Making and Saving Energy
December 14, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Akeena Solar Inc. (AKNS) Andalay AC panels are available at 21 Lowe’s (LOW) home-improvement stores throughout California. The panels, which were recently honored with a 2009 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Product award, are featured as part of Lowe’s Energy Center at the stores. The Lowe’s Energy Center offers an information kiosk [...]
Tuesday, 08 December 2009 08:36 CCSE to administer statewide clean vehicle program The state has chosen CCSE as project administrators for a new zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicle rebate program set to launch in spring 2010. Details about eligible vehicles, rebate amounts, online applications and supporting documents will be available on the CCSE website in [...]
If you do not find any information on a local Christmas Light Exchange, please call your electric utility and let us know as well! Thank you! SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA But instead of hanging those colorful, blinking lights on the tree, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. wants you to exchange the old energy-guzzling kind for [...]
About a month or so ago I posted about driving by the McDonald’s in Pacific Beach, a community within San Diego, and found a McDonald’s with new solar panels in the parking lot area. I originally thought it was a Solar Powered resturaunt, but after searching for more information I found that some McDonald’s were [...]
Thin-film panels, such as those made by First Solar Inc, the largest U.S. solar power company, are cheaper to make per watt of electricity than are standard panels. The average thin-film solar panel price is expected to decline nearly 18 percent in 2010 to $1.40 per watt, iSuppli said. Average prices for silicon-based panels are [...]
San Diego’s Clean Generation Program – Public Information Sessions Mayor Jerry Sander’s staff is conducting a series of information sessions to present the City of San Diego’s Clean Generation Program, which will provide financing to property owners for renewable energy installations and energy-efficiency retrofits. You can get an update on the program design and get [...]
The California Solar Training Partnership received $3.5 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a regional resource and training center. The center will enable California to build a highly capable clean energy workforce and to maintain its worldwide leadership in solar energy. The partnership, [...]
Renewable Funding, an Oakland, Calif., based company, makes it easier for homeowners to finance solar or other renewable funding projects by attaching it to your property tax bill. The financing stays on your home’s property tax bill making it easier to recoup the expense if you sell your home before the loan is paid off. [...]
Excellent video with information on the program. Smart Grid technology really will make a huge difference on how our energy is produced and consumed.
Demand for rooftop solar systems reached a peak in September 2009 in Southern California. Southern California Edison utility receiving 547 applications for homes, businesses and apartment and condo complexes, according to the CPUC. Combined applications for new solar installations received bySouthern California Edison, PG&E and SDG&E — through the California Solar Initiative program also hit [...]
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