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By Renewable Energy World Network Editors
The new facility is generating emission-free electricity in Nevada.
Boulder City, Nevada, USA — Last week the largest PV power plant in the U.S. quietly went online in Boulder City, Nevada, about 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas. Sempra Generation’s 48-MW Copper Mountain Solar Facility began construction in January 2010 and on Dec 1st, the company announced that it had finished the project and the facility was now generating electricity. Read more »
According to a report by the Solar Foundation released October 13, 2010; Michigan has the 4th largest number of solar energy jobs…
Solar Roadways has entered GE’s Ecomagination Challenge: a $200 million innovation experiment where businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students share their best ideas on how to build the next-generation power grid – and just might get funded.
They’ve teamed up with some of the best-known venture capital firms, including Emerald Technology Ventures, Foundation Capital, KPCB and Rockport Capital, to help back the most promising ideas.
Before you leave our site, please vote by visiting our Ecomagination page. This could be just what we need to begin the New Deal of the 21st century. Thank you very much and we hope you’ll enjoy our website.
Solarbuzz’s latest report, “United States PV Market 2010,” reveals that the U.S. solar market grew 36% in 2009, responding positively to the economic downfall. These results rank the country’s solar photovoltaic market third largest in the world, behind Germany and Italy. Read more »
Excerpt from IREC’s Workforce Development News Blog Site
Installer certification: are more standards better?
Since 2002, the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) has been certifying renewable energy practitioners, including solar PV, solar thermal, and later this year, small wind.
Since the first certifying exam was administered in October 2003, more than 1,091 have attained NABCEP PV certification and 132 have their solar thermal certification. The first small wind certifying exam will be administered in September 2010.
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