http://solar.coolerplanet.com/ The latest solar news provided by Cooler Planet. en-us news@coolerplanet.com (Cooler Planet News) 60 Colorado has the highest solar thermal resources in the U.S. and could create 24,000 jobs, generating $1 billion in annual state revenue by 2050. Solar Thermal Alliance of Colorado is responsible for the goal. The recent organization was created by an umbrella of organizations in the state, including Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA), Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES), Colorado Environmental Coalition and other organizations. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2012013101-solar-thermal-creating-jobs-in-colorado.aspx Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:47:40 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2012013101-solar-thermal-creating-jobs-in-colorado.aspx Solar Energy Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, launched a $12 billion dirham solar project ($3.2 US Dollars) the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The park will eventually have a capacity to generate 1,000 megawatts of power. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/201201012-dubai-reveals-1-000-mw-solar-park-project.aspx Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:58:11 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/201201012-dubai-reveals-1-000-mw-solar-park-project.aspx Solar Energy 2011 has proven itself as one of the most eventful years in the solar industry. Between the massive drop in panel pricing and the very public downfall of Solyndra, the market continues to adapt and grow. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011123001-solar-best-and-worst-of-2011.aspx Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:48:55 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011123001-solar-best-and-worst-of-2011.aspx Solar Energy A nuclear power facility recently ordered a nearly $400,000 EverGEN 1530 solar LED outdoor lighting system for a security lighting project provided by Carmanah, which will increase the security of the site by providing backup safety lighting in the event of a power failure. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800667485-solar-led-lighting-to-provide-backup-for-nuclear-power-facility.aspx Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:16:40 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800667485-solar-led-lighting-to-provide-backup-for-nuclear-power-facility.aspx Solar Energy SunPower recently announced it is adding a solar energy monitoring application from Android-powered smartphones to its SunPower Monitoring System portfolio, which will allow homeowners to track the performance of their residential solar energy systems. "With the SunPower Monitoring System, our customers can optimize their solar investment by monitoring their energy production and usage in real-time using their smartphones," said David Henry, chief marketing officer for SunPower. "These monitoring tools can be used online or via mobile devices, empowering homeowners to track the efficiency of their systems anytime and from practically any location." http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800666195-smartphones-and-solar-energy-becoming-integrated.aspx Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:18:03 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800666195-smartphones-and-solar-energy-becoming-integrated.aspx Solar Energy Soitec recently purchased a manufacturing facility in Rancho Bernardo, California, where the company plans to produce its concentrator photovoltaic modules that it will be available to the U.S. renewable energy market. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800665249-pv-module-manufacturing-facility-to-be-constructed-in-california.aspx Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:56:44 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800665249-pv-module-manufacturing-facility-to-be-constructed-in-california.aspx Solar Energy Evergreen Valley College, Gilbane and SunPower recently announced that construction has begun on a 1.5-megawatt, ground-mounted solar power project on the college's campus in San Jose, California. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800664571-clean-energy-innovations-at-colleges-in-california.aspx Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:33:11 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800664571-clean-energy-innovations-at-colleges-in-california.aspx Solar Energy NJR Clean Energy Ventures recently announced it will extend The Sunlight Advantage's solar savings to 500 more customers in 2012, which is a residential solar lease program that gives homeowners the opportunity to have a roof-mounted, crystalline solar systems installed with no upfront or maintenance costs. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800663529-residential-and-commercial-solar-installations-provide-energy-savings.aspx Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:36:39 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800663529-residential-and-commercial-solar-installations-provide-energy-savings.aspx Solar Energy Warren Buffetts MidAmerican Energy Holdings has agreed to buy a solar power farm in California worth $2 Billion. MidAmerican Energy Holdings will take over Topaz Solar Farm, which is expected to produce enough power to run 160,000 homes when it is up and running in 2015.The farm is halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is the world's second-largest photovoltaic plant under construction and is expected to generate 550-megawatts of electricity or about half the power of a nuclear reactor. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011121401-warren-buffett-invests-2b-in-solar-farm.aspx Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:45:18 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011121401-warren-buffett-invests-2b-in-solar-farm.aspx Solar Energy ECC recently announced the completion of its second wind turbine project at the Massachusetts Military Reservation by showcasing the construction of two 1.5-megawatt GE wind turbines, which will support the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment's goal of the MMR being completely powered by renewable energy. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800662246-air-force-continues-to-utilize-renewable-energy.aspx Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:49:17 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800662246-air-force-continues-to-utilize-renewable-energy.aspx Green Energy SunPower recently announced it will supply NRG Solar with 54 megawatts of solar power technology, which will be used to support NRG's 26-megawatt Borrego Solar Project in San Diego County, California, along with other power developments. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800661401-solar-energy-purchases-in-california-add-to-the-use-of-green-energy-in-the-state.aspx Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:30:29 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800661401-solar-energy-purchases-in-california-add-to-the-use-of-green-energy-in-the-state.aspx Solar Energy A recent report by the Tennessee Solar Institute reveals that the state's solar industry is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, opening up opportunities for economic development, creating jobs and providing the state with more solar energy. