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top 10 in 2011 – Camarillo Acorn top 10 in 2011Camarillo AcornOf its 300 employees, the solar panel manufacturer retained a workforce of about 114 in Camarillo for its sales and administration departments. The company continues to battle stiff competition from Asian manufacturers, especially those in China, … and more » Mount Airy had year of … Continue reading »

Road to energy security – Malaysia Star Road to energy securityMalaysia StarThe FiT rate for solar PV has been designed with considerations to market price of PV modules available locally and the degression rate will reflect the potential future price reduction. Since the FiT was launched on Dec 1, the empirical data collected … and … Continue reading »

Let’s nurture devolution for our survival – Business Daily Africa Let's nurture devolution for our survivalBusiness Daily AfricaWolfgang Fengler, the World Bank's lead economist for Kenya, did a good job summarising some cautionary guidelines on decentralisation. Observing that the devolved funds are so little, he emphasised the need to nurture other non-monetary resources in … … Continue reading »

Record-Breaking Home Solar Growth for East Bay – CalFinder (blog) CalFinder (blog) Record-Breaking Home Solar Growth for East BayCalFinder (blog)Over 25% of all solar jobs are located in California. Nationwide, the growth rate of solar jobs is 6.8%. The growth rate of the country overall is just 0.7%. The San Francisco solar company SunRun is … Continue reading »

Florida Legislature Pre-Session Report on Economic Development, Insurance, and … – JD Supra (press release) Florida Legislature Pre-Session Report on Economic Development, Insurance, and …JD Supra (press release)This includes using solar, wind and biomass to generate electricity. Akerman Senterfitt, Akerman Senterfitt LLP, Attorneys at Law akerman.com | Disclaimer Commercial and farm interests will want full … Continue reading »

Massive Trophy Renewables Project for NYC Tech Campus – Greentech Media (blog) Massive Trophy Renewables Project for NYC Tech CampusGreentech Media (blog)Cornell wins, Stanford drops out, an anonymous gift, a VC fund, and a NYC campus goes with solar, geothermal, and fuel cells. Last month we reported that Distributed Sun (D-SUN) and Washington Gas Energy … Continue reading »

State may fund clean energy projects – Ct Post State may fund clean energy projectsCt PostThat means we're going to begin to see football field-sized solar projects going up on commercial building rooftops and open land spaces and all the job-creation, in-state economic development and environmental benefits that go with it. … Updates on IPOs, … Continue reading »

KDC Solar Closes $70 Million Revolving Construction Facility with Prudential … – Sacramento Bee KDC Solar Closes $70 Million Revolving Construction Facility with Prudential …Sacramento BeeKDC Solar is supported by an allocation of $225 million in equity from Diamond Castle Holdings, a New York-based private equity fund with more than $1.8 billion of committed capital … Continue reading »

GREEN DEALS: Why Buffett chose solar – Climate Spectator GREEN DEALS: Why Buffett chose solarClimate Spectator"Today's announcement shows how our coal seam gas project can not only co-exist with but can indeed facilitate sustainable food production and associated job creation in NSW," de Weijer said. “(It) also highlights Dart's key point of difference in coal … Continue reading »

County-Wide Distributed Solar Rising in Popularity – SustainableBusiness.com Energy Matters County-Wide Distributed Solar Rising in PopularitySustainableBusiness.comIt says it has power purchase agreements for 3000 MW of solar farms in the Southeast. About 200 solar jobs will be created and the county will collect about $92 million in taxes over the next 30 years. A couple … Continue reading »