Another government subsidized solar project is in trouble, 10 months after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Gov. Jerry Brown broke ground on what was then touted as the world’s largest solar project and a keystone of the Obama administration’s solar…
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Solar Energy Consumers Will Lose If Chinese Win
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Not since computer chip manufacturers complained about unfair competition from Japanese manufacturers in the 1980s has a cutting-edge, high technology industry run to the government with complaints about unfair trading practices by its overseas rivals. But in a closely watched…
Apple’s Biogas Fuel Cell Plant Could Go Live By June
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Apple says that a biogas-powered fuel cell system that will help power its Maiden, North Carolina, data center could be up and running as early as June, much earlier than previously expected. The company made the disclosure in a Wednesday…
Libya and space station to take part in Earth Hour
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A RECORD 150 countries and territories, including Libya and the International Space Station, will turn off the lights for one hour tonight as the world marks Earth Hour. The movement, a mass symbolic gesture supporting environmental action, began in Australia…
What’s the best hope for Arizona’s energy future?
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This week we’re tackling the debate on what is the best hope for Arizona’s energy future. Daniel Peter Aiello, president of Arizona Solar Center, Inc., says living with, and utilizing, the sun is a primary basis of the sustainable community…