Five businesses and organizations and four individuals were inducted into the International Green Industry Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Fresno State last week.
Students from Porterville High Schools AERO Alternative Energy Resource Occupations Academy spent Tuesday and Wednesday installing solar panels and hanging an inverter on a local affordable-housing project.
Solar power is becoming a reality for some of California's low-income families. A non-profit organization is bringing the energy-saving benefits of the sun to those who need it the most by holding solar block parties to raise money.
Hundreds converged on a subdivision in Madera on April 21 to help nine low-income families save through solar power. With a number of independent solar contractors, private companies and job trainees pulling together, the 2012 Solarthon was a testament to the kind of support shown to nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives since it established a presence in the Central Valley three years ago.
