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NREL hosts solar car competition in Colorado—It’s like the Pinewood Derby but cooler!

Basically it’s like the Pinewood Derby in the Cub Scouts, but infinitely cooler, since the kids on the teams get to design and build their own vehicles with solar panels or batteries...

Solar bills continue to make progress in Minnesota

Two pieces of legislation that would expand the amount of solar in the land of 10,000 lakes are moving forward. The Omnibus Energy Bills are working their way through the House and...

Tennessee Valley Authority signs off on 17.5 MWs of small renewable projects

The Tennessee Valley Authority, which provides electricity in seven states, recently announced that it approved more than 250 small renewable energy projects across its service area—all...

Bill could give renewables same trade and tax advantages as fossil fuels

A piece of legislation introduced in the Senate last week could make financing solar energy projects as affordable as funding oil, natural gas and coal operations. U.S. Senators Chris...

Skyline Innovations bringing solar hot water to 2,100 residents in California

Skyline Innovations will build and finance the installation for solar hot water heating systems across 11 AMCAL multifamily properties in California. The project will give 2,100 families...

Concentrated solar will add 1.3 GWs to US's energy mix in 2013

The news about concentrated solar power (CSP) or solar thermal has been relatively quiet for about a year, but during that period many of the giant CSP projects planned for the U.S....

Saudi Arabia gets NREL's help with solar and wind energy

It might not make sense at first, but Saudi Arabia, which likely still has the world’s largest proven oil reserves is working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to go solar....

Nevada's new enhanced geothermal generation system borrows from fracking to produce renewable energy

While not in play across the U.S. like solar or wind, another abundant renewable energy courses—literally—beneath the country’s surface, is geothermal heat. But there are few commercial...

BLM wants to see more solar in Colorado

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last month issued a request for proposals to develop solar projects on 3,714 acres of land identified as a Solar Energy Zone in Colorado. This is...

PlanetSolar to launch a second solar boat tour

The University of Geneva is casting off in the world’s first boat to make an around-the-world journey on solar power alone. The MS Turanor PlanetSolar navigated the globe with nothing...

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