Minnesota enacts a 1.5 percent solar requirement and makes several other moves that advocates say could boost clean energy.
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When It Comes To Solar Power, Small Scale Is Beautiful
Giant solar power projects may be flashy, but tapping into the massive potential of rooftop (and backyard, and parking lot) solar power is where we ought to be heading first.
Solar Power Beyond The Rooftop: Moving To Utility-Scale
Solar power had a stellar year last year, with global capacity topping 100 GW for the first time, and the US setting new records.
Solar Power Rocked The American Energy House In 2012
Production of electricity from U.S. solar power plants rose a staggering 138.9 percent in 2012, a faster growth rate than any other type of generation.
Smoggy China To Seek More Solar Power
How high can it go? China, once aiming for 5 gigawatts of installed solar by 2015, boosts its target to 35 GW, in part a response to deteriorating air quality.
Meet Elf: A Solar Power, Electric Assist Velomobile With Charm
Organic Transit has unveiled Elf, a three-wheeled, solar power supported electric assist vehicle that qualifies to ride in bike lanes because of its design.
Solar Powered Pot Farms Sweep The Nation!
It was probably the liberal/hippie plan from the start, using solar power to go off-grid to grow pot, and now the Associated Press is all over the story.
Tokelau, The ‘Solar Powered Country,’ Hits Goal
Tiny Tokelau and its three atolls finish work on a solar power system that, except for during emergencies, will supply all its electricity.
California’s Solar Power Peak: The Real Story
No, when California went over 1 gigawatt in utility solar production, the peak didn’t come between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., when demand was at its highest.
Big Retailers Rule In Onsite Solar Power
Walmart is No. 1, followed by Costco, Ikea, Kohl’s and Macy’s in a new compilation of the top U.S. companies for solar power capacity.
China Stepping Up In Solar Power Deployment
China has been pumping out cheap solar PV, upending the global market, but now it’s boosting its targets for domestic deployment significantly.
Greener Solar Power With Help From Bacteria
Dye-sensitized solar cells made with protein and low-toxicity dye were successful in tests by K-State graduate student Ayomi Perera, their inventor.
Solar Power Kicks In At Edwards Air Force Base
In California, Edwards Air Force Base will offset its electricity use in the high-demand season with a 3.4 MW solar system owned and operated by Borrego Solar.
Solar Power Lights Up Delaware Volunteer Fire Company
A local company helps out Delaware’s Belvedere Volunteer Fire Company in Wilmington to commission a 50-kilowatt (kW) PV system on its firehouse that will power part of its operations.