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Riverside Solar Project “Correctly” Sited on Landfill
Before a solar plant was constructed on the site, there was nothing environmentally “correct” about the Tequesquite landfill in...
Dec 6, 2015


Marco Rubio’s Confusing Stand on Climate and Solar Energy
Rubio is rising in the polls. Does the senator from the “Sunshine State” support positive solar policies? In the roller coaster ride that...
Dec 4, 2015


San Diego Meeting Heralds Changes in Solar and Storage
The Energy Storage North America (ESNA) Conference, a gathering of policy, technology and market leaders in the energy storage field, was...
Nov 1, 2015


Churches Are Speaking Out in Favor of Solar
Church groups are speaking out in favor of wider access to solar power. “The mission of Interfaith Power & Light is to be faithful...
Oct 20, 2015


Water to Be Purified in Fresno County by Solar Power
As everyone knows, California is enduring its worst drought in its history as a state. Gov. Brown has ordered residences and business to...
Oct 18, 2015


Hillary Clinton’s Strong Solar Play
As part of our our ongoing analysis of the candidates for the 2016 presidential election, Solar Tribune examines Hillary Clinton’s stand...
Oct 10, 2015


UAE: Making the Transition to Clean Energy Leader
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite its history as a major oil producing nation, is making major steps to become a solar leader as...
Oct 1, 2015


Carly Fiorina: Is the Standout Republican Solar Friendly?
What would a Fiorina presidency mean for solar? After the Sept. 16th Republican presidential candidates debate, many news sources are...
Sep 17, 2015


UK Solar Industry Takes a Beating from New Government
What can the US learn from Britain’s Solar About-Face? In the election of May of this year, England’s Conservative party ( whose members...
Sep 10, 2015


San Diego Battery Storage Tariff May Be Good for Solar Customers
The San Diego-area utility, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) claims that rooftop solar without battery storage isn’t helping SDG&E...
Sep 5, 2015


Sanders on Solar
Bernie Sanders presidential campaign is catching fire. What is his plan for solar? This week, in our continuing coverage of the...
Sep 1, 2015


Airports Are Going Solar
Airports need lots of flat, open, unobstructed land surrounding them. Why not fill that open space with solar panels? Several large...
Aug 21, 2015


Bay Area City to Add Free Solar to 130 Low-Income Homes
Over the next three years, the city of Richmond in the East Bay area will be adding solar to 130 low-income households there – without...
Aug 2, 2015


Will Low PV Prices Kill Small Wind?
With solar photovoltaic (PV) panel prices going lower and lower, solar arrays are quickly taking the place of small wind power projects...
Jul 22, 2015


Why the Solar Impulse Matters
How can a huge, slow, single-seat plane change the world? One day before the United States pauses to celebrate the 239th anniversary of...
Jul 4, 2015


Biomimicry: Using Nature’s Solar Technology
The concept of imitating natural systems in the built environment is known as “Biomimicry,” and it holds great promise for advancements...
Jun 26, 2015


CSP: PV Not the Only Game in Town
With the price of photovoltaic (PV) panels plummeting and the advent of the era of PV “solar farms,” large scale solar thermal projects...
Jun 14, 2015


Second Time Around: Bay Area Gets PACE Financing… Again
The PACE financing program for solar installations – standing for Property Assessed Clean Energy – has recently experienced a revival in...
Jun 10, 2015


Two Sacramento Area Universities Compete for Solar Home “Bragging Rights”
Two universities in the Sacramento area are competing with 15 other college and university teams – and with each other – in the Solar...
Jun 2, 2015


From Dump to Dynamo: EPA Launches Giant Solar Project in Bay Area
On May 13, 2015, at Hayward, California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrated the launching of the first project by...
May 21, 2015
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