Archives for May 2012

Balance Of Power: Clean Energy And Desert Wildlife

Source: Forbes.com LLC™ | Link to article This guest post was written by Johanna Wald, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco. I’ve had the great luck to spend my nearly forty year career protecting western lands. But about five years ago, I realized two things that changed the course […]

MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Announce Start of Major Construction on Largest Solar Project in the World

Source: MarketWatch.com | Link to article DES MOINES, Iowa – May 3, 2012 – This week, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) marked the start of major construction at Topaz Solar Farms, located in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. The 550-megawatt photovoltaic project will employ approximately 400 workers during its three-year construction period; […]