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800660464-solar-energy-industry-shows-growth-in-tennessee.aspx Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:36:26 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800660464-solar-energy-industry-shows-growth-in-tennessee.aspx Solar Energy IKEA recently started operating the solar energy system at its store in Baltimore, which consists of a 77,300-square-foot photovoltaic array built with 2,576 solar panels. The system will produce 823,5000 kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800659178-ikea-adding-solar-panels-at-two-more-locations.aspx Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:08:14 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800659178-ikea-adding-solar-panels-at-two-more-locations.aspx Solar Energy Renewvia Energy recently announced the completion of a 281-kilowatt solar power system at Casa Carranza, an apartment complex in Mesa, Arizona, which will provide 25 percent of the energy necessary to power the 300-unit apartment complex. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800658071-arizona-taking-advantage-of-its-vast-potential-for-solar-power.aspx Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:02:36 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800658071-arizona-taking-advantage-of-its-vast-potential-for-solar-power.aspx Solar Energy SMTC Corporation and Enecsys Limited recently announced a partnership between the two companies to produce Enecsys micro inverters at SMTC's Markham facility in York Region, Ontario, to be made available for the Canadian market. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800656914-smtc-and-enecsys-bring-micro-solar-inverters-to-ontario.aspx Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:13:30 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800656914-smtc-and-enecsys-bring-micro-solar-inverters-to-ontario.aspx Solar Energy The International Energy Agency historically provides conservative estimates on projections for renewable energy. The agency has embraced the need for more clean electricity and fuels to address climate change and peak oil, but its outlook for the future is usually far more conservative than reality. When the IEA says we could get up to one third of our global energy supply from solar photovoltaics and solar hot water by 2060; that is significant especially if this is a conservative approximation. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011120501-by-2060-one-third-of-the-world-could-be-solar-says-iea.aspx Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:14:07 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011120501-by-2060-one-third-of-the-world-could-be-solar-says-iea.aspx Solar Energy Carmanah Technologies Corporation was recently awarded a contract by PowerStream to supply and install a 350-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic system at the Thornhill Community Center in Markham, Ontario. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800655881-ontario-to-be-the-home-to-new-solar-pv-installations.aspx Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:01:09 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800655881-ontario-to-be-the-home-to-new-solar-pv-installations.aspx Solar Energy EMCORE recently announced its solar panels were successfully launched November 26 onboard the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, which will power the MSL spacecraft during its voyage to Mars. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800654556-emcore-meeting-the-solar-panels-needs-of-nasa.aspx Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:02:17 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800654556-emcore-meeting-the-solar-panels-needs-of-nasa.aspx Solar Energy National Solar Power recently announced it has entered into a developer agreement with Hardee County, Florida, to build a 200-megawatt solar farm in the county, which will create up to 50 permanent jobs and 200 temporary jobs during the five-year construction. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800654063-florida-to-be-home-to-three-new-solar-farms.aspx Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:52:43 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800654063-florida-to-be-home-to-three-new-solar-farms.aspx Solar Energy Geoscape Solar recently announced it has completed the installation of it 733-kilowatt solar power system at Atlantic Central Logistics in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which consists of 4,072 solar panels and will allow the company to be powered by 75 percent renewable energy. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800652691-solar-energy-projects-in-new-jersey-add-to-abundant-solar-power-generation.aspx Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:24:12 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800652691-solar-energy-projects-in-new-jersey-add-to-abundant-solar-power-generation.aspx Solar Energy For the first time in history, investments in renewable energy installations surpassed investments in fossil fuel plants. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, last year $187 billion was invested in renewable energy installations, which exceeded the $157 billion that was invested in new natural gas, oil and coal plants. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011112901-renewable-investments-exceed-fossil-fuels-for-the-first-time.aspx Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:42:50 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/2011112901-renewable-investments-exceed-fossil-fuels-for-the-first-time.aspx Green Energy Cogenra Solar recently announced its solar cogeneration technology chosen by the U.S. Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program for its Installation Energy Test Bed initiative for 2012, which will help meet military energy goals. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800651881-dod-working-to-decrease-carbon-footprint-and-meet-energy-goals.aspx Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:23:47 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800651881-dod-working-to-decrease-carbon-footprint-and-meet-energy-goals.aspx Green Energy Pattern Energy Group recently agreed on a 20-year renewable power sale and energy services agreement with Minera Los Pelambres, a Chile mining company, for its El Arrayan Wind project located in north Santiago on the country's coast. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800650626-chile-to-step-up-creation-of-wind-energy.aspx Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:27:36 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800650626-chile-to-step-up-creation-of-wind-energy.aspx Green Energy GloPak recently installed a solar power system at its New Jersey manufacturing plant in South Plainfield, consisting of 3,454 solar panels mounted to the roof. