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This solar array helps power housing on Davis-Monthan AFB. The 14.5-megawatt project to be built beginning this month will have panels that look similar, but will track the sun throughout the day.

Air Force's largest solar project planned for Davis-Monthan

Jun 16, 2013 ◇ Ryan Revock/TucsonSentinel.com

Construction of the largest solar energy array in the U.S. Air Force will begin at the end of June on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The project is expected to save the base $500,000 per year in energy costs. Read more»

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Stephen Goodnick, professor of electrical engineering at Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, said Arizonans wishing to install solar power have benefited from oversupply as companies rushed into the market. But he said the recent collapse into bankruptcy of Suntech Power, a Chinese firm, is a symptom of the industry shaking out due to competition.

Experts: Arizona’s solar growth could slow in coming year

Mar 29, 2013 ◇ Vivian Padilla/Cronkite News Service

After years of rapid growth, residential solar power installations in Arizona are likely to slow down some in the near future as prices tick up and utility incentives shrink, experts say. Read more»

Albert Laird, SolarCity’s regional vice president, stands in front of 1 million square feet of solar panels his company installed atop a Walmart distribution center in Buckeye. He says solar has become a major industry in Arizona.

Officials: More Az solar panels sign of growing green economy

Sep 24, 2012 ◇ Corbin Carson/Cronkite News Service

Arizona ranked second in the nation in installation of photovoltaic solar panels in the quarter that ended in March, reported The Solar Energy Industries Association earlier this month. Read more» 1


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