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Video: Vineland, New Jersey’s Third Solar Project Now Online

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Last month we celebrated the completion of our recent 7.8 MW DC solar installation for the city of Vineland, New Jersey, interconnected with the Vineland Municipal Electric Utility.  This is the most recent of three projects now online in Vineland. The projects are part of a larger plan by the city to produce about 20 percent of the city’s energy from renewable energy sources by 2015.

Vineland has agreed to purchase all of the electricity generated from the solar panels under a 25-year power purchase agreement. Over the term of the contract, more than 250 million kWh of electricity…
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GreenGov 2011: The Future of Sustainability for Government Agencies

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It can be challenging for federal agencies to determine which energy management solutions will most effectively help them meet the performance goals set by the Congress in the 2007 Energy Bill and by President Obama in his Executive Order 13514 on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.

Earlier this month, my colleague Jim Connaughton, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Public and Environmental Policy, and I were thrilled to discuss both tried and true, as well as dramatic new energy management, financing and contracting innovations with a distinguished gathering of more than a thousand leaders from…
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Solar Power in Session: Maryland’s Largest Solar PV Installation Begins Construction

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An aerial view of the 16.1MW solar system under construction in Emmitsburg.

Do you know where the soon-to-be largest Maryland solar PV system is being built? If Mount St. Mary University in Emmitsburg was top of mind, then maybe you heard about the 16.1 MW system that we recently started building on Mount St Mary’s campus. We are thrilled to be a part of this project, which will help the state meet renewable energy goals and bring more green jobs to…
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CA Solar Power Project Gets $1.2 Billion Loan

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Image Source: NASA's Earth Observatory, courtesy of National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is undergoing something of a renaissance in the solar-rich areas of the world, especially Spain and the Southwestern U.S.  The Department of Energy secured a $1.2 billion loan for the Mojave Solar concentrated solar power (CSP) project.  The facility will supply 250MW and is sponsored by Abengoa Solar, a leading developer of solar power based in Spain.  The plant will be built in San Bernardino County, CA.

CSP focuses sunlight…
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New Toys”R”Us Solar 5.38 MW Installation To Be Among Nation’s Largest

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An overhead view of Toy"R"Us's rooftop solar array

Often, when businesses face the challenge of determining whether solar is right for them, a number of questions come to mind… Is there enough of the right kind of space available? Do we use enough electricity to for a solar project to make sense? How much money will I need to build a solar array?

For large businesses like Toys“R”Us, on site solar provides a wide variety of benefits. Toys“R”Us chose Constellation to develop…
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GM Baltimore Operations Complex with 1.23 MW Solar Array to Manufacture “Green Motors of the Future”

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Ready to pick up our shovels for the groundbreaking. To my right is Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and behind him, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu

One of the most powerful sustainability accomplishments that a business can achieve includes combining a method for its consumers to be more environmentally responsible while pursuing its own ongoing sustainability efforts at the same time. General Motors, one of the world’s largest automakers, is a leading example.

Yesterday, General Motors (GM) held the official groundbreaking event for…
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