DOE Awards $2 Billion Loans to Double Concentrating Solar Capacity in the US

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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How are Homeowners and Businesses Paying for Solar Energy Systems?

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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SunWize Systems Completes Phase One of Nation’s Largest Solar Carport Installation, Announces Expansion of Phase Two

SunWize Systems, the premier installation group of SunWize Technologies, Inc., announced today it has completed the first phase of the nation’s largest solar carport for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) at its Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. SunWize will offer a free solar tour on the VA grounds of the […]

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