New Solar Power System to Generate 3% of Power at Anheuser-Busch Fairfield Brewery

The Anheuser-Busch Breweries in Fairfield will generate 15 percent of its fuel needs from a Bio-Energy Recovery System (BERS) that is currently under construction. BERS technology turns nutrients in brewing wastewater into renewable biogas that is used to decrease the use of natural gas. In addition, the Fairfield brewery has entered into an agreement with SunEdison to host a solar power plant on the brewery's property. The solar energy system will generate the equivalent of approximately 3 percent of the brewery's electricity needs and also generate Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for businesses or individuals to purchase to offset their use of fossil fuel energy and greenhouse gas emissions. The 1.18 megawatt (DC) photovoltaic system will be constructed during the late summer.

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California Leads in Solar Power Generation for Utilities

Southern California Edison is leading the way as utilities become the solar industry's largest customers, according to a report Wednesday by the Solar Electric Power Association, whose members include solar tech companies and more than 300 utilities.
The utility is ahead of its counterparts in both overall solar energy capacity per megawatt and per customer, the study found (PDF). Further north, Pacific Gas & Electric is in front in terms of overall solar capacity and megawatts per customer.
The nonprofit solar association compiled the rankings from data collected from 50 utilities this spring. It projected growth in U.S. solar electricity, particularly photovoltaics, to expand to 600 megawatts in 2012 from 150 megawatts last year.
Southern California Edison came out on top largely due to its interest in large, concentrating solar thermal projects, such as a 245 megawatt agreement with eSolar. And it's working to build 250 megawatts of solar panels across 65 million square feet of rooftops.

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Denver Solar Installers and Colorado Solar Rebate

Solar Installers in Denver and other Colorado cities can be found on FreeCleanSolar. We now offer information about solar installers in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Vail, and other Colorado cities.
The State of Coloroado offers the following rebate program:
The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) is pleased to offer a Residential Solar Program to homeowners wishing to install a solar electric or solar domestic hot water system on their home. GEO has provided matching grants to select program partners with the goal of developing local solar electric and solar domestic hot water system rebate programs. Program partners take part in either the Solar Electric or Solar Domestic Hot Water program and, in some cases, both. Solar ElectricOnce energy efficiency has been optimized; grid-tied, net metered solar photovoltaic (PV) systems offer most households the option to further offset their electricity costs. Grid-tied PV systems allow the owner to send excess energy back into the grid and benefit the owner by mitigating the susceptibility to fluctuations in the price of electricity. In addition, distributed solar electric systems decrease the demand for electricity generated from centralized fossil fuel plants, which leads to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
The Solar Electric Program offers rebates of up to $6,000 per system ($3,000 from GEO and $3,000 from program partners) to qualified homeowners through their local partner.
Only residential, grid-tied, net metered systems are eligible.
Solar Electric Program participants will be required to demonstrate that a residential energy audit has been performed on the home prior to system installation.
The Solar Electric Program is not available in Investor-Owned Utility (Xcel Energy and Aquila Colorado) service territories.
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