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- City Mission gets big solar power boost (VIDEO)
- August 26, 2010
- BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Buffalo's City Mission is getting a boost in going green. A new program will help more organizations save money and power. The power of the sun will provide big-time budget relief in one of the major expenses for the City ...
- UB starts work on the Solar Strand
- August 20, 2010
- Solar panels will power 700 North Campus dorms AMHERST, NY (release) - Workers will begin mowing, clearing and grading land adjacent to Flint Road on the University at Buffalo North Campus this month to make way for "The Solar Strand," a 1.
- Solar Fire Department Expects to Save $200k
- August 18, 2010
- Bellevue (N.Y) Fire District No. 9 recently installed a Solar Liberty system on its fire station, funded mostly by a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The 140 200-watt solar panels are on track to produce more than ...
- Solar success story: Bellevue Fire District #9
- August 6, 2010
- “There’s no down side to solar energy”, says Bellevue Fire District Commissioner Jamie Casucci of the new solar photovoltaic system installed at his firehouse at 511 Como Park Boulevard in Cheektowaga. The District provides fire protection and emergency ...
- Alfred University closes in on solar energy goal
- July 29, 2010
- Thanks to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Alfred University (AU) is closer to meeting its goal of generating 100 kilowatts of solar power on campus within five years, said Michael Neiderbach, ...
- Solar power: Three weeks, 3,000 kWh
- June 3, 2010
- HANOVER, NY - It has been about three weeks since the town of Hanover began using the energy of the sun to power their town hall. Solar panels were recently installed on the roof of Hanover Town Hall. The town's solar-energy system has been fully ...
- Solar Liberty: Creating Jobs in New York’s Green Economy
- May 13, 2010
- BUFFALO, NY – President Obama came to Buffalo, New York today to talk about helping small businesses create jobs. He brought a message of empowering small businesses so they can hire more workers. “Government can’t create jobs,” Mr.
- UB Law students research energy needs in Haiti
- April 14, 2010
- BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Some University at Buffalo law students will present the results of their research this evening into how solar energy can provide a brighter future for the people of Haiti. The students worked with the Solar Liberty Foundation, ...
- Haiti's future, painted in green
- April 14, 2010
- A win-win-win partnership – among two UB Law clinics and a Buffalo foundation with big dreams for the nation of Haiti – was showcased April 14. The colloquy, "A Brighter Future for Haiti: The Power of Renewable Energy, ...
- Canticle Farm Goes Solar
- April 2, 2010
- ALLEGANY, NY — Since 2001, Canticle Farm, a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in Allegany, NY, has embraced environmentally-responsible farming practices in growing its wide variety of produce.
- Local Residents Turn To Solar Panels For Electricity
- March 29, 2010
- NAPOLI - Glenn Wahl expects to make enough electricity by using the solar panels he recently installed that he may be able to sell some of that energy back. Wahl, a retired teacher from the Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School District, ...
- DeSales solar panels up and running
- March 26, 2010
- TOWN OF LOCKPORT — DeSales Catholic School is seeing the light. Now that light is supplying part of the school’s electrical needs. The Chestnut Ridge Road school is among a number of local Catholic schools that are installing solar panels on their ...
- Catholic schools are installing roof-based solar panels
- March 19, 2010
- Project lowers costs of electricity, teaches benefits of going green NIAGARA FALLS—Students, administrators and staff at Catholic schools across the region are warming to their shiny new rooftops. Crews already have installed solar panels at ...
- Fire hall goes green with solar panel installation
- March 17, 2010
- AMHERST, NY - Through a state conservation grant, Eggertsville Hose Company has made its fire hall energy-efficient with the recent installation of 140 solar power modules on the roof of the truck bays.
- Eggertsville GOES GREEN
- March 10, 2010
- EGGERTSVILLE —The Solar Project at the Eggertsville Fire Hall has been completed and the system is now producing electricity. This 30kW system has 3 components. The first consists of 140 Photovoltaic Modules mounted on the flat roof above the truck bays.
- Haitian relief - Solar cookers shipped to quake-ravaged zone
- February 5, 2010
- Solar Liberty Foundation is aiding the Haiti relief effort by shipping solar cookers to prepare meals and solar panels to power a medical center. Foundation Executive Director Paige Mecca said a cooker weighs about 10 pounds, holds two 3.
- NYPA: Going green picking up wind
- January 29, 2010
- Niagara Falls and the rest of Western New York are poised to be a major beneficiary in what is being called the largest solar power initiative in New York state’s history. New York Power Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Richard M.
- NYPA: CEO says statewide initiative will benefit WNY greatly
- January 28, 2010
- Niagara Falls and the rest of Western New York are poised to be a major beneficiary in what is being called the largest solar power initiative in New York state’s history. New York Power Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Richard M.
- Hope for Haiti by Harnessing the Power of the Sun
- January 17, 2010
- Solar Liberty Foundation Many of you have seen the news reports about the devastating earthquake that has recently befallen Haiti. The destruction to homes, businesses and infrastructure is overwhelming but the loss of human life is even more staggering ...
- Solar power gains momentum
- January 9, 2010
- IN NOVEMBER 2009, thousands of e-mails and documents spanning a 13-year period were hacked from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. The posting of those e-mails on the Internet, ...