The DOE on Wednesday said it is offering a partial loan guarantee for a $1.4 billion loan that will fund Project Amp, which will erect solar panels on hundreds of rooftops around the country. The project is the largest rooftop solar plan in the country.
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Ucilia Wang
Jun 22, 2011 - 2:48 PM PST
Holy solar. Southern California Edison announced this morning that it has signed contracts with solar developers SunPower and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures to buy solar electricity for a total of 831 MW of solar projects.
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Katie Fehrenbacher
Jan 10, 2011 - 7:42 AM PST
Tessera Solar said Tuesday it has sold an 850-megawatt solar energy project in California that, up until a few months ago, was poised to be a showcase piece for the company.
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Ucilia Wang
Dec 29, 2010 - 12:00 AM PST
First Solar (s FSLR), the thin film solar darling, has lined up another customer for the power generated at its planned Desert…
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Josie Garthwaite
Mar 9, 2010 - 9:51 AM PST
John Bryson, former CEO of Edison International (s EIX) and co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, has a yen for startups…
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Jeff St. John
Mar 4, 2010 - 12:52 PM PST
A parade of 74 plug-in vehicles really makes you realize how entirely silent electric cars are. We stopped by Plug-In America’s parade…
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Katie Fehrenbacher
Jan 17, 2009 - 12:31 PM PST
UPDATED: Southern California Edison is set to hit a milestone today in its plans to install two square miles of solar panels…
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David Ehrlich
Dec 1, 2008 - 8:18 AM PST
It’s hard work to set up and supervise a teleworking team for some projects. In the web content service I run, I…
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Celine Roque
Nov 28, 2008 - 10:00 AM PST
California utilities continue to snap up large clean energy contracts in preparation for the state’s aggressive renewable portfolio standard. Today, Southern California…
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Craig Rubens
Aug 18, 2008 - 12:19 PM PST
West Coast utilities Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and Portland General Electric announced this week a few initiatives aimed at…
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Celeste LeCompte
Aug 7, 2008 - 3:00 PM PST
Last Friday California approved a contract between utility Southern California Edison and thin-film solar maker First Solar to build a thin-film photovoltaic…
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Katie Fehrenbacher
Jul 16, 2008 - 8:30 AM PST
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved what it says is the first utility-scale thin-film solar project to be built in California,…
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Katie Fehrenbacher
Jul 11, 2008 - 11:47 AM PST
eSolar, the solar startup backed by Google.org and Bill Gross’ Idealab, said today that it’s inked a deal to build a 245…
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Katie Fehrenbacher
Jun 3, 2008 - 11:00 AM PST
If you’ve been living on the edge of Firefox, this won’t be news, but Firefox 3 hit another milestone last night: Release…
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Mike Gunderloy
May 17, 2008 - 6:00 AM PST
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyhdowflYzY] Instead of an audio podcast, we had time to record a brief video Geek Session here at CES 2008. Just a…
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Kevin C. Tofel
Jan 10, 2008 - 4:38 PM PST
With the Consumer Electronics Show fast approaching, most sites are telling you about the coverage you can expect or what sort of…
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Don Reisinger
Jan 3, 2008 - 3:00 PM PST
…unless it makes you sad that it’s not summer. But it’s so catchy! The deets from Next New Networks: “‘Watermelon Nights’ is…
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Liz Gannes
Dec 7, 2007 - 10:53 AM PST
Kevin started it and it gave me a good think about the mobile tech I’d be thankful for. It’s a pretty short…
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James Kendrick
Nov 22, 2007 - 9:20 AM PST
T-Mobile has an interesting Windows Mobile 6 slider on the way this week. In fact, at $149 the T-Mobile Shadow might make…
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Kevin C. Tofel
Oct 29, 2007 - 7:11 AM PST
Tell me this hasn’t happened to you. Your PC churns and burns to download a huge-tastic file and just stops at 99%.…
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Kevin C. Tofel
Nov 17, 2006 - 8:24 AM PST
Just two short months ago (to the day, no less) we mentioned Sona’s media player for Blackberry devices; looks like the berry…
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Kevin C. Tofel
Jun 27, 2006 - 1:32 PM PST
In five years, most major metros and suburbs will have ubiquitous Wi-Fi based broadband coverage says Chuck Haas, the co-founder and chief…
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Om Malik
Mar 27, 2006 - 11:59 PM PST
Zimbra’s Ajax-based email is worth a look. It is one of the many dozens of companies that have popped up, and one…
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Om Malik
Oct 6, 2005 - 12:30 AM PST
No seriously…. because if that’s the case then I predict sun is going to rise tomorrow from the west, and the actual…
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Om Malik
Dec 14, 2004 - 3:05 PM PST
FCC Chairman Michael Powell is concerned about SBC’s TIPTop enough to issue a statement today, warning the Bell that FCC has got…
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Om Malik
Nov 26, 2004 - 2:31 PM PST
Tim Higgins: The upbeat mode that prevailed at the show was helped along by FCC chairman Michael Powell’s keynote on Tuesday. The…
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Om Malik
Oct 24, 2004 - 8:39 AM PST