Solar Power World

California Town Becomes “Most Solar Town In America” With 85% Solar

Nipton, a tiny Californian town in the blaring sun of the Mojave just went solar, and is likely to soon become a tourist attraction as “the most solar town in America.” The townsfolk, all thirty eight of them, just installed their own citywide supply of clean abundant solar power. Three year old  Skyline has already snagged a $3 million developmental contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, and found $24 million in its first round of interested investors. It... Read More

US Military Installs 500 MW Solar Plant

The U.S. military is tackling a new mission in the field of alternative energy, moving to power up a 500-megawatt solar facility at Fort Irwin’s sprawling desert complex in California. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launched its first phase of the project on October 15th, 2009. The project, located at the Army’s largest training range in California’s Mojave Desert, could grow as large as 1 GW in the future. The companies will finance and build the plant in... Read More