News

  • Oklahomans of all ages have recently been able to gain a better understanding about renewable energy systems and technological advances, thanks in part to Oklahoma State University's Scott Frazier and Paul Weckler.
  • Committee leaders today expressed concern that President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to impose a back door energy tax though its proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, despite the rejection of cap-and-trade legislation by both Congress and the American people.
  • Fort Carson appears on track to be off the grid by 2020, Army officials said Wednesday. Fort Carson generates 3.5 percent of the energy used on post -- enough to be on track to be "net zero" in eight years as part of a pilot program for bases to provide for their own water and electricity needs, Army officials said.
  • U.S. Green Energy is running behind on creating jobs and building its Cane Creek Centre facility, but company leaders say they will make it happen.
  • Residents on Wednesday night had their first informal meeting with a Texas-based wind power developer that is considering a project on Black Mountain.
  • A bill that would eliminate the requirement that 12.5 percent of Ohio's energy come from renewable sources by 2025 got a warm reception from a Senate committee yesterday, but it is unclear how much farther the bill is going.
  • U.S. Geothermal Inc. (TSX:GTH)(NYSE Amex:HTM), a leading renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, announced that power plant commissioning at the new 8.6 net megawatt San Emidio power plant, which follows the mechanical completion announced in December, is proceeding.
  • Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that it is powering a 1 megawatt (MW) solar farm at the Chattanooga Airport.
  • Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center has awarded a $16.8 million task order to implement energy-conserving upgrades, including a 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating system--the largest to date for the U.S. Army--at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
  • The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), in partnership with SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), Joint Venture Silicon Valley, and Wells Fargo, installed solar parking canopy systems, totaling 2.1 megawatts (MW), at its three bus maintenance divisions.