Archive for ‘Economy’

Mexico at a Crossroads

At the National Solar Energy Association's annual gathering, held in October in the colonial city of Guanajuato, PHOTON discovered a Mexican photovoltaic industry in fast expansion despite lack of government incentives.

Photon Magazine | January 9th, 2011

Headache in the Heartland

As a conservative electorate awash in cheap electricity, Nebraskans remain a hard bunch to change. Now, with solar energy lifting off at schools, businesses and farms around the state, the question is whether PV in the heartland can compete

Photon Magazine | October 9th, 2010

First we take Manhattan

Light detection and ranging (Lidar) has been employed by the US military since the 1970s. Now, New York City is using the 3-D laser technology to pinpoint its photovoltaic potential - and is creating the first solar map of the Big Apple.

Photon Magazine | October 9th, 2010

To Light an Island

As hundreds of photovoltaic systems get installed across the Kuna Yala island territory in Panama, lives are changing and an indigenous culture is being preserved.

Photon Magazine | September 15th, 2010

Energy Thirst

Few capitals of late have experienced growth as explosive as Panama City, where a building boom caused an annual jump of nine to 15 percent in national energy use over the last five years. Now the question is, with energy demand outstripping supply, where is all the juice going to come from—and why aren’t photovoltaics playing a bigger part of the solution?

Photon Magazine | September 15th, 2010

Tapping the Sun

US beer companies are racing to mount photovoltaic systems as brewers taste the economic benefits of »green beer«

Photon Magazine | March 9th, 2010

The Greening Of The Stimulus

The Last Word

Newsweek | March 15th, 2009

Green Machine

The Arnold

Newsweek | March 8th, 2009

Schwarzenegger calls for end to ‘whining’ about economic crisis

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called on world leaders to stop "whining and complaining" about the economic slowdown.

The Daily Telegraph | March 4th, 2009

Schwarzenegger, Green IT and the Economy on Display at CeBIT

At the world's largest tech trade show, green technology is on display, and California's governor urged attendees to see the global recession as an opportunity, not a challenge, in taking green to the next level.

Greenbiz.com | March 4th, 2009