solar power installations Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:45:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Installation Prices for Solar Power Devices Dropped 14% in 2011 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-devices-installation-prices-20121204/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-devices-installation-prices-20121204/#respond Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:45:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=29303 The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has made public a study regarding the dropping of prices in the case of solar power installations. In 2011 and the first half of 2012, the above mentioned prices have fallen within the ranges of 11-14%. The first six months of 2012 have brought an even bigger decrease in the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-devices-installation-prices-20121204/feed/ 0 29303 Solar Power is Just Like Flu: You Can Catch It From Your Neighbor https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-is-just-like-flu-you-can-catch-it-from-your-neighbor-20121020/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-is-just-like-flu-you-can-catch-it-from-your-neighbor-20121020/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:11:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26893 Researchers from Yale and New York University [NYU] recently completed a study of solar installations in California, covering January 2001 to December 2011. What they found might not be particularly shocking, but according to the study released in Marketing Science, neighbors who have solar panels are more likely to get more neighbors with solar panels. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-power-is-just-like-flu-you-can-catch-it-from-your-neighbor-20121020/feed/ 0 26893 1,000 New Jobs To Be Created by SunPower Corp., for Government Solar Powered Systems https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunpower-jobs-solar-powered-20100831/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sunpower-jobs-solar-powered-20100831/#respond Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:21:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9823 The SunPower Corp. has plans to develop new solar installations for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, General Services Administration and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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