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WILMINGTON, Del. -- Solyndra LLC, the bankrupt solar panel maker, asked for court permission to hire R. Todd Neilson as chief restructuring officer to replace its chief executive officer, who departed after refusing to answer questions posed by a congressional committee.
One of the saddest byproducts of Australia’s current political squabbling over climate change is the way the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest living organism, has become caught in the crossfire. It wasn’t always so.
San Diego marine hybrid systems company Arc Lite Power LLC has signed an agreement to purchase National City shipyard Knight & Carver Maritime, the companies announced Friday.
LONDON -- Sales of solar panels may decline for the first time in 2012, leaving manufacturers with mounting inventories and excess capacity, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance analyst.
Vista-based Eco Building Products Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) said it has secured an order for lumber, labor, trusses and EWP products coated with Red Shield protection to build 37 triplexes representing 111 units for Cornerstone Communities' Veranza II project located in The Summit at Eastlake in Chula Vista.
It isn’t hard to predict how the controversy over defunct solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC will end. Congressional Republicans will in due course issue a final report decrying crony capitalism and demanding an end to the federal program of loan guarantees to alternative energy companies.
WASHINGTON --The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating Solyndra LLC for possible accounting fraud and the accuracy of financial representations made to the government, according to an agency official.
It appears we have an impasse when it comes to legislation intended to provide funds to rebuild and maintain established American infrastructure. The more important question is what kind of infrastructure should we truly be building -- or rebuilding -- at this time in the nation’s history?
As November’s general election creates numerous possibilities for policy change both in San Diego and across the country, a group of executives from companies and groups involved in the expansion of solar energy systems discussed the state of their economies at a Daily Transcript roundtable.
As the number of buildings attaining LEED status in San Diego continues to rise, the definition of energy efficiency and the technologies that make for it continue to evolve.
In the aftermath of the summer bankruptcy of the government-backed California solar panel maker Solyndra, expectations among renewable energy wonks, who describe the company’s failure as an outlier among many successes, remain generally high. But some policy research analysts are more skeptical — not doubtful, but still skeptical.
Last week, millions in San Diego County found themselves without electricity in the wake of a multi-state blackout. But not everyone was without power.
When entering San Diego's business community about 30 years ago, Clint Walker’s aim had nothing to do with being in the solar business. His success as the co-founder and president of Southwestern Solar Systems since his entrance to the business in 2009 came about in much the same fashion his other major endeavors have.
Holly Smithson's thirst for action and results led her to CleanTECH San Diego, the industry association that was just being put together back then by Mayor Jerry Sanders and Jim Waring, its founder chairman.
When Cecilia Aguillon, director of marketing and government relations for Kyocera Solar Inc., immigrated to the United States from El Salvador as a teen, she grew into a young adult with a lofty goal in mind: to save the world.
In 2007, executives at Baker Electric decided to take a chance on a budding industry. After taking some lumps out of the gate, Baker's emergence into the solar electric installation market is becoming a regular and important part of its business.
Some people look at buildings and see a combination of wood, steel and mortar with a number of things inside to make them more comfortable and workable — lighting, computers and maybe a few windows, even if they can't be opened.
Oct. 9, 2012 -- George Chamberlin talks with Sachu Constantine, director of policy at the California Center for Sustainable Energy, about the solar industry and what its impacts are on the region, state and country.
March 27, 2012 -- George Chamberlin and Jack Clark, building retrofit program manager for the California Center for Sustainable Energy, discuss energy efficiency and relevant technologies.
Oct. 6, 2010 -- Sept. 23, 2010 -- Executive Editor George Chamberlin speaks with David Steel, CEO of Green Chamber of San Diego County, and Sidnee Chong, owner of EcoPackStore LLC, about green businesses.
Learn about new options to finance solar energy systems, how retrofitting a swimming pool can reduce utility costs and local government’s latest commitment to become sustainable.
Read about local pioneers in environmental science, how electric cars are taking over San Diego’s streets, and why one Chargers player loves his Smart car.
From “green roofs” to sustainable surfboards, learn about the latest eco-friendly innovations and how local businesses are trying to reduce their impact on the environment.
Find out what local companies are on the cutting edge of green technologies, who's "going green" and how green building is being incorporated into our communities.