Fossil Fuel’s State Fight Against Solar
Petrochem billionaires Charles and David Koch are spending and lobbying like mad.
Greenvesting
Summer Solstice Puts Solar On It
The longest day of the year…
SolarCity’s Manufacturing Shifts Solar Boom
Did I mention that Silevo is locally sourced down the street from SunPower in California?
YieldCos Spread The Solar Boom
Now it’s renewable energy’s turn to reap the rewards of fancy math.
New York High-Risers Bill Accesses Solar
How about building some offsite shared renewable facilities?
International Solar Boom Continues
In 2013, policy uncertainty in the United States and parts of Europe helped bring down global investment.
PACE Financing Offers Reasons To Go Solar
Companies offer investors bonds collateralized by annual property tax assessments, and everyone lets the sunshine in.
US-China War Bad News for Home Solar
The solar war backstory is lame enough to keep short.
Microgrids 101, In Three Parts
Micrqogrids are essential defenses for a dawning age of distributed generation capable of surviving the sudden, expensive superstorms of climate change.
The Future of Microgrids
But much of the changes we need will come from customers who can’t get what they want from the grid, concluded Asmus. “Ten years out, microgrids will be an everyday, non-controversial decision.”
EPA Climate Regulations Strengthen Solar
State or federal, the plan should be solar, argued SEIA.
People and Places Making Microgrids Work
Current efforts by utilities to stifle cleantech takeovers of the macrogrid, from solar taxes to worse, are being successfully fought off, as global warming throws ever more challenges in the way.
Microgrids: A Cleaner, More Resilient Grid
Microgrids make sense for a world where lighter and cleaner is better. Especially if you want to pack an increasingly powerful punch on a destabilized planet with problems.
Global Green Jobs Report Shows Solar Lead
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency adds more light to the wider global solar boom.
Renewables Dethrone Dinosaur Utilities
“The question is not if or even when the change will come, but rather, how fast.”
National Climate Assessment: Step Off The Gas, Step Up The Solar
“It does not evaluate mitigation technologies or policies or undertake an analysis of the effectiveness of various approaches.”
National Grid Smartens Massachussets Solar
National Grid is aiming for over 120 MW of solar and wind generation, but hopefully its renewables adopters won’t be punished with unnecessary tariffs or pulled subsidies for doing the right thing.
Backward Policies Won’t Stop Solar Boom
Why on earth is anyone thinking about pulling the sunshine plug?
Oklahoma Solar Tax Doesn’t Exist (Yet)
Why does everyone seem to have their fingers crossed?
Turning Farms Into Solar Farms
Consolidating precious natural resources in a warming world is a must.
ACORE: Home Solar Will Boom In 2014
This year’s outlook for cleaner fuels is bright, according to ACORE. But much brighter for some technologies than others.
OneRoof’s Affiliate Program Brings Solar Advocacy
Now that the IPCC is demanding investment in renewables, solar power is positioned as Earth’s brightest alternative energy.
Alberta Carbon Tax Funds (Some) Renewables
Alberta is stuck on tar sands — a well-known final destination for dinosaurs.
Georgia Power Promotes Energy-Efficient LED Lighting
Georgia Power joins Home Depot to hand off CFLs and LEDs at a 25 to 50 percent discount for those looking to quickly slash energy consumption from less efficient lights by 75 percent.
Americans Want Solar to Replace Fossil Fuels
Navigant’s poll results hit the presses this week alongside the IPCC’s terrifying tale of two futures.