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The September
Rewind
The Arizona Solar Center Facebook Page was
busy in September. The month ended with a flurry as the
ACC issued its Staff Recommendations
on the APS Net Metering Proposal. See some of the other news
you may have missed in our September Rewind presented
below.
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Governor Issues
Solar Month Proclamation
Governor
Jan Brewer issued a Proclamation September 23 declaring October
as Solar and Renewable Energy Month in recognition of the American
Solar Energy Society's annual National Solar Tour and Arizona
tours.
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The Battle for a
Solar Arizona
The
Tucson Weekly writer D.A. Barber pens a column about the war on solar
incentives that is raging in parts of the U.S. Barber writes
about efforts aimed at changing the way decentralized,
"distributed generation" is valued -- and the
fact Arizona is in the crosshairs.. Read more
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Six Myths About
Renewable Energy
The
country has been debating renewable energy for decades. Yet many of
the things we think we know about renewable energy go back to the
earliest arguments. Many of the debating points are based on outdated
facts and assumptions that don't hold up anymore. So, the Wall Street
Journal set out to look at a few persistent myths or beliefs held by
both supporters and critics of renewable energy. Read more
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How Solar Lit
the Way for Us to Survive the Recession
Anita
Verma-Lallian describes how her family's Phoenix-based land
development business invested in solar energy during the Great
Recession, while other companies lost their way and went out of
business..
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Jim Arwood
Arizona Solar Energy Center
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The Arizona Solar
Center now has a blog and welcomes dialogue around posted
topics. Your expertise and perspective are highly valued -- so if you
haven't logged in and contributed, please do so.
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Arizona Solar Center
October Happenings:
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 Arizona Solar Tours:
Flagstaff, October 12
Solar Lecture, Oct 17
Phoenix, Oct 26-27
The mission of the
Arizona Solar Center is to enhance the utilization of renewable energy,
educate Arizona's residents on solar technology developments, support
commerce and industry in the development of solar and other sustainable
technologies and coordinate these efforts throughout the state of
Arizona.
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