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  • Bureau of Land Management gives 22 million acres to solar farms across the West

    Bureau of Land Management gives 22 million acres to solar farms across the West

    The 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 Management released a revised environmental review of the Western Solar Plan, also known as the Solar

  • Pentagon and more federal buildings add solar to their campuses

    Pentagon and more federal buildings add solar to their campuses

    The 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.

  • Boulder County partners with local community to launch solar co-op

    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.

  • Attitudes toward alternative energy improve

    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…

  • ALEC aims to block clean energy development

    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…

  • Study Finds Solar Panels Increase Home Values

    Study Finds Solar Panels Increase Home Values

    By 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…

  • Xcel Energy Announces Successful Launch, Quick Close of the Solar*Reward Community Standard Offer

    Xcel Energy Announces Successful Launch, Quick Close of the Solar*Reward Community Standard Offer

    Targeted 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…

  • Big Solar Plants on Western Public Land Could Power 7 Million Homes

    Big Solar Plants on Western Public Land Could Power 7 Million Homes

    By 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…

  • The Most Sensible Tax of All

    The Most Sensible Tax of All

    On 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…

  • Ascent Solar of Colorado Lands Solar-Charger Contract for iPhone

    Ascent Solar of Colorado Lands Solar-Charger Contract for iPhone

    Thornton’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…