Published

1 year ago

December 24, 2024

Alice Rush

Ameresco has completed Utah’s first floating solar array, developed in partnership with Mountain Regional Water Special Service District.

The floating solar project, located on a holding pond at the Signal Hill Water Treatment Plant, was commemorated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by representatives from Ameresco, Mountain Regional Water and Rocky Mountain Power.

Ameresco partnered with PV developer D3Energy to develop the 587.5 kW floating solar array, supported by a $400,000 grant from Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky Award program.

The project is designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 609 metric tons each year.

“This floating solar array demonstrates the benefit of thinking beyond conventional approaches,” says Lou Maltezos, executive vice president of Ameresco.

“The notion that solar panels must be installed on land is an unnecessary limitation. By reconsidering their placement, we unlock new opportunities for sustainability. The District isn’t just implementing solar energy for its own sake. They are deeply invested in the economic aspects of this project. This first-ever floating solar array in Utah is both innovative and economically feasible, making it a prime example of sustainable development.”

The project was completed ahead of schedule, with commissioning completed on Sept. 20. Full utility permission to operate is expected by Oct. 23.

Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program awarded this project to the Mountain Regional Water Service District as one of a dozen community-based renewable energy projects awarded last year.

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Ameresco, Mountain Regional Water Complete Signal Hill Floating Solar Project

Renewable Energy

The Catastrophic Shift in America’s Impact on the World

Published

15 hours ago

March 22, 2026

Alice Rush

It’s not as if the United States has held the moral high ground throughout its history, with its slavery, the butchering of the Indians, Jim Crow, the support of tyrannical dictatorships around the globe, and the corrupt suppression of the working class in favor of Trump’s billionaire donors.

Yet, it was very recently that the entire nation became a force for the destruction of civil society.

The Catastrophic Shift in America’s Impact on the World

Renewable Energy

We’re Running Out of Time

Published

2 days ago

March 20, 2026

Alice Rush

There really are threats to human civilization that seem to be mounting in intensity:

• World fascism. (If it can happen in the U.S., it could conceivably happen anywhere.)

• Environmental collapse.

• Malicious use of AI.

• Pandemics, as misinformation on vaccinations spread and the frozen tundra melts, releasing pathogens never seen by humans.

• Nuclear war.

Addressing the point made at left, is there any scenario in which world governments agree to cooperate so as to stave off the end of an organized society here on Earth? One supposes so, though it sounds far-fetched in today’s world in which the leaders of most of the 200+ sovereign nations are trying so desperately to cling to power.