All Posts Tagged With: "solar power"

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Big Box Store Starts Selling Wind Turbines
in Wyoming and Five Other Western States

Similar to Lowe’s teaming up with Sungevity to offer shoppers affordable, in-store solar leasing options, the Home Depot has partnered with Flagstaff, Ariz.-based company Southwest Windpower in an effort to bring clean, renewable wind-based power to the masses.

11Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Brookings Report: Mountain West Poised to Lead Energy System Transformation

The report encourages the U.S. to move proactively and aggressively to build the proposed Intermountain West network of high-powered energy innovation commercialization centers, and thereby creating the “next economy” in the mountain region and nationally.

15Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Special Report — Water Woes Dry Up Solar Projects

Throughout the southwest, water woes have slowed the pace of solar development. State resource agencies, local governments, environmental groups and local residents have all voiced opposition to the siting of any solar project in their states that comes with large water demands.

24Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Incentives Key to Renewable
Energy Growth

States with strong renewable energy portfolio standards or goals tend to outperform others when it comes to adding solar, wind, biomass and other emerging renewable energy forms, according to new research from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.

25Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy E-Ticket: Yellowstone’s Geothermal Potential

Recent studies show that the park may be a prime location for producing geothermal energy and down the road it could significantly add to the nation’s store of renewable energy.

23Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State’s CO2 Storage Research Heats Up

The project could help make Wyoming a major player in the emerging science of CO2 sequestration. It could also help make the state an attractive destination for underground storage of CO2 from America’s coal-fired power plants.

6Jan2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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NREL, Solar Industry Launch Precision Measuring Network

The improved information gathered by the network — “bankable data” — will be incorporated into computer models to determine the most efficient locations for utility-scale solar energy conversion projects such as concentrated solar power plants.

21Dec2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Poll Says Wyomingites Favor Multi-Energy Solutions

Wyoming residents favor a variety of solutions to meet the United States’ energy needs, including near-unanimous support for the development and use of renewable energy, and more oil production from existing wells.

18Nov2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Low Gas Prices Doesn’t Diminish Need For
Energy Independence

It’s amazing how quickly people resume old practices when gas prices drop. Everyone is enjoying much lower gas prices than just a month ago, but we should not forget that this turns on a dime, and our top priority - short of stabilizing our economy - is to become self-reliant when it comes to energy.

28Oct2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued