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Recent press releases
December 2009
Sacramento—The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Resources Board announced the winners of the state’s first sustainable management award that recognizes small businesses, with less than 100 employees, that have demonstrated leadership and made notable, voluntary achievements towards reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.
May 2009
Blue Oak and SolarPro Magazine have teamed up to launch a web application called PV Select, a solar panel string calculator, array and inverter sizing calculator. This free web application requires no login and allows you to quickly compare multiple solar electric system configurations.
May 2009
The new energy strategy at Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), the Seattle-based national outdoor retail cooperative, is very straightforward: Conserve first and, wherever possible and whenever economical, produce as much energy on-site with photovoltaics (PV) as possible. It’s a good philosophy to pass on to your clients.
January 14, 2009
The economic impact of the financial crisis appears to have hurt the renewable energy industries more than previously thought. After further rounds of job losses and project delays, many businesses are looking to the upcoming economic stimulus package for a boost.
Contributor Mark Braly speaks with Tobin Booth of Blue Oak Energy about feed-in tariffs in the U.S., increased PV manufacturing capacity, and the emergence of new solar technologies.
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November 10, 2008
Blue Oak Energy and REI partner together to mark the completion of five California solar arrays between the national retail co-op and solar engineering firm Blue Oak Energy (BOE). In California, REI locations in Arcadia, Santa Rosa, San Carlos and San Diego are already generating 20 to 30 percent of their energy with photovoltaic (PV) installations designed and installed by BOE, using Sharp solar modules. REI's PV systems in Sacramento and Folsom will be producing energy by the end of the year.
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September 2, 2008
“It is exciting to see the industry move towards larger scale
projects,” said Tobin Booth, President of Blue Oak Energy. “The
demand for utility grade installations is increasing at a rapid
pace and systems of this size and scale require higher levels of
efficiency and overall performance. With the addition of the 1
MW PowerGate™ Plus unit, Satcon continues to deliver the next generation
of solutions for these large projects.”
May 15, 2008
Solar Electric Installations Planned for Retail Locations in California, Oregon and Texas
June 21, 2007
Blue Oak Energy of Davis designed the mammoth solar-power system for Google's headquarters in Mountain View.
June 18, 2007
Showing the power of teamwork, solar electric system design and engineering firm Blue Oak Energy partnered with Google’s solar integrator, EI Solutions to create a customized solar electric system at the Googleplex, the Company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.
May 10, 2007
The Blue Oak Energy’s "PV Selection Guide" allows a system designer to successfully match modules and inverters in multiple configurations. This tool is unique and universal, allowing the user to view the results from pairing any inverter and solar module on the market in the United States.