Tesla Motors Becomes the First to Pay Back the Department of Energy!
Tesla Motors becomes the first electric vehicle company to fully pay back the Department of Energy. As of May 22, the company has said that it fully paid the government back for a $465 million loan it received in 2010 from the Department of Energy (DOE). The company announced it had wired $451 million to the government, [...]
New Manager at the American Solar Energy Society
The Board of Directors of the American Solar Energy Society has named Seth Masia, currently director of communications at ASES, to step into the role of interim executive director. He assumes the duties of Susan Greene, who will leave her job as president of ASES on May 31. The Board is grateful to Susan for [...]
Solar for Parking: Spot the Solar Canopy
Visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo can now park in one of the 1,000 parking spots shaded by solar canopies. The canopies will provide 20% of the zoo’s daily energy needs. NEWS YOU CAN USE: Solar for Parking While everyone looks forward to the sunny summer months, it’s never fun to get into a hot car [...]
SEIA Applauds Confirmation of New DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz
WASHINGTON, DC – Calling him “uniquely qualified,” Rhone Resch, president & CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), issued the following statement after Ernest Moniz was unanimously confirmed today as secretary of the Department of Energy: “Ernest Moniz will be an outstanding Secretary of Energy. As a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor, an [...]
Read SOLAR TODAY’s May/June Issue
SOLAR TODAY‘s May/June issue is online. Read the full issue, search by key word and share articles. Click here to go directly to the issue. ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Sixth Annual Efficient Cars Roundup Plug-ins and hybrids reach toward half-a-million new cars a year in the United States By Seth Masia Lessons in Sustainability Phoenix’s new Fireside Elementary School [...]
Anchorage Solar Tour: June 8, 2013
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The Solar Industry in Georgia is Pushing to Extend its Use!
The solar industry in Georgia is pushing a power monopoly to expand the use of solar energy as it plans to meet the state’s electricity needs in the next two decades. Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power must submit new plans every three years; advocates for the state’s solar power industry and tea party leaders fault [...]
Samsung Smartphone is the First to become Certified Sustainable!
Samsung is the first mobile phone company to achieve the new international smartphone certification, which rates the devices on environmental design and socially responsible manufacturing. The company’s Galaxy S4 smartphone received certification from TCO Development, which launched this rating system last month. Sweden-based TCO has been certifying IT products for more than 20 years, and [...]
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