Solar News: Around the US
First solar plant on native lands, Canadian Solar enters project development, SPI Solar leads in Hawaii, Brightsource buys big.
First solar plant on native lands, Canadian Solar enters project development, SPI Solar leads in Hawaii, Brightsource buys big.
The ground-mounted solar array covers eight acres and was built by SunPower Corp
The amendment closes a loophole and now requires the Dept of Defense to buy all US-made solar.
The park will have a solar plant and a solar training campus.
Americans still want the federal government to support solar too.
SunEdison is building the solar plants on prison grounds, and will sell the electricity to them over 20 years.
A solar tower plant in Spain is the world's first to provide baseload power.
Solar jobs are growing nearly 10 times faster than employment as a whole in the US.
The financing is the largest to date for construction of solar PV projects.
1 year extension of Treasury Dept solar grants would add another 2000 MW too.