Renewable Energy Consulting – PPA Partners, LLC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 24, 2011Arizona Western College, Main Street Power, and PPA Partners to Celebrate Groundbreaking of Five-Megawatt Multi-Technology Solar Installation Project Expected to Generate Virtually 100% of College’s Daytime Electricity YUMA, Arizona – On May 24, Arizona Western College (AWC), Main Street Power Company Inc., a solar financier, developer PPA Partners, local utility Arizona Public Service (APS), and EPC Rosendin Electric will break ground on a five-megawatt... (more...)

AWC Solar Array Groundbreaking Ceremony Join Arizona Western College in a groundbreaking ceremony for an innovative 5 MW Solar Array to be completed Fall 2011. This first-of-its-kind array is a landmark project for AWC, Yuma, and Arizona. Date: Tuesday,  May 24, 2011 Location: Arizona Western College 24th Street Entrance, P1 Parking Lot Yuma, AZ Agenda: 7:45 Media Registration 8:15 Ceremony 8:45 Breakfast Reception with Vendor Demonstrations, Schoening Conference Center, 3C This 5 MW array will... (more...)

The US Congress has released a draft bill that would provide tax credits for manufacturers of renewable energy equipment and funding for other sources of clean energy. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin, D-Mich., unveiled the draft legislation which aims to encourage domestic manufacturing of energy equipment and renewable fuel development. The proposed legislation would modify the Section 48C advanced manufacturing tax credit to provide an uncapped 30 percent investment tax credit... (more...)

California, United States — Rosendin Electric will break ground this week on a new photovoltaic power installation project for the Antelope Valley Union High School District. This 9.4-megawatt (MW) installation spans 10 schools and is the largest school solar project undertaken in California to date. The Rosendin Electric Solar Division has been contracted to support engineering for the US $50 million Antelope Valley UHSD solar project, as well as assuming full responsibility... (more...)

By: Eric Wesoff VC heavyweight Vinod Khosla and Bill Gates get behind a wildly unorthodox nuclear reactor design. “[It's like taking] the entire nuclear infrastructure and collapsing it into one vessel.” — TerraPower’s John Gilleland at an April 2009 presentation at UC Berkeley Can nuclear power be considered green? Greentech Media has been on the forefront of covering nuclear power as a potential clean energy source for several years now.  We have taken detailed looks at small modular... (more...)