Solar Jobs Grew Almost 22 Percent in 2014
New data from The Solar Foundation’s National Jobs Census is exponentially exciting.
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Solar Grew Fast In 2014, Faster In 2015
The 2015 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook is out.
SunShot Initiative Invests Another $59 Million
With the price of oil cratering, throw millions at solar power to see what works.
At Davos, A Path Forward For Solar And Wind
Location, location, location.
PACE Solar Accelerates Across California
The state of property-assessed clean energy is strong.
NREL: Solar Boomed But Needs More
There is still plenty of bad news to go around.
Solar Can Solve Our Food and Water Crises
When it comes to life on Earth’s essential needs, fossil fuels are an absolute waste.
Bet On Solar, Beat The Market
Solar panels can be a safer investment than Wall Street.
IRENA: Triple Renewable Energy By 2030
What if America could immediately triple its renewable energy game by 2030, saving carbon, cash and lives in the process? It can and should, with all due speed, argued the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Oil Gives Solar a Moment in the Sun
You know you’ve arrived when the bigshots pay attention.
Cli-Fi: Director Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea
Like his Oscar-nominated feature debut The Secret of Kells, his new stunner Song of the Sea is steeped in regional folklore but still a universal wonder. But it is a more personal epic, about the extinction of mythological seal people called Selkies, as explored through a lighthouse family riven by loss and misunderstanding but healed by history and magic.
SunPower Expands Reach into Batteries, Big Data
When the internet of things utopia comes calling, SunPower will be ready.
Utility Customers Want More Energy Efficiency, Home Solar
If an intransigent utility happens to go extinct while being replaced by SolarCity