New York’s Deal To Build Elon Musk A Solar Panel Factory Turned Into A Nearly $1 Billion ‘Boondoggle’
According to The Wall Street Journal, New York State invested nearly $1 billion in Elon Musk to build a large-scale solar panel factory, but failed to meet initial expectations such as increased production and economic development. It is said that New York State began construction on a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial facility in 2015 that it […]
‘Dead Without Water’: Massive Desert Solar Projects Are Sucking Up Groundwater, Angering Locals
Large-scale solar power development projects in Southern California are straining local water availability, threatening desert ecosystems and being impacted by tight water supplies, according to a report by Inside Climate News. causing anger among residents. Small communities around Desert Center, California rely on naturally occurring groundwater reservoirs known as groundwater aquifers, but water-intensive development processes […]
Increasing restrictions on siting solar in the U.S. – pv magazine USA
A Columbia University study identified 59 new regional renewable energy site restrictions in 35 US states, bringing the total to 228. Further, it was pointed out that the nine state-level restrictions are strict enough to block the project. June 26, 2023 John Fitzgerald Weaver Columbia Law School in New York has released its third annual […]
SSVEC completes new 160-acre solar field in McNeal to benefit members
McNeil, Arizona — The Sulfur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative is building a new substation and solar power plant in McNeil. This substation will serve his 3,000 people in the area. CEO Jason Bowling said the company built its first substation in McNeil 85 years ago, and that this new substation will replace the old substation, […]
Quad Cities Solar Co-op Surpassed Goals in First Two Weeks
Article audio is made possible by the CAST11 Prescott Podcast Network. Talking Glass Media work. The Quad Cities Solar Corp launched on March 15th and quickly surpassed its membership goal of 50 residents. The Solar Cooperative, an organization formed to help residents build solar power, just announced a new goal of 100 members. A solar […]
Mohave County supervisors opposing 3 solar farms | Local News Stories
Mojave County regulators are on the side of voters calling for opposition to three solar plants planned on public land in northwest Arizona. At a board meeting in Kingman on Monday, a resolution was unanimously passed to formally oppose a proposed project on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The Leo Solar project […]
Mohave County supervisors may oppose three solar projects | Local News Stories
Solar power is intended to be a greener option for energy companies throughout the Southwest. But three pending solar projects could pose a different kind of environmental risk, according to one Mojave County supervisor. These three projects include the 450-megawatt, 4,300-acre White Hill Solar Project, the 275-megawatt, 3,958-acre Mineral Park Solar Project, and the 300-megawatt, […]
Supervisors may oppose three solar projects planned for Northern Mohave County | Local News Stories
Solar power is intended to be a greener option for energy companies throughout the Southwest. But three pending solar projects could pose a different kind of environmental risk, according to one Mojave County supervisor. These three projects include the 450-megawatt, 4,300-acre White Hill Solar Project, the 275-megawatt, 3,958-acre Mineral Park Solar Project, and the 300-megawatt, […]
Yumans can apply to receive free solar panels that make drinking water
SOURCE Global received state subsidy to install two ‘hydropanels’ in 850 homes YUMA, Arizona (KECY, KYMA) – An Arizona-based company manufactures solar panels that produce clean drinking water and now wants to install them in your backyard for free. Even in dry climates, water vapor is present in the air around us. Source’s Hydro Panels […]
Pennsylvania professor photographs first radiation belt outside solar system
Photo credit: Chuck Carter, Melody Kao, The Heising Simmons Foundation Lewisburg, Union County (WBRE/WYOU) — in April, Jackie Vilasen, a professor of physics and astronomy at Bucknell University, has discovered a planet orbiting a star. Just a month later, she was part of another team that made yet another discovery: the first radiation belt outside […]
