Category: News

Electric Vehicles

Sep 16, 2015

EV + Solar at National Drive Electric Week

This past Saturday, September 12th, EmPower Solar had the opportunity to attend the annual National Drive Electric Week's Long Island "Plug-In Day." The event is...

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News

Sep 08, 2015

Forces Driving Solar Growth

Last weekend's Wall Street Journal Opinion piece "Big Solar's Subsidy Bubble" portrays solar companies as 'dubious' and pulling 'schemes' to 'cash in' on taxpayer dollars....

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News

Aug 24, 2015

Solar and The Clean Power Plan

This month, the Obama Administration and the EPA announced the final rule of the Clean Power Plan which aims to take real action towards reducing...

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News

Jun 17, 2015

NYIT Annual Energy Conference

Last week, EmPower had the privilege of sponsoring the NYIT 10th Annual Energy Conference in Old Westbury. This year's theme was Tipping Points: Energy, Water,...

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Smart Homes

Apr 24, 2015

Earth Day with United Way

On Wednesday, EmPower Solar honored to attend the groundbreaking of United Way of Long Island's "First in the Country" DOE Zero Energy Ready Home. The...

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News

Apr 22, 2015

Beyond Oil for Earth Day 2015

This Monday, April 20th, marked the five year anniversary of the BP Oil Spill. The disaster leaked 200 million gallons of crude oil into the...

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News

Nov 15, 2014

EmPower to LIPA: Hold the line on renewable programs budget

Earlier this week, LIPA announced that the 2014 budget for renewable energy programs will be cut by $26 million dollars compared to last year's budget....

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News

Sep 22, 2014

Clean Energy & Climate Change for New York and Beyond

This weekend hosted a number of notable events that advocate for a clean energy future. The historic People's Climate March brought together over 310,000 participants...

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News

Jun 27, 2014

Solar Policy Updates from the Hill

Our staff is usually head-down in the office or harnessed up in the field, but occasionally we wander away from our day to day tasks...

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News

Jun 06, 2014

Curbing Carbon Emissions with the Clean Power Plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released some big news this week! On Monday, June 2nd, the EPA revealed the Clean Power Plan, which aims to...

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