Archive for August, 2008

No Money Available To Help Poor With Rising Energy Bills

Energy Crisis on August 20th, 2008 1 Comment

Faced with a $355.89 electric bill she can’t afford, 73-year-old Antoinette Wenzel of Kenner called Entergy Louisiana LLC last week to register for help in the state’s newly declared energy emergency.

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N.O. Company Gives Solar Panel Solution to Pitt's Project

Current Projects on August 18th, 2008 No Comments

NEW ORLEANS – A New Orleans solar power company has been chosen to provide rooftop solar panels for the first homes under construction as part of actor Brad Pitt’s Make It Right project in the Lower 9th Ward.

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Solar Powered Homes Sell Faster

Green Products on August 17th, 2008 2 Comments

New Homes With SunPower Solar Panel Systems are Bright Spot in Market
New Homes with Solar Selling Twice as Fast; 92 Percent of Homeowners Would Recommend a Solar Home

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Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation Selects South Coast Solar!

Press Releases on August 15th, 2008 1 Comment

New Orleans Based Solar Company Tapped By
Brad Pitt’s “Make It Right Foundation” To Be
Solar Energy Provider For Lower 9th Ward Homes

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Louisiana Passes 300 kW Bill With The Help Of South Coast Solar

News on August 13th, 2008 2 Comments

New Orleans based solar company successfully lobbies for increase in commercial solar system size restriction for net metered systems in Louisiana. Louisiana Senator Nick Gautreaux introduces and passes Senate Bill 359 during recent State Legislative Session

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Energy Emergency Declared Locally

Solar In the News on August 13th, 2008 No Comments

Utility panel declares first energy emergency
Some customers can defer part of electric bills for up to a year

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Giant Retailers Look to Sun for Energy Savings By Installing Solar Panels

Solar In the News on August 10th, 2008 No Comments

Retailers are typically obsessed with what to put under their roofs, not on them. Yet the nation’s biggest store chains are coming to see their immense, flat roofs as an untapped resource.

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State Increases Maximun Size of Alternative Energy Systems for Businesses

Solar In the News on August 5th, 2008 1 Comment

SUNSHINE SUPER-GRIDS
The state has increased the maximum size of alternative energy systems hooked up to power grids in a move that could boost solar panel installations

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