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Guest Column: Terry Finefrock: ACC should mandate that electric utilities use more solar technology
"The 'fuel' for a photovoltaic system is free."
Guest Column: Terry Finefrock: ACC should mandate that electric utilities use more solar technology
I challenge the Arizona Corporation Commission to fairly evaluate all electricity-generation technologies and act to actually reduce ratepayer and taxpayer costs.
Guest Column: ACC shows hostile, destructive thinking on solar power's promise
State must back or increase commitment to renewable energy.
Guest Column: ACC shows hostile, destructive thinking on solar power's promise
Is there such a thing as too much solar power? Are too many individuals and businesses putting solar panels on their roofs? Is it time to call a halt to the burgeoning solar energy industry, shut down all those profitable solar companies and find more ways of generating electricity from coal…
Tucson Electric, Solon turn on latest solar project
Tucson-based solar energy provider Solon Corp. has completed construction of a 5-megawatt solar plant on the southeast side for Tucson Electric Power Co.
Guest Column: Solar power must flourish in Arizona, but not at taxpayers' expense
A recent article addressed the cost of solar incentives, but it told only part of the remarkable story developing at the Arizona Corporation Commission. The true headline is that while incentives have gone down each year, renewable energy installations have dramatically increased.
Long-term AZ energy policy on the line
Candidates for one of three open seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission include, from left, Democrats Paul Newman and Marcia Busching and Republicans Bob Burns and Bob Stump.
Long-term Arizona energy policy on the line
Much of this year's election campaign for three seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission has focused on renewable energy, as the state's solar buildout continues to ramp up under a state mandate.
Tucson solar firm makes push into Japan
Tucson-based Global Solar Energy Inc. is taking its flexible solar-panel technology into Japan’s growing solar market, taking advantage of a new government incentive program.
Trico Electric wins honor from solar group
Marana-based Trico Electric Cooperative has been named 2012 Electric Cooperative of the Year by the Solar Electric Power Association, a national utility and solar-energy industry group.
Tucson-based Global Solar seeks new investors
Tucson-based Global Solar Energy Inc. said today it has begun a process of seeking new investors, including a possible outright sale of the company.
Tucson Electric wins national honor for solar programs
Tucson Electric Power Co. has been honored by a national solar-industry group for its amped-up solar energy programs.
Brewer: No plan soon for more tax cuts
PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday that she may give the state's tax-cutting knife a rest.
Arizona solar energy project for sale
PEORIA — Hoping to draw cash along with sunrays, Peoria’s SunCatcher Project built near the Agua Fria power plant is on the selling block. KTAR Radio reports Salt River Project was partnered with Scottsdale-based Stirling Energy Systems on the Peoria SunCatcher project until Stirling went ba…
Sunlight's heat will cool down youth center at Davis-Monthan
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base will be using Arizona's sun to cool its youth center by summer.
Solon Corp. to become part of Emirates-based solar firm
David Rego of Solon Corp. stands in an assembly area for the company's Solquick solar panel, of which he is the primary inventor.
Solon Corp. to become part of Emirates-based solar firm
Microsol, a solar-cell manufacturer based in the United Arab Emirates, has acquired the insolvent Solon SE and its subsidiaries, including Tucson-based Solon Corp.
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