Jul
14
Solar Desert Land Grab
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If you're new here, you may want to clipped from money.cnn.com
That’s putting it mildly. A solar land rush is rolling across the desert Southwest. Goldman Sachs, utilities PG&E and FPL, Silicon Valley startups, Israeli and German solar firms, Chevron, speculators - all are scrambling to lock up hundreds of thousands of acres of long-worthless land now coveted as sites for solar power plants. |
It’s not just a federal-land grab either. Buyers are also vying for private property. Some are paying upwards of $10,000 an acre for desert dirt that a few years ago would have sold for $500. |
No doubt the prospect of potential riches is overheating expectations. But California and surrounding states have mandated massive increases in renewable energy in the next few years. That has led some experts at Emerging Energy Research of Cambridge, Mass., to predict that Big Solar could be a $45 billion market by 2020. |
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Jul
1
It’s already slightly that way, for instance you can get tax rebates for buying solar panels.
If it was broken down into ‘per capita emissions’ though, this would be a very different story.
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May
21
Solar Trading Post Blog Launch
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So glad you could be here for this
At solar trading post, we’re focusing on explaining solar energy in simple terms. Making it easily accessible and useful. We’re into practical information on how to put solar energy to work for you. We’re also really interested in the stats - what the price of solar power is, how it’s changing, and what the latest developments are.
If you’ve any suggestions on how to improve this blog, or any subjects you’d like covered, just email me at naomi[at]solartradingpost.com












