First Solar is building three solar power plants and working on permits for a fourth one in the state.
Number one is the whole clean energy industry -- and Toledo actually is becoming a leader in this, creating good jobs, in areas like solar -- building solar panels, wind turbines, advanced battery manufacturing.
When combined with an absence of customer education and a product that lacks the sex appeal of solar, building owners often overlook efficiency reserves as a source of revenue.
FORBES: Log Baby Log: The Race to The Big New Resource Play You Haven't Heard Of
Suntech Power designs, develops, manufactures, and markets photovoltaic products and also provides engineering and construction services for building solar power systems.
But building solar cells, the devices that convert photons from the sun into streams of electrons and electricity, is complex, expensive magic to pull off--and has burned many entrepreneurs and investors in the past.
SunPower has the proven technology and experience building solar power plants around the world to deliver a well-designed solar project that will be a major contributor to helping California meet its ambitious renewable portfolio standard by the end of the decade.
That's why it's so important to train our folks more effectively and that's why it's so important for us to find new industries -- building solar panels or wind turbines or the new biofuel -- that involve these higher-value, higher-skill, higher-paying jobs.
These small companies will be competing for financing against European giants with big balance sheets and long histories of building big, complicated projects like Abengoa and Acciona (who have already built and are still building solar thermal projects) and Siemens and Areva (who both acquired solar thermal companies recently).
FORBES: Solar Thermal Hopefuls Make Their Case, Battle For Financing
We won't stop fighting to spark innovation and ignite a clean energy economy where America's workers are building solar panels and wind towers and cutting-edge batteries for automobiles -- because the nation that leads the clean energy revolution will be the nation that leads the global economy. (Applause.) And, as I said last night, other countries aren't waiting.
WHITEHOUSE: Creating New Jobs by Investing in High-Speed Rail
Meanwhile, wind and building-integrated solar modules with high efficiency photovoltaic materials can supplement our electrical generation capability, as stricter building codes and improved insulation can decrease the energy used to heat and cool buildings.
FORBES: Solar-Powered Cars? Clean Energy Hype Needs a Sober Dose Of Reality
The company focuses on supplying solar panels for commercial building rooftops and has more than 500 employees.
There are many opponents of building large solar farms in the Mojave Desert.
FORBES: Google Funded Project Confirms Vast Potential for Geothermal Energy
There are plenty of contestants: the traditional approach of building crystalline solar cells, pairs relatively higher efficiency with higher costs.
Mark Glover, chair of the Gedling Conservation Trust, said building a solar farm in the middle of a country park would be "preposterous".
AeroVironment has worked on some strange projects over the years, including building a solar-powered airplane and a working model of a Quetzalcoatlus, a giant flying dinosaur, for an IMAX movie.
FORBES: AeroVironment Will Build A Filling Station In Your Garage
That's why my administration is taking steps to support a thriving clean energy industry across this country -- an industry that's making solar panels, and building wind turbines, producing cutting-edge batteries for fuel-efficient cars and trucks, and helping consumers get more control over their energy bills.
Should the deal fall apart, First Solar would sustain a blow to its developing emphasis on designing, building and selling large solar projects to developers a strategy that was supposed to keep the company on an even keel amid squeezed margins affecting its solar-manufacturing business, which has seen industry-wide head winds.
After performing an energy audit of the home or commercial building, or assessing the suitability of the rooftop for solar, a contractor recommends improvements to the building owner.
FORBES: California Program Eliminating Upfront Cost Of Energy Upgrades To Launch For Businesses
As for Exelon, it is building an urban solar facility in Chicago.
The stock market has also been a boon to many Chinese companies, which have jumped into the business of building everything from solar wafers to finished panels.
In the very near future, the North American power grid will be populated by a bewildering array of distributed energy resources ranging from building-integrated solar photovoltaics and micro-cogen to intelligent control systems and mesh network lighting.
FORBES: Engaging the Electric Grid - From Information to Intelligence
Thousands of Americans have jobs building wind turbines and solar panels and long-lasting batteries.
Thousands of Americans have jobs today building wind turbines and solar panels and long-lasting batteries.
WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event -- Las Vegas, NV
In Germany, billions have been dedicated to building a strong domestic solar market, with local companies leading the way until recently.
If we hadn't done anything with the Recovery Act, talk to the people who are building wind turbines and solar panels.
WHITEHOUSE: "White House to Main Street" Town Hall: Elyria, OH
The Nairobi UN building has the largest solar power installation in Africa and has provided a valuable lesson in renewable energy investments.
In California the building of desert based solar power plants has caused outbreaks of valley fever among workers, infected by spores that have emerged from the disturbed soil.
We have basically the building blocks of the solar system preserved in this sort of cosmic library, if you will, for the entire age of the solar system and preserved at very low temperatures.
By converting a five-storey "tong lau" -- an old Chinese building -- with solar panels, a turfed roof and energy efficient appliances, Khan also is keen to emphasize that his eco-friendly flat is as much about preserving the old and a sense of heritage as it is about being green.
We have 191 million buildings in the EU. The mission now is to convert the entire building stock of Europe to partial green power plants that can collect solar energy on the roofs, wind energy off the sides of the building, geothermal energy from the ground below the building, biomass energy from the conversion of garbage in the building, etc.
应用推荐