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Bring Solar Home: Solar San Antonio’s campaign to increase solar
Bring Solar Home is an initiative of Solar San Antonio to encourage local solar commitments and educate the community on the benefits of solar energy. Working with CPS Energy, solar installers, and financial institutions, the goal of Solar San Antonio’s Bring Solar Home is to simplify the process of going ... Read More
SPI 10 Introduces ‘Solar Idea Swap’ sessions; Jane Weissman to moderate Workforce Development Session
New at SPI 10 this year is Solar Idea Swap sessions, designed to allow for small-scale networking and discussion among full conference attendees. These hour-long sessions, facilitated by a subject matter expert, will create the opportunity for lively, interactive group conversation as the outcome.
Jane Weissman, Executive Director of IREC, will facilitate the Workforce Development Solar ... Read More
NCSC’s Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series Fall 10 Schedule
The North Carolina Solar Center’s Renewable Energy Technologies Diploma Series (RETDS) is a non-degree continuing-education program that provides technical and hands-on training, information on current policies and technologies, and a support network of experienced renewable energy professionals. RETDS can also help meet required certifications for some renewable energy professionals, like North ... Read More
News from DSIRE: week of 9/6/10
ARIZONA – TEP PV Rebate Levels Lowered
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) received more applications for its PV rebate program than expected during the first half of 2010. As a result, TEP filed a request with the Arizona Corporation Commission in July to reduce rebate levels in an effort to maintain program funding through the end of ... Read More
Good teaching matters, pt. 5: Create simple Power Point presentations
Dr. Barbara Martin, a former professor in the College of Education at the University of Central Florida and at Kent State University in educational technology and educational psychology, specializes in instructional design (ISD), criterion-referenced testing, evaluation ... Read More
Arizona ACC Continues to Debate FIT Options
Arizona utility regulators are designing rules that would require power companies to buy electricity from solar developers at prearranged prices. The “feed-in tariff” aims to guarantee profits for solar developers, while encouraging more solar-power generation in Arizona.
Advocates of the tariff say it is needed because solar-power developers need to be fairly certain that they can ... Read More
Wind Conferences to Focus on Community and Small Wind
Windustry announced a series of two-day regional conferences on Community Wind and Small Wind, The series, entitled Community Wind Across America, kicks off in October with the first regional conference in Denver, Colorado.
The conferences feature a two-track program, covering both Community Wind and Small Wind. Each track will include practical “how to” information, overviews on permitting, ... Read More
California issues Feed-in Tariff proposal
California state regulators have spent the last few years trying to revise a program that was meant to boost small-scale renewable energy generation but wasn’t popular because it wasn’t lucrative enough to attract many takers. Now, a new proposal has emerged that would up the project sizes allowed and rely on auctions to pick winners ... Read More
Power for the People: AWEA’s Small and Community Wind Conference December 7-9, 2010
The AWEA Small and Community Wind Conference & Exhibition will unite wind industry leaders with economic development groups, municipalities, and consumers eager to play a bigger role in the use and expansion of wind energy and its economic potential. The conference is designed to foster networking and encourage strategic thinking for the use of small ... Read More
