Energy and Environment

 VancouverSun Online A year ago, thousands of acres in south-eastern Arizona were destroyed by the devastating “Monument Fire”. That disaster has led to a water

By Matthew Hibbard | St. Louis Business Journal SunEdison LLC and North American Development Bank closed a $35 million loan for the construction of a 16

By Jessica Lillian | Solar Industry Reflecting the dominant industry trends, solar funding during the first quarter of 2013 (Q1’13) favored project acquisitions and funding

(Salt River Project news release) New study shows plant will bring $13 billion to Nation if lease is extended The Navajo Generating Station in northern

By Hayley Ringle |Phoenix Business Journal As Chinese solar panel manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. shut down its Goodyear plant this week, the doors

By Rebekah L. Sanders | The Arizona Republic Solar companies that assemble panels in Arizona and other renewable-energy manufacturers based in the United States could

By Vivian Padilla and John Yantis Cronkite News Service After years of rapid growth, residential solar-power installations in Arizona are likely to slow down some

By Patrick O’Grady | Phoenix Business Journal First Solar took one day and a couple of announcements on Tuesday to get some of the solar

See graphic breakouts:  Also: First Solar breaks into silicon with TetraSun purchase Plans for massive solar plant in Inyo County on hold  No Solar Slowdown?

By Ryan Randazzo | The Arizona Republic NV Energy Inc. hit Salt River Project with a surprise last week that could cost its customers millions:

By Brahm Resnik | KPNX-TV The sudden elimination of incentives for businesses going solar prompts a warning that the state’s solar industry is at risk.

By Patrick O’Grady | Phoenix Business Journal Salt River Project will be lowering its rates by 1.1 percent starting in May, the result of higher

By Ben Geman | The Hill A new study finds that Environmental Protection Agency pollution rules could increasingly prompt power companies to abandon coal and

  By Norm Alster | The New York Times Long-suffering investors in solar energy stocks had reason to enjoy the first six weeks of 2013.

By Marc Lifsher | Los Angeles Times A federal court this week ruled that two government power agencies are liable for overcharging California ratepayers by

By Patrick O’Grady | Phoenix Business Journal Arizona Public Service Co. is planning a new 34-megawatt solar power plant that it will have Black &

By Dennis McGinn, president and CEO of the American Council On Renewable Energy | POLITICO For many years renewable energy has been treated as a

By Patrick O’Grady | Phoenix Business Journal Arizona Public Service Co. set a record last year for the amount of solar power installed throughout its

Greentech Media and GTM Research have announced the final speaker list for their sixth annual Solar Summit, an event that brings together leading solar companies,

By Ben Geman | The Hill Fifty-eight percent of Republicans believe that global warming is a “hoax,” compared to 11 percent of Democrats, according to

Two new studies suggest that Wyoming and Colorado both would benefit economically by coordinating development of wind energy and power lines to carry that electricity,