Doug Shaw

Arizona Joint Venture on Two New Solar Facilities

PHOENIX — Arizona Public Service Co. has signed contracts with SunEdison for the construction of two photovoltaic power plants near Yuma and Prescott, Arizona. The plants, which ownership of SunEdison will turn over to APS at completion, will produce a combined 37 megawatts of energy.

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Audi Bringing Solar to German Manufacturing Plants

INGOLSTADT, Germany — German automaker Audi that it is expanding its rooftop solar electricity installation at its main plant in Ingolstadt, Germany and plans to charge its e-tron cars with electricity generated at the plant.

By the end of the month the company says it will also have installed additional photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of its new Audi A3 body construction facility located in the country.

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Calif. Taco Bell Goes Solar

ALBANY, Calif. — The Taco Bell restaurant franchise in Albany became the first commercial facility in California to receive a PG&E rebate check earlier this week for installing a solar hot water system. The rebate came under the new CSI-Thermal program for commercial and multifamily applications.

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Endangered Animals Hinder Solar Development

NIPTON, Calif. — Solar power plant developers hoping to expand their operations in to the California desert are finding that endangered species such as the desert tortoise and the bighorn sheep are becoming a major obstacle in project licensing and construction.

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Philadelphia Eagles Look for Savings With Green Stadium

PHILADELPHIA — Renewable energy firm Solar Blue has contracted with the Philadelphia Eagles football team to transform their 70,000-seat stadium into one that generates its own electricity from renewable energy sources, the team announced late last week.
 
Solar Blue, which is based in Orlando, Fla., will fit the Lincoln Financial Field with 2,500 solar panels, 80 20-foot wind turbines and an alternative-fuels power plant that is estimated will save the team $60 million in electricity costs over 20 years.
 
The 20-year contra

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Organization Explores Solar Power in Sapce

MUMBAI — India’s Space Research Organization and America’s National Space Society announced the launch earlier this month of the Kalam-NSS Initiative to explore the possibility of harvesting solar energy through space satellites for use on Earth. The initiative, spearheaded by former Indian president A.P.J.

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