Solar Power in the Southwest
he Southwest of the United States is shaping up to be a huge area for solar power. Many new solar power plants are going up in the Southwest of the United States of varying sizes. Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada provide the two things that solar plants need, sunlight, and space…and they provide plenty of both
California Solar Company Starts Leasing Program
A California solar power company is providing a lease program for homeowners.
Create Your Own Biodiesel
Fuel prices have now hit $4.00 a gallon in most places in the U.S. and show no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Its painfully obvious that the oil producing countries of this world, the big oil companies and even the U.S. government (as well as other world governments) are not in a big [...]
America’s first city powered by renewable energy.
Rock Port, Missouri is a small town along I-29 just North of Kansas City Missouri with a population of about
1300. Rock Port has the distinction of being the first town in the U.S. powered completely by renewable energy, more specifically, wind power. Not only is Rockport meeting all its power needs, its actually producing 23% [...]
AB 1920: California bill goes beyond Net Metering
Requires California Utilities to pay for excess solar electric (and wind) power generation.
Under the California Solar Initiative (CSI), net metering limits your electric bill to near zero even if your photovoltaic system generates more power than you consume. AB 1920 corrects this situation by forcing utilities to compensate photovoltaic system owners for any excess solar [...]
