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Rise And Shine: Solar Power Gets Bigger In The U.S.

October 26, 2010

US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar yesterday approved the construction of the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant with an overall capacity of 1,000MW. in the Mojave desert near Blythe, California. The 7,025-acre Blythe Solar Power Project will nearly double the country’s solar power output and will power around 300,000 homes, besides saving save [...]

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Pre-installed Solar Panels Boost Solar Power Adoption

October 8, 2010

The residents of The Preserve in Yorba Linda in California will move into their 90-home community knowing that part of the energy they will be using is renewable. That’s because the model homes will come with pre-installed solar panels with no additional cost to homebuyers, the developers say. Technorati Tags: California, housing, lease scheme, PV, [...]

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California Energy Commission approves the largest solar farm in the world

September 17, 2010

The California Energy Commission on Wednesday approved the construction and operation of four solar-thermal power plants with a planned overall capacity of around 1,000 megawatts (MW) at the Blythe location in California. The project site was developed by Solar Millennium LLC, a company focused mainly on solar-thermal power plants. Technorati Tags: California, California Energy Commission, [...]

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Bay Area gets its first network of renewable fuel stations

September 6, 2010

Last week Bay Area in California saw the launch of a network of renewable fuel stations that will include 30 new stations by the end of the year. The network will be operated by Propel Fuels in a partnership with the state government, CALSTART and East Bay Clean Cities. Besides, 75 new stations are expected [...]

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California launches renewable energy web tools

April 27, 2010

In order to coincide with Earth Day, celebrated globally on April 22, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) opened access to information about how green the grid is via two web-based tools. The tools “make clean, green energy production transparent on an hourly and daily basis”, says California ISO. Technorati Tags: California, California Independent [...]

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