Arizona Utility Picks Up Solar Installation Pace

After adding a record 148 megawatts of solar in 2012, Arizona Public Service expects to bring online more than double that amount this year. Read more →
Mobile Solar Power Blossoms In Arizona

An Arizona company turns its flower-like solar device into a portable system called Mobile Lotus. Read more →
Arizona State Senate Approves Bill Rejecting UN Sustainability

A proposed Arizona law would prohibit the state and political subdivisions from implementing the United Nations Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. Read more →
Arizonans Rise Up To Defend Renewable Energy Standard

Solar advocates in Arizona are celebrating a victory after a proposal to alter the state’s renewable energy standard is withdrawn. Read more →
Suntech’s Arizona Solar Factory Bites The Dust

Two and a half years after it opened, Suntech's Arizona solar module factory is kaput; the term they use is "rationalizing production capacity." Read more →
Arizona Solar Power Potential Seen In Public Lands

Cronkite News reports on how the federal government has designated Arizona public land with renewable power potential. Read more →
Big AZ Solar Online, Another Loan Program Win

The 150-megawatt Mesquite Solar 1 power plant, backed by a U.S. loan guarantee, is online and generating clean power for thousands of homes. Read more →
Smart Glass Windows At Bank Tame Arizona Glare

UMB Bank’s new LEED Gold certifed Scottsdale, Ariz., branch uses dynamic, or “smart,” glass from Sage that can be tinted automatically to reduce glare and heat during the day. Read more →
Idle First Solar Plant Will Produce Solar Power Anyway

A 4.1-megawatt rooftop array will put First Solar's big new – and idle – manufacturing plant in Mesa, Ariz., to some use. Read more →
Solar-Energy Jobs Booming In U.S.; Arizona Seeing Benefits

Cronkite News reports on how jobs in the solar industry, particularly in sunny Arizona, look to be on the uptick. Read more →




