Solar Energy
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Experts to spread renewable energy word in Nicaragua
Several Portland renewable energy pros are heading to Nicaragua to install solar panels and spread the sustainability gospel abroad. The team, which includes representatives of Portland General Electric…
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NADB approves loan for Rio Grande solar project
North American Development Bank, MIC Solar Energy Holdings LLC and Chevron Energy Solutions are teaming up to develop a new solar park near Presidio, Texas. North American Development Bank (NADB) has…
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NW Photon builds health solar niche
A Lake Oswego photovoltaic solar specialist continues to forge a niche in the health care construction game. NW Photon Energy has now completed three health facility installations. The latest is a 204-…
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Sacramento utility district to explore biz, residential solar
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is launching a study of the extensive deployment of photovoltaic solar cells on its electrical grid. The study will be done in conjunction with Millbrae-based…
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Element Power downsizes North Carolina solar project
Element Power has decided to cut back — for now — on initial plans for one of two 40-megawatt solar projects it proposed to build in North Carolina. Portland-based Element Power has asked the N.C.…
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Solar industry applaud's Obama's State of the Union speech
Rhone Resch of the Solar Energy Industries Association sees a robust clean-energy industry as important to America's future. Here is what he said about the State of the Union address: "In tonight’s…
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SolarWorld, still battling China, offers financing for American-made panels
Solar panel-maker SolarWorld, in its continuing battle against Chinese imports, on Tuesday unveiled a new customer financing program applicable only to American-made solar products. The German company,…
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N.C. group lands federal grant to study alternative fuel stations
The North Carolina Solar Center said it’s getting a $500,000 federal grant to study how to add more alternative fuel stations in the state. The money will be used by The Alternative Fuel Implementation…
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Energy Trust has $1M for large solar project developers
Energy Trust of Oregon put out a call this week for large solar projects that would operate in Portland General Electric's territory or sell power to the utility. The nonprofit has $1 million in its budget…
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SolarWorld CFO: Company 'committed' to survival
While analysts speculate about SolarWorld's uncertain fate, the company's CFO Phillipp Koecke is stalwart in defending the company's position. Portland Business Journal Reporter Erik Siemers posed some…
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Analysts size up SolarWorld's uncertain future
SolarWorld AG argues that its panels are the best on the market. That of all the workhorse, everyday-use solar panels out there, its are the most efficient. And the company has invested another $33 million…
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Beaverton School District unveils solar projects
REC Solar and Kenyon Energy christened a three-system solar project at the Beaverton School District last week, commemorating the third occasion the companies have successfully collaborated with Northwest…
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Pennsylvania reopens its solar rebate program
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection got $7.25 million to temporarily reopen its popular Sunshine Solar Rebate program which was put into wait-list mode August 2011. The current pot…
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New 1366 Tech factory aims to deliver 'solar at the cost of coal'
Venture-backed solar energy company 1366 Technologies cut the ribbon on a 42,000 square-foot factory in Bedford, Mass. In a news release, 1366 called the facility "the final step in the path to commercialization…
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Tax ruling could make solar project finance easier
A San Francisco company may become the first firm allowed to raise money for solar-power projects as a REIT, the financing vehicle used in $640 billion of U.S. property ventures, according to Bloomberg…
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Sacramento sees a quiet cleantech boom
Revenue and employment from Sacramento area cleantech manufacturing and design companies both got big boosts in 2012, setting new records for the region’s cleantech sector, according to a report released…
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Oregon's largest solar array complete
The 5.7 megawatt solar array, known as Outback, that last year started sprouting up along the landscape in southeast Oregon's Lake County is finished and is generating power. The solar power plant is…
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Progress Energy looking to slash solar incentives in the Carolinas
Progress Energy Carolinas plans to cut rebates in half for customers who install solar panels on their homes, the company said in a regulatory filing this week. The utility, a subsidiary of Duke Energy…
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Oregon startup refining solar-powered rooftop ventilator
An Oregon startup landed a commercialization grant from Oregon BEST that will fund its work with the Oregon Institute of Technology to refine its solar-powered building ventilator for a national product…
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Sungevity raises $125 million for solar projects
Sungevity Inc. has raised $125 million in venture capital and project financing. The funding includes $40 million in capital raised in 2012, led by Oakland-based Brightpath Capital Partners and the home…
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Solar, wind companies sad to see Ken Salazar go
The solar and wind power industries are losing one of the best friends they ever had in Washington, D.C., with the departure of Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar. The oil industry, by contrast, is probably…
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Tennessee sees delayed return on solar investment
It may be years before Hemlock Semiconductor's $1.2 billion polysilicon plant in Clarksville, Tenn., begins paying dividends, following the company’s announcement Monday that it is laying off most of…
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California's 'virtual net metering' bill could boost solar industry
Solar-powered electricity would be available to renters and business owners who don’t own a roof — that means most businesses — under legislation introduced in California last month by state Sen.…
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Pacific Power helps fund solar at Rogue Valley airport
Funding from Pacific Power's Blue Sky grant program helped pay for a 15-kilowatt solar installation at the Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford. The SolarWorld-made panels and power inverters…
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Duke Energy switching on large solar farms in NC, Arizona
Duke Energy Renewables has completed its 12.5-megawatt solar project in eastern North Carolina's Beaufort County and its 10-megawatt project near Kingman, Ariz. The Beaufort project was built by SunEnergy1…
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