In Focus: Los Angeles Solar Rebates and Tax Credits
Solar power in Los Angeles makes perfect sense: on average, the city is blessed with over 3,000 hours of sunshine every year. LA also offers solar rebates and other incentives to help encourage...
View ArticleFeed-In Tariff Approved in Los Angeles
We’re thrilled to see that the LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is adopting a Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program. We’d like to congratulate all the folks who, after three years of hard work...
View ArticleHUGE: Los Angeles Converting All Streetlights to LEDs
In the largest street lighting retrofit ever undertaken by a city, Los Angeles is in the process of converting its 210,000 street lights to energy efficient LEDs. Although the idea of switching the...
View ArticleHollywood: So Ready For Solar
Los Angeles is known for its great year round weather – sunny and 73! Taking advantage of its ideal solar climate, LA will soon be known for being a real leader of the booming solar economy. On Feb. 1,...
View ArticleLos Angeles to Go Coal Free
Los Angeles currently gets 39% of its electricity from coal, but that will end soon. In the coming weeks, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced he will sign agreements that will make the city coal-free....
View ArticleHow Ecotality is Helping LA Go Electric
Los Angeles, due to its profound lack of public transportation, is a car culture. You absolutely need a car to get from here to there, and LA drivers are of the “been here, done that” school of...
View ArticleSolarCity Gets 26 Los Angeles Schools to go Solar
A total of 26 schools in Los Angeles will go solar thanks to a new partnership with SolarCity. Under the partnership, SolarCity will install a total of 7.4-megawatts of solar power projects across 26...
View ArticleLADWP Updates FiT Status
The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) has released an update on the status of its efforts to develop a Feed-in Tariff program (FiT) which provides some clarity while leaving many...
View ArticleBMW to Unleash Newest Electric Car @ LA Auto Show
There are reports that BMW could be set to unveil a new, sporty electric car at the upcoming 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. According to writer Antony Ingram at GreenCarReports.com, the new vehicle is...
View ArticleLos Angeles: The Solar Rooftop Leader
With the flip of a switch, Los Angeles officials today inaugurated the nation’s largest rooftop solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) program, enabling hundreds of building owners to create solar power plants on...
View ArticleLos Angeles Solar: +29,000 Jobs?
Each year, it seems as if the temperatures in Southern California rise higher, and the summer season becomes even longer. In fact, a couple weeks ago Los Angeles registered highs in the 90s (extremely...
View Article20% Solar: Possible Goal for Los Angeles?
In December, AMECO Solar reported on Environment California’s campaign to convince government officials that solar energy should be a priority for Los Angeles. We’re proud to announce that just one...
View ArticleLos Angeles Says No to Fracking
On Friday, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously for a moratorium on fracking. Now it goes to ...
View ArticleSolar FIT Live in Los Angeles
When it comes to rolling out solar across the rooftops, Los Angeles is the city ...
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