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800649302-new-jersey-continues-to-add-solar-energy-structures.aspx Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:43:34 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800649302-new-jersey-continues-to-add-solar-energy-structures.aspx Solar Energy Bergey Windpower recently announced its BWC Excel 10 wind turbine, the first wind turbine of its kind to receive full certification for the new AWEA Small Wind Turbine Performance and Safety Standard. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800648278-new-wind-turbine-technology-making-waves-in-the-industry.aspx Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:43:22 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800648278-new-wind-turbine-technology-making-waves-in-the-industry.aspx Green Energy Ascent Solar Technologies recently announced its flexible CIGS solar panels were named one of TIME magazines 50 Best Inventions of 2011, allowing for power generation where it was not previously possible. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800647086-solar-panel-technology-is-continuing-to-get-more-efficient.aspx Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:52:57 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800647086-solar-panel-technology-is-continuing-to-get-more-efficient.aspx Solar Energy Mission College, Gibane and SunPower recently announced a 1.1-megawatt solar power system that will be located at Mission College and generate about 33 percent of the school's electricity costs. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800645910-colleges-in-california-realizing-the-power-of-solar-energy.aspx Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:19:53 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800645910-colleges-in-california-realizing-the-power-of-solar-energy.aspx Solar Energy SPG Solar recently announced it completed construction of a 2.3-megawatt DC solar power project in the Neely Wastewater Reclamation Facility in Gilbert, Arizona, which will be located on recharge basins at the facility. The project will save Gilbert more than $2 million over the next 20 years. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800644986-arizona-continues-to-add-solar-energy-projects.aspx Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:06:26 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800644986-arizona-continues-to-add-solar-energy-projects.aspx Solar Energy NorthWestern Energy recently reached a stipulated agreement with the Montana Consumer Counsel to bring an end to the negotiations on the financial components of the proposed Spion Kop Wind Project that would be located in central Montana. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800643896-renewable-energy-projects-in-montana-continue-to-pop-up.aspx Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:45:04 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800643896-renewable-energy-projects-in-montana-continue-to-pop-up.aspx Green Energy Baker Electric Solar and Blue Oak Energy recently joined forces to bring solar systems to the new Bachelor Enlisted Quarters complex at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800642798-marine-facilities-utilize-renewable-energy.aspx Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:29:46 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800642798-marine-facilities-utilize-renewable-energy.aspx Green Energy Here Enterprises recently announced the world's largest wind farm is now in Floresville, Texas, adding to Texas's wind energy generation, which is already the leader in the United States. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800641811-here-enterprises-contributes-the-large-wind-energy-market-in-texas.aspx Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:07:14 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800641811-here-enterprises-contributes-the-large-wind-energy-market-in-texas.aspx Green Energy Leaders from the engineering and project management company Bechtel, representatives from NRG Energy and SunPower and local dignitaries recently met to celebrate the groundbreaking of the California Valley Solar Ranch, which is one of the largest solar photovoltaic facilities in the world currently being built. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800640633-work-underway-on-large-pv-facility-in-california.aspx Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:21:55 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800640633-work-underway-on-large-pv-facility-in-california.aspx Solar Energy Renewable Energy Systems Canada recently announced the completion of the Greenwich Wind Energy Project on the northern shore of Lake Superior in Ontario. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800639671-wind-energy-a-growing-source-of-energy-in-ontario.aspx Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:38:13 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800639671-wind-energy-a-growing-source-of-energy-in-ontario.aspx Green Energy Sunvalley Solar recently announced it signed a 200-kilowatt commercial solar installation contract with Harmoni Group in the City of Industry, California, which will be built with efficient photovoltaic panels from Tianwei New Energy and solar inverters from Advanced Energy Industries. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800638619-solar-energy-in-california-sees-another-new-project.aspx Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:33:54 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800638619-solar-energy-in-california-sees-another-new-project.aspx Solar Energy Nissan North America and SunPower recently announced they will collaborate to help Nissan Leaf electric vehicle owners learn how a residential solar power systems from SunPower can cut carbon footprints and control the cost of charging electric vehicles. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800637566-nna-and-sunpower-team-up-to-help-leaf-owners-learn-a-cost-effective-way-to-charge-the-car.aspx Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:06:31 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800637566-nna-and-sunpower-team-up-to-help-leaf-owners-learn-a-cost-effective-way-to-charge-the-car.aspx Solar Energy Sunvalley Solar recently announced it has signed a 366.6-kilowatt solar installation contract with Best Cheer Stone, which will provide Anaheim, California, residents with solar power solutions. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800636430-california-adding-more-solar-energy-projects.aspx Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:40:06 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800636430-california-adding-more-solar-energy-projects.aspx Solar Energy Advanced Energy Industries recently announced its Solaron photovoltaic inverters have been installed at a 35-megawatt solar project at Pacific Gas and Electric Company that is located near Coalinga, California. http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800635376-pg-e-a-part-of-new-solar-energy-projects-throughout-california.aspx Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:24:51 GMT http://solar.coolerplanet.com/News/800635376-pg-e-a-part-of-new-solar-energy-projects-throughout-california.aspx Solar Energy