Global companies have been increasingly eyeing the West Valley’s industrial space in areas like the Phoenix Goodyear Airport, Interstate 10 and the Loop 303 in recent months.
Go Solar Group is joining with Titan Solar Power as part of its national installation team. Founded in Utah, Go Solar Group has commercial and residential solar installation crews in Nevada, Texas and New Mexico.
Amazon headquarters announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects across the U.S., Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., totaling 5.6 gigawatts (GW) of procured capacity to date in 2021.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is good for Arizona, but the Build Back Better Act is better. The BBBA would multiply the number of good-paying jobs created in our state’s leading electric vehicle, solar, and other clean energy industries.
A Scottsdale software company that focuses on cleantech industry services has been acquired by a renewable energy giant. 365 Pronto Inc. announced that Enphase Energy Inc (Nasdaq: ENPH), a supplier of micro inverter-based solar and battery systems, recently closed on the acquisition. 365 Pronto had not yet responded to a Business Journal request to provide financial details of the buyout.
Meyer Burger Technology AG announced today that the company is establishing a production site for high-performance solar modules in Goodyear. The investment is an important step in meeting Meyer Burger’s commitments to produce modules near end-customers, source material from regional suppliers, and improve overall sustainability by reducing transportation emissions and optimizing the carbon footprint of the company’s solar modules.
An analysis has found that in 2020, only 12.6% of all electricity generated in Arizona was generated from coal, a decline of more than 62% from five years ago. Coal is one of the cheapest energy sources available in the U.S., in part because the U.S. houses a large portion of the world’s coal reserves. But coal also has other environmental and social downsides that have made it a less desirable fuel source.
Today, Arizona business and technology leaders convened for a press conference sponsored by the Arizona Technology Council, calling on U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly to make passing the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) the first priority in the new year. Voting in favor of the act would be a historic step forward in cutting carbon pollution by at least 50 percent by 2030, creating homegrown good-paying jobs, and accelerating Arizona’s clean energy economy.
On Wednesday, the Arizona Corporation Commission is scheduled to vote on a package of updated clean energy rules that is years in the making. The package now under consideration, which benefits from several recent amendments, is the product of an extensive and bipartisan stakeholder process with significant support from individuals and businesses large and small from across Arizona. Most importantly, these rules allow Arizona to remain competitive with other states by providing the type of robust clean energy commitment that businesses demand before bringing jobs and substantial investment into a state while at the same time providing key protections to make sure the public does not pay more for clean energy.
After more than five years of wrangling, Arizona regulators are poised to approve new green-energy standards for state-regulated utilities that supporters say are needed to slow global warming and keep the air clean of unhealthy fossil-fuel emissions.