GM-backed Sunlogics Buys Solar Plants, Raises $6 Million

Sunlogics was relatively unknown until it lined up an investment from General Motors and a potentially lucrative deal to market solar powered electric car charging stations to Chevrolet dealers earlier this year. Now it has lined up more investors and bought the private Phoenix Solar Holdings, Sunlogics announced Tuesday…. Source: GM-backed Sunlogics Buys Solar Plants, […]

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Saint-Gobain Solar Invests in New Plant, the Company's First in U.S.

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Saint-Gobain announced today that construction work on Saint-Gobain Solar’s mirror line for solar thermal power stations has begun. Located in Goodyear, Ariz., (near Phoenix), the plant will be Saint-Gobain Solar’s first manufacturing facility in North America. The facility will supply primarily the domestic market and […]

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Water costly if Arizona goes solar

Although the vast majority of Arizona’s water resources go towards agriculture, the proliferation of solar energy power plants may change that. According to the Casa Grande Dispatch, the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University has released a report titled “Watering the Sun Corridor: Managing Choices in Arizona’s Megapolitan Area” after a year […]

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Arizona utilities not the only ones getting high interest in incentives

Arizona’s major utilities, Arizona Public Service and  Salt River Project, have been running out of incentives for solar like it’s a popular toy on Black Friday. There are lots of stories about early-adopting states like New Jersey having similar problems with their programs. Today, however, I heard what Florida Power and Light did. The utility is […]

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US Solar Market Favors Project Developers Over Manufacturers

Developers are beating manufacturers in the U.S. solar power market. In August, two U.S. companies — Evergreen Solar Inc. and startup Spectrawatt Inc. — filed for bankruptcy protection. A third company, Germany- based Solon SE, announced it would shut down its Arizona solar-panel factory. The U.S. market for installing solar panels, however, has never been […]

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Arizona solar markets potentially losing focus on residential and commercial solar projects

advocates are becoming increasingly concerned that commercial solar funding in Arizona will be cut or severely reduced. Specifically, Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is focused on bringing in large utility scale projects while ignoring smaller commercial projects in the local area. The has set an aggressive goal of generating 15% of the state’s electricity from renewable […]

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Renewable Energy Projects Under Pressure from Feds and Environmental Groups

At the close of 2010, the Obama administration announced an ambitious plan to preserve massive amounts of land, particularly in the West. Pursuant to a regulatory change instigated by the administration, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been instructed to survey its vast holdings – some 250 million acres – and designate […]

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Even in a down economy, solar industry showed huge growth in 2010

In the face of an economic crisis, the solar industry, along with just about every other, feels the effects of a struggling capital market. But the solar industry has several key players in its court who are determined to make Arizona an attractive destination for these companies. Local non-profit organizations like Great Phoenix Economic Council […]

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