CoolerPlanet Solar Energy Install Map IDs Carbon Savings

    CoolerPlanet has created a time-elapsed Solar Energy Installation Map that demonstrates how solar installations have increased over the past decade, in California. The areas around San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and...

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  • Energy Map: Clean Energy for the Underserved   Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society (CSTS) has teamed up with Ayllu to produce the Energy Map, chronicling global efforts of...

    Energy Map Chronicles Global Clean Energy Technology

    Energy Map: Clean Energy for the Underserved   Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society (CSTS) has teamed up with Ayllu to produce the Energy Map, chronicling global efforts of...

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  • The Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center, known as Tel-Hi, has just unveiled the installation of a new SunPower solar roof system. The installation is expected to reduce Tel-Hi’s energy consumption by more...

    Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center Gets Solar Roof

    The Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center, known as Tel-Hi, has just unveiled the installation of a new SunPower solar roof system. The installation is expected to reduce Tel-Hi’s energy consumption by more...

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  • Green cars, green buildings, green style… why not green parking! Canopy Airport Parking facility, which services Denver International Airport, gets a green upgrade with 4,200 stalls worth of sustainable parking space at...

    Check Out the World’s Greenest Parking Garage

    Green cars, green buildings, green style… why not green parking! Canopy Airport Parking facility, which services Denver International Airport, gets a green upgrade with 4,200 stalls worth of sustainable parking space at...

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  • Carl ‘Alie’ Smith of Jamaica has built a model Hummer from scratch using kerosene tins and electronic kits.

    Jamaican engineer builds solar-powered model Hummer

    Carl ‘Alie’ Smith of Jamaica has built a model Hummer from scratch using kerosene tins and electronic kits.

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