Category: Articles
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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 building in Arlington, Virginia.
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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 released this week by Boulder-based Navigant Research. The survey of 1,084 adults in the United States was conducted in the fall, and asked respondents their…
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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 channel for climate action. Details of Alec’s strategy to block clean energy development at every stage – from the individual rooftop to the White House…
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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…
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The Most Sensible Tax of All
in ArticlesOn Sunday, the best climate policy in the world got even better: British Columbia’s carbon tax — a tax on the carbon content of all fossil fuels burned in the province — increased from $25 to $30 per metric ton of carbon dioxide, making it more expensive to pollute. This was good news not only…
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Ascent Solar of Colorado Lands Solar-Charger Contract for iPhone
in ArticlesThornton’s Ascent Solar Technologies announced today it has received an order for 50,000 of its EnerPlex solar chargers for the Apple iPhone. You can check out mobileR on how to save water damaged iphone here. The product takes advantage of Ascent’s ultra-light, thin and flexible solar panels and enables iPhone users to provide supplementary charging…
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Solar Effort in Colorado Aims to Sunset High Permitting, Survey Fees
in ArticlesBy Mark Jaffe The Denver Post Two Colorado start-up companies aiming to cut the cost of residential solar panel installations received a total of $1.8 million in federal grants, the Department of Energy announced Wednesday. The two companies Boulder-based Concept3D and Parker-based Simply Civic are focusing on cutting the so-called soft costs, such as permitting…