Month: August 2012
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Study Finds Solar Panels Increase Home Values
in ArticlesBy FELICITY BARRINGER Jack Smith/The New York Times When Bill and Suzann Leininger put solar panels on their Escondido, Calif., home a few years ago, they most likely enhanced its resale value, a new study says. All those homeowners who have been installing residential solar hot water systems over the last decade may find it…
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Xcel Energy Announces Successful Launch, Quick Close of the Solar*Reward Community Standard Offer
in ArticlesTargeted News Service DENVER, Aug. 16 — Xcel Energy issued the following news release: An Xcel Energy program designed to provide solar power opportunities to customers who previously could not access existing programs in Colorado opened today for project submission and all available capacity was reserved in approximately 30 minutes, the company announced. The Solar*Rewards…
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Big Solar Plants on Western Public Land Could Power 7 Million Homes
in ArticlesBy MARK JAFFE The Denver Post The Department of Interior has made 285,000 acres at 17 sites in six western states, including four in Colorado, Solar Energy Zones where development of utility-scale solar projects can be fast tracked. The aim of the zones is “facilitating faster, smarter utility-scale solar development on America’s public lands,” Secretary…