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The California Legislature started out the week in the green by passing the nation’s first energy storage bill. But legislators quickly ran into the red Wednesday when they failed to approve legislation to impose a statewide ban on plastic bags, or codify Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s executive o...

Hooray for the Garden State! We are happy to say that as of September 1st, New Jersey residential solar rebates ...

Solar Energy Industries Association Nearing approval on world’s largest solar plant http://ow.ly/2yHdt, but still no #solar currently operating on BLM land http://ow.ly/2yHfT
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Federal regulators are nearing final approval of what would be the largest solar power plant in the world, a milestone that s...

CSP Today examines how CSP projects can gain the critical edge over other renewable energy projects vying to sign power purchase agreements with US utilities.

If micro-inverters are the current craze in the solar industry, then solar energy monitoring systems will be the next big thing. Solar electricity systems that are hooked up to monitoring systems have a 10% energy production increase over systems that are not hooked up to monitoring systems, accordi...

In advance of the Clean Energy Summit 3.0: Investing in American Jobs next week, Senator Harry Reid brought together Pacific Gas & Electric Chief Executive Officer Peter Darbee, the Center for American Progress, and Energy Resource Management for a press conference today.Reid emphasized Nevada’s foc...

Open Secrets, a Washington, DC-based lobby watchdog, is reporting that the alternative energy sector spent a record $30 million promoting their industry to lawmakers in the US capitol in 2009.

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The California Legislature has passed the nation’s first energy storage bill, which could result in the state’s utilities being required to bank a portion of the electricity they generate.

Solar Energy Industries Association Helping to create U.S. jobs and grow a strong cleantech economy for our nation and our planet. You can help too. Sign the Solar Bill of Rights today. http://bit.ly/SolarNow!
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The Solar Bill of Rights will create a policy environment that will enable the U.S. solar industry to compete on a level playing field.

With its close to 350 days of sunshine a year and abundance of wide open, flat spaces and rooftops, the Coachella Valley has drawn a range of solar businesses, from industrial-scale solar producers

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Solar power can be a pricey project for your house, but tech advances are making it possible to fit just a few panels in a tight space, bringing upfront costs down. Read this blog post by Martin LaMonica on Green Tech.

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On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission approved a license for the nation’s first new large-scale solar thermal power plant in two decades. Over the next month, the energy commission is expected to green-light three more big solar farms to be built in the Mojave Desert. The projects would col...































