Why should have all the fun on the water? That’s the idea behind designer new , the Float, which he designed for students and young professionals. The craft is designed for relaxing: up to 4 passengers can recline on a mesh hammock material that is supposed to mimic the feel of sitting on the beach. […]

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Photo: . 2 Concentrating Solar Project in California Google isn’t the only one in . The U.S. Department of Energy has just announced new conditional loan guarantees that should inject about $2 billion into two large-scale solar thermal projects…. … Source: DOE Awards $2 Billion Loans to Double Concentrating Solar Capacity in the US.

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By Mark Pabst, San Francisco Utilities continue to be a major driving force behind the expansion of solar generated electric power in the United States according to a recently released report by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). In 2010 the ten utilities with the highest number of megawatts generated collectively accounted for 561 megawatts […]

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LOS ANGELES – Two conservation groups and a California resident have sued to stop construction of a SunPower Corp solar power plant, saying the project would harm the rural area’s wildlife, air quality and natural beauty.   Sa… Source: Groups sue to stop California solar plant.

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A Spanish firm which once employed 130 people assembling solar panels in Otay Mesa has moved manufacturing to Tijuana…. Source: San Diego solar factory moves to Tijuana.

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by John Farrell. This post originally appeared on , a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s . Using the tax code rather than cash incentives to support wind and solar power costs ratepayers significantly more. because project developers were selling their federal tax credits to third parties at 50 to 70 cents on the […]

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Editor’s Note: This entry has been cross-posted from . We commonly think that the sun provides free energy. That’s true, but photovoltaic panels and other equipment to harvest that energy aren’t free. The question is: how are they paid for? U.S. residential and commercial solar system customers have historically paid the old-fashioned way: with cash. […]

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by Todd Woody. It’s only Tuesday but two milestones have been reached this week in the long march toward a carbon-free future. On Monday, BrightSource Energy became the first solar power plant developer to complete the financing of a large-scale project in two decades. The United States Department of Energy finalized a $1.6 billion loan […]

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