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Cheaper utility bills are coming to disadvantaged communities
in ArticlesIn Houston and across the nation, there are few solar-powered homes in lower-income areas. Panel installation can easily top $20,000, putting solar out of reach for many households with modest…
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Bureau of Land Management gives 22 million acres to solar farms across the West
in ArticlesThe Dept. of the Interior recently released an updated roadmap for solar development across the West that should expand solar energy production in more Western states. The Bureau of Land…
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Pentagon and more federal buildings add solar to their campuses
in ArticlesThe Dept. of Energy recently announced $104 million for energy conservation and clean energy projects at 31 federal facilities, including a new solar installation atop the Dept. of Defense’s Pentagon…
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Boulder County partners with local community to launch solar co-op
Boulder County has partnered with Boulder, Erie, Lafayette, Louisville, Lyons, Nederland and Superior to launch a countywide solar co-op.
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Attitudes toward alternative energy improve
By Joshua Lindenstein January 3, 2014 BOULDER – After years of declining attitudes toward clean and renewable energy concepts, public attitudes in 2013 improved significantly, according to a new study…
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ALEC aims to block clean energy development
American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) will promote legislation with goals ranging from penalising individual homeowners and weakening state clean energy regulations, to blocking the Environmental Protection Agency, which is Barack Obama’s main…
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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…
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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…
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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…