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Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 5:19pm
From: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/10/utilities-sempra-solar-idUSL1E...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 4:46pm
From: The Phoenix Business Journal
Written by: Patrick O'Grady
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2013/03/arizona-no-6-fo...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 4:43pm
From: The Phoenix Business Journal
Written by: Patrick O'Grady
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2013/02/first-solar-now...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 12:10pm
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2012/07/gpec-decision-to-enter-solar-tariff.html
Phoenix Business Journal by Patrick O'Grady, Reporter
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 3:19pm MST - Last Modified: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 4:54pm MST
Patrick O'Grady
GPEC sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce earlier this week to protest tariffs on solar panels from China that could range from 31 percent to 249 percent.
Barry Broome, GPEC’s president and CEO who along with board Chairman William Pepicello signed the letter, said the increased involvement by the organization...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 11:29am
Published: Thursday, 26 Jul 2012|7:30 AM ET
http://www.cnbc.com/id/48333068
Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC) against the tariffs on Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic cells and modules. The proclamation was made in Beijing, China at a GPEC-hosted event with representatives from solar industry associations, companies and foreign-direct investment agencies.
GPEC is the only economic development organization in the country to take an official position on the U.S. ruling.
As the premier economic development group for the Greater Phoenix,...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 11:24am
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2012-07/27/content_15623003.htm
The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) announced yesterday that it is filing a formalletter of protest to the US Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission(ITC) against the tariffs on Chinese-manufactured photovoltaic cells and modules. Theproclamation was made in Beijing, China at a...
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 10:23am
http://www.usatoday.com/USCP/PNI/Business/2012-07-27-PNI0727biz-gpec--PNIBrd_ST_U.htm
By Ryan Randazzo, The Republic|azcentral.com
GPEC officials said Thursday they sent a letter to the U.S. Commerce Department asking to withhold tariffs and timed their protest to coincide with a GPEC official's visit to China to drum up investment.
In a May preliminary ruling, the Commerce Department said Chinese producers sold solar cells and panels below fair price and hurt American producers. If that is upheld, tariffs averaging 31 percent could be imposed on Chinese solar-panel imports. The final...
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 10:17am
By Patrick O'Grady, Phoenix Business Journal
Duke Energy Renewables has purchased two photovoltaic power plants from Recurrent Energy, gaining ownership of about 20 megawatts of power production from the pair.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), bought the 5-megawatt Ajo Solar Project in southern Arizona and the 15-megawatt Bagdad Solar Project in north-central Arizona for an undisclosed price.
The power plants each have 25-year agreements with Arizona Public Service Co., where the utility has agreed to buy the electricity that each...
Friday, December 9, 2011 - 11:22am
By Matthew Cardinale, Inter Press Service News Agency
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 27, 2011 (IPS) - In the western desert state of Arizona, a company called EnviroMission is planning to build a new solar tower, the first of its kind, an ambitious new way to produce energy with heat from the sun.
When completed in 2015, the tower, located in La Paz County, will be the tallest structure in the United States, and the second tallest in the world. It is the first of two such towers planned by EnviroMission for Arizona.
While it is a solar power source, it does not rely on the same technology as solar...
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 12:16pm
By Patrick O'Grady, Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona ranks third in the U.S. in the number of jobs related to the solar industry, with nearly 5 percent of the nation’s solar workers residing in the state.
The report, released Monday by the Solar Foundation and Green LMI, showed Arizona has about 980 businesses dedicated to the industry, employing 4,786 people.
That puts Arizona behind only California and Colorado and makes the state one of the leading job creators in the industry, which totals 100,237 workers in the U.S. That’s up from about 93,000 last year.
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