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Benefits for bushfire communities amongst solar hot water adjustments
The Australian Government has opened up its $1,600 solar hot water rebate to people who lost their homes in the Victorian bushfires in February 2009. Environment Minister Peter Garrett said the rebate is not usually available for people building new homes, but the Government had made an exception for homes destroyed in the fires. “This is another leg up to help these communities as they ...
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Solar Company of the Year: Monitoring Solutions
EcoPhi Renewables Engineering GmbH won the prestigious ‘Solar Company of the Year: Monitoring Solutions’ award at KENYA SOLAR WEEK LEADERSHIP AWARDS 2022. The event focused on utility-scale solar, grid-connected rooftop solar, and off-grid solutions. There were exciting discussions and debates about the latest regulatory frameworks, current and future technology and business ...
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Off-grid solar water system taps into Kenya`s booming smartphone base
Aquatech, a platform for professionals in the world of water technology, shared our story of the Solar Water ATM system in Kenya. Aquatech shares information about the business and has all "need to know" details of the water market today. Decentralized, off-grid and sustainable Solar Water ATM project has been up and running for a few months and it has got attention in various channels. Featured ...
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FPL Customers Claim First Round of Solar PV Rebates
The application window for Florida Power & Light Company's 2011 solar photovoltaic (PV) rebate program closed today after 310 FPL customers applied for approximately $5.6 million in rebates to reduce the cost of installing their own solar power panels at their home or business. All customers who completed online applications prior to the funding limit being reached were notified via e-mail ...
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Southern California Solar Incentives to Promote Homeowners’ Interests
The southern California solar rebates are providing an initiative program for everyone across the state. The state of California is targeting to change over 33 per cent of its energy requirements to solar energy. This has translated into the now famous subsidized CSI – the California solar initiative program. The solar rebate program for consumers in California is a part of the SDG&E's ...
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N. Arizona University receives EPA Funding for Solar water heating system
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the 2013 recipients of EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Phase I grants. Northern Arizona University received a $15,000 grant to design an ultra-low cost, non-polluting solar water heating system for consumer use. Forty teams of graduate and undergraduate students from across the country are each receiving a $15,000 ...
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Heliodyne Launches Commercial Solar Water Heating Training Program
RICHMOND, Calif. - California based solar hot water manufacturer Heliodyne has expanded its online training curriculum by now offering a course in commercial scale solar thermal design and installation. The advanced course is intended to educate professionals on system and installation topics related to larger commercial scale solar water heating projects. “The training program was ...
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Let the Sun Shine In _ On White House Solar Panels
Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof, capping a project that President Barack Obama hopes will send a signal that renewable energy is feasible and environmentally shrewd. Obama said in 2010 that he would retrofit his family's new home with solar panels starting in 2011, then use the power generated to heat water for the first family and provide some ...
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ASTM glass and solar energy committees will collaborate with US DOE on solar standards
All interested participants are invited to attend a virtual organizational meeting for a new ASTM International activity on solar glass on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Representatives from the United States Department of Energy, ASTM International Committee E44 on Solar, Geothermal, and Other Energy Sources, and ASTM International Committee C14 on Glass and Glass Products will be among ...
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Pall supplies solar-powered filtration systems to Senegal
Solar-powered Pall water filtration systems are being deployed in villages in Senegal to help tackle fluorosis. The Pall Aria Pure systems will provide an independent water source for more than 3000 people in the Ndiaffate and Dankh Sene villages, from October 2011. The Pall Aria Pure unit is an easily transportable, manual, low-pressure reverse osmosis (RO) system engineered for TDS (total ...
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How to Heat Swimming Pool with Solar Collectors
Nowadays, the trend of using solar collectors is increasing. They are durable, eco-friendly, and cost-efficient. Due to this reason, people are likely to use these collectors at their homes and workplaces. In the majority of homes, you can easily find big swimming pools. For these swimming pools, you need to make use of solar collectors. These collectors will heat the water of the pool ...
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Using Renewable Energy to Kickstart Agriculture
We are delighted to share details about a new project that has recently entered our Nepal portfolio, and which is now in the project start up, site selection and feasibility study phase. Building on our long-established Solar Water Pumping (SolarMUS) programme, UREKA (Using Renewable Energy to Kickstart Agriculture) aims to improve food security and income generation for 495 households in five ...
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Euroheat & Power welcomes Austroflex
Founded in 1985, Carinthia-based company Austroflex has been active for 35 years in technical insulation and the development and production of systems and solutions for the insulation of heating & cooling pipes – made in Austria. We are pleased to welcome them as a new member of Euroheat & Power. Today, they are recognised within the industry as an expert supplier of flexible ...
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Fox denigrates the `ENTIRE Solar Industry`
A recent Fox Nation post claimed that the "ENTIRE Solar Industry" is on the "Brink of Collapse." But the solar industry is growing faster than any other energy sector, and experts say solar is becoming increasingly cost competitive. Solar Is Growing Rapidly Even Without Climate Legislation Solar Industry Is Fastest-Growing Energy Sector In U.S. Earlier this year USA Today reported: The U.S. ...
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The Pulse Partnership with EcoPhi
THE PULSE Rwanda Ltd., a Rwanda based company that will manage a network of rural centers for business, services & leisure at the last mile (“THE PULSE Centers”), with the mission to connect and transform the micro-economies of rural Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) communities, announced today a partnership with EcoPhi, a Germany based company that focuses on remote ...
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SunPower Solar Power Systems for Water Facilities Exceeding Performance Expectations
At the opening of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Fall Conference today in San Diego, SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) announced that SunPower solar power systems installed at 26 water agencies and districts in Californiahave exceeded expectations for overall performance. Generating the equivalent amount of electricity to power 8,800 homes each year, SunPower estimates that the ...
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Solar Plate: An Overview
With the passage of time and the rapid advancement of technology, it is necessary to take steps toward environmental sustainability. People now prefer renewable energy sources to conventional energy sources to safeguard the environment. The UK government has taken a good step toward environmental conservation by implementing the Feed-in-Tariff scheme. They have demonstrated to the rest of the ...
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Solar electric light fund launches `Energy Is A Human Right” campaign
The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to eliminate energy poverty through the use of solar power, today announced that it is launching “Energy is a Human Right,” a campaign to provide a voice to the nearly 1.5 billion people around the world living without access to electricity and other forms of modern energy. It is also calling upon the ...
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EcoMedia teams up with energizer to launch `The Energizer Positivity Project` on CBS.com
EcoMedia and Energizer today announced the launch of a new environmentally-focused program on CBS.com called "The Energizer Positivity Project." The site features green-focused tips, behind-the-scenes videos detailing green initiatives among CBS's offices and shows, and invites users to vote on a "green" project they think is most worthy of receiving an Energizer-sponsored EcoAd grant. Together, ...
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EPA selects environmental achievement award winners - three awardees from Virginia
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic region announced 11 winners of its annual environmental achievement awards including three awardees from Virginia: Virginia Beach Public Schools; the Transportation Security Administration from Arlington; and Green DMV in Alexandria. “People and organizations throughout our region are making great strides in environmental ...
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