Going Green!

Chad Graham – May. 30, 2009 The Arizona Republic Organization: Stirling Energy Systems Inc. Location: 4800 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 5500, Scottsdale. Background: SES makes the SunCatcher solar dish, which uses a mirror technology to harness the sun’s heat and generate electricity. The company touts its system’s minimal water usage compared with the water used [...]

Ryan Randazzo – Apr. 19, 2009 The Arizona Republic The Arizona Department of Commerce and Albiasa Solar of Spain will announce Monday a $1 billion solar-thermal power plant will be built near Kingman next year, generating enough power for 50,000 homes at once when it opens in 2013. It’s the third large Arizona solar plant [...]

Phoenix Business Journal April 17, 2009 Science Foundation Arizona is investing $4 million to develop an institute focusing on different solar power generating technologies to spur more innovation in the state, the organization announced Friday. SFAz is forming the Solar Technology Institute to handle research on five specific aspects of solar technology: concentrated photovoltaics, nanostructured [...]

Diana Balazs – May. 9, 2009 The Arizona Republic Valley farmers markets have come up with cool ways to keep their ventures open during the long hot summer. They start early, drape shade cloth over aisles and set up misting systems. But one city has come up with a novel way to extend the life [...]

Ryan Randazzo – May. 22, 2009 The Arizona Republic Arizona Public Service Co. is teaming with a defense company and private-equity firm to build another solar-power plant west of Phoenix that could help it surpass state-imposed alternative-energy requirements. The $1.5 billion plant, to be built and run by Lockheed Martin Corp., should be operating by [...]