The public is encouraged to review and comment on a proposed Text Amendment (TA2009014) to the Maricopa County Zoning Ordinance relating to by-right solar and small wind electrical generating equipment.
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A group of companies and advocacy organizations are reaching out to the Obama administration, hoping he'll accept the offer for a free solar PV system for the White House to prove the U.S. is serious about developing renewables.
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Salt River Project has issued a request for proposals for electricity generated from utility-scale, ground-based photovoltaic power plants, preferably within the greater Phoenix area.
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Draker Labs, a leading provider of monitoring solutions for institutional and commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, has been selected by Photovoltaic Systems Manufacturing (PSM) to monitor PV systems that will be installed at 14 Arizona-based schools.
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Renewable-energy companies from Florida to Spain have their sights on Arizona, submitting applications for more than 80 solar and wind power plants across the state valued at tens of billions of dollars. But no more than a few of the plants will be able to get their energy to customers without new high-voltage transmission lines.
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The ACC has given the green light to new resource planning rules for utilities. The rules require that utilities file a 10-year plan every two years for companies to identify where they are getting their power, including how they will meet the state's renewable energy standards.
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Western Wind and Solar Integration Study examines the benefits and challenges of integrating enough wind and solar energy capacity into the grid to produce 35 percent of its electricity by 2017. The study finds that this target is technically feasible and does not necessitate extensive additional infrastructure, but does require key changes to current operational practice.
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Arizona's solar economy could add an additional 7,000 jobs over the next six years, providing the federal government extends two key provisions bolstering the industry, a report released this week said.
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The Solar Electric Power Association, an educational and research nonprofit focused on helping utilities integrate solar into their operations, has recognized Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative as the top utility in terms of increased utilization of solar power based on watts per customer during 2009.
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Yesterday, the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) unveiled its third-annual top ten utility solar rankings. The organization said that overall growth in solar integration by utilities defined 2009.
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The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has selected Phoenix as the location of its National Solar Energy Conference in 2010. Commonly known as SOLAR 2010, it’s the premier conference on renewable energy and energy efficiency in the nation – and one of the largest.
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Arizona's small towns and counties have been granted $4.8 million from the Recovery Act to help insulate their buildings and save energy.
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Arizona Science Center announces the grand opening of its newly renovated gallery, Solarville, located in the APS Solar Gallery on Level 4. Focused on sustainability, this hands-on gallery takes you on a stroll through scientific labs, not only studying the sun, but also how we harness and distribute sustainable green energy-from algae, to alternative fuels, to poop!
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A Japanese town near Tokyo is about to become a test community for cars that run mainly on solar energy, several companies announced Wednesday.
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Researchers from Germany's Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) recently announced a new record for thin-film solar cell efficiency of 20.1 percent, beating a previously-held mark by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).
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The compromise Kerry-Lieberman proposal released today misses out on a key opportunity to address the cost of curbing climate change by including little on energy efficiency. The Kerry-Lieberman proposal does much less for energy efficiency than previous major climate change bills. Relative to the climate bills passed by the House, two major energy efficiency provisions have been dramatically reduced.
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Solon Corporation will equip several schools in Arizona with photovoltaic systems by the end of 2010. The project capacity is planned to be a total of 8.7 megawatts (MW). The first sub-project was completed last year with the commissioning of a 1 MW system in December 2009.
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The Herkimer Diamond Mines KOA is the first of 475 Kampground of America locations spread across North America to offer the "off-grid lodging" experience. Project officials on Monday unveiled a solar-powered lodge near the banks of West Canada Creek.
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