The federal comprehensive energy bill could change the whole game for the solar industry.
If the bill passes Congress and becomes law, it would require U.S. utility companies to supply around 15% of their electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind power by 2020.
This means utilities would need large-scale solar systems to generate enough electricity [...]

By The Associated Press
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CHICAGO - Visitors will again be able to stroll through the Museum of Science and Industry’s environmentally friendly home exhibit after a brief closure and renovation.
The Smart Home exhibit closed Jan. 4 but reopened March 19. The home is on museum grounds and originally opened in May 2008. More than 100,000 people [...]

“This (measure) will allow important investments for the future low carbon economy which could have been put on hold due to the financial and economic crisis,” Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a statement.
Under the temporary scheme, Spanish authorities may provide subsidized loans until the end of 2009 with a maximum term of two years [...]

Just Push Print, a leading online printing company, has introduced online green printing services in response to growing interest in print procurement that meets sustainability practices. The firm, through its parent company Phase 3 Communications, provides printed materials that meet the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative(R) (SFI®) for sustainable forestry practices [...]

For a country that’s right on the equator, relying on solar energy in Singapore seems like a bright idea. Try and get off the grid, however, and it quickly loses its shine.
The tropical city-state’s per capita greenhouse gas emissions are similar to Europe, and it imports all its fuel, which on paper makes solar power [...]

Portland, ME (PRWEB) Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson has published his Top 10 list of green building trends for 2009. Yudelson says that green building will continue to grow in spite of the global credit crisis and the ongoing economic recession in most countries. And so, as the show must go on Eco-construction the must [...]

Rosebud Sioux Reservation, Mission, SD (PRWEB) Native Green, a certified Native American owned company, announced today the launch of GoNativeGreen.com. This informative commercial website makes it easy to find and purchase the right green cleaning products to meet the emerging green building standards and green purchasing policies. The efficient direct purchasing model significantly reduces the [...]

Sierra Club Green Home (SCGH) today launches its new Web site, www.sierraclubgreenhome.com, designed to educate Americans on how to make their homes more energy efficient, environmentally sustainable and healthy. Created with Sierra Club — America’s oldest, largest, and best-known environmental organization — SCGH aims to help aspirationally green citizens become more environmentally conscious.
“Sierra Club is [...]

Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPPTM), one of the top three PPA providers in the country, today announced that its solar systems on university campuses are in operation and generating power. The solar systems include an 878.22 kW total system at the University of California at San Diego in San Diego, CA; a 357.32 kW system [...]

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. executing on a grass roots campaign, “RENEW THE NATION”, to help redeploy a portion of the U.S. work force and focus on reducing the world’s dependence on fossil fuels by selling solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) technologies, today announced that it has appointed Mr. Harold Gear and Mr. Everett Airington to [...]