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Spain Tracks First Solar Plant With Mixed Technology

Jerry James Stone — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:30:15 +0000

Two Spanish Solar companies - Concentrix Solar and Abengoa Solar - announced they’ve connected a 2 Megawatt solar power plant to the public utility grid under Spain’s feed-in tariff law. The plant will supply 300 MW for around 153,000 homes. The companies say the plant is the first to combine silicon flat modules and concentrator PV modules mounted on tracking systems.

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San Francisco Solar Power Versus $5.4 Mil From PG&E

Jerry James Stone — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:15:23 +0000

San Francisco’s Prop H is the answer to Al Gores energy challenge! It makes San Francisco the first major city in the world with 100% clean and renewable sources of energy.

Get more on San Francisco’s Proposition H here.

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Visit the SF Clean Energy Act site. Video source: sfvotier on YouTube

Bill McKibben Steps It Up In Support of San Francisco’s Prop H

Jerry James Stone — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:39:10 +0000

Bill McKibben has announced his support for San Francisco’s Clean Energy Act (Propistion H). Prop H promises to move San Francisco towards 100% renewable energy in just three decades.

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Bill McKibben is the founder of Step It Up, what some have noted as the largest American demonstration about climate change to date. He is also an author and frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering.