solar energy

ARIZONA JOBS! FEBRUARY 2011 REPORT: Seasonal Job Gains in February; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 9.6%

by Jeff Cameron April 9, 2011 Breaking NEWS!

Sorry for the delay, this came out about 2 weeks ago. Good news, 23,400 jobs were created. Lower than the normal rate of seasonal activity but positive. Over half of the jobs, 12,000 were in the private sector. I keep seeing more and more job relocations to the state.

Did you see that First Solar selected …

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AWESOME! Let’s Hope So! Tempe’s First Solar considering Mesa for site of sun-panel factory

by Jeff Cameron February 19, 2011 Business

Being the Valley of the Sun, we should be the Valley of Solar. Exporting energy to other states and bringing high paying jobs to Arizona. This is not the only alternative energy that would work here, but the one to discuss today. I have heard people say, Solar is just buying panels from China and …

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ARIZONA IS THE NEW “SOLAR ENERGY KING”

by Jeff Cameron August 5, 2010 Business

Awesome read! Way to go AZ, but this is just the beginning. We are still being beat out by the little step sister next door, New Mexico. That amazes me that they can offer more incentives to attract these high paying jobs. We need to step it up.

It isn’t just Solar energy that we can …

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Feds to back loan for solar project Gila Bend power station could open by mid-2013

by Jeff Cameron July 5, 2010 Business

I have been a huge supporter of bringing large solar projects to Arizona. I would like to see American companies take the lead. It is disappointing that a country from Spain was able to lead this, but that shows us how we are behind in this field of research and manufacturing. The valley is the …

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More Jobs to Glendale – Suntech Power Holdings to Open Solar Panel Factory

by admin January 29, 2010 Real Estate Market Update

The 80′s and 90′s experienced a huge growth in wealth through the technology boom. We are moving into the energy boom. The question is Will America Lead the Way? Or will the rest of the world gain on the growth in wealth through the energy boom?

I hope we win. These are high paying technology jobs. …

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BLACK PLATINUM INSTALLS SOLAR PANELS AT McDOWELL MOUNTAIN RANCH HOME, 100% ELECTRIC

by admin November 20, 2009 McDowell Mountain Ranch

I was headed to an appointment the other day and I saw this company installing a solar system at a house on my street. I stopped and met John Black, President of Black Platinum Solar and Electric. We did a quick interview to see what he was doing. Turns out my neighbor is going to …

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NEW FACTORY FOR FIRST SOLAR IN FRANCE

by admin July 28, 2009 Real Estate Market Update

More good news for our local solar company First Solar. The won a contract to build the largest solar-panel factory in France, as reported by Luci Scott in the Arizona Republic. It will be a $130 million power plant that will employ over 300, good paying jobs, when it is completed in 2011.

It would be …

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PHOENIX GOES AFTER SOLAR FIRMS

by admin June 18, 2009 Real Estate Market Update

Great to see city of Phoenix going after on huge growth market of the future, Solar Energy. The Greater Phoenix Economic Council is pushing SB 1403. This bill is designed to attract new solar equipment companies into our state through tax incentives.

The future growth will be in alternative energy sources that do not harm our …

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APS, Lockheed Martin Corp and Starwood Energy join to build 2nd APS Solar Plant

by admin May 22, 2009 Real Estate Market Update

Awesome news in my eyes. I know there are many out there that still don’t believe the release of Carbon into our atmosphere is damaging the planet. It is time to wake up!Right on to APS. This new plant, Starwood Solar I, will be up and running by 2013. The plant will boost the amount …

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SOLAR ENERGY SEMINAR in MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN RANCH

by admin May 8, 2009 McDowell Mountain Ranch

In reading through Trail Talk, our newsletter here in McDowell Mountain Ranch, I read about a coming solar Energy Seminar. Interesting, I plan on attending. Clean energy is our future and where we should be spending resources in research and development. I truly believe clean energy will be the next boom, like the technology boom …

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