Comments on: City Delays on Solar Plant Vote

By: Year in Review: Solar Power « TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:45:33 +0000

[...] First Public Citizen, Environment Texas and the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club hosted a statewide round of press conferences to roll out our solar report, Texas Solar Roadmap (though I’d really recommend the abridged version, Wildcatting the Sun). It seemed like every other legislator had some incarnation of a solar bill, and folks were wondering if this was going to be the solar session. We were (and remain) especially excited about the City of Austin’s potential to become the nation’s new clean energy hub, just like it was for the semiconductor industry — and almost like an answer to our prayers, within months the Austin City Council voted in favor of a 30MW solar plant in Webberville (though not without a little nerve-racking delay). [...]

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Austin solar water heater — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:12:41 +0000

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By: links for 2009-03-05 « Amy G. Dala

links for 2009-03-05 « Amy G. Dala — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:02:11 +0000

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By: Austin City Council Solar Vote this Thursday « TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:05:18 +0000

[...] For background information on the plant per the council’s February 13th meeting, jump back to the post City Delays on Solar Plant Vote. [...]

By: Victor Sauers

Victor Sauers — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:10:26 +0000

Greetings Austin,

With this great opprounity for our city, I would like for the citizens of Austin to consiter the following:

1. Is a bid that is close to being accepted (March 5th) from a company that is five months old (Gemini) a prudent dicision?
2. Have Texas companies bid on this?
3. Are the solar panels used by Gemini from China or USA?
4. Is the financing coming mostly from China or Texas?
5. Is this yearly 10 million dollar check from Austin Energy going to Texas businesses or over seas?
6. Austin based compaines need the opprounty to know about and build the proposals for the 30MW Solar power plant project being developed for Austin Energy and its customers (us).

By: Craig Nazor

Craig Nazor — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:07:56 +0000

Did you hear the President tonight? He was totally unambiguous – he wants a cap and trade policy on CO2 this year, and I agree. The handwriting’s on the wall, folks – now is the time to go solar. If we wait any longer, we will all loose money, and damage the planet further in the process. Delaying may be penny-wise, but it is dollar-foolish. Think of our children and grandchildren and vote for the future!

By: Save the Austin Solar Plant! « TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:37:42 +0000

[...] 23, 2009 by citizensarah A while back we reported on the Austin City Council’s decision to delay their vote on the proposed Webberville solar [...]

By: IC

IC — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:49:02 +0000

Solar can be good, but it just needs to be taken a step at a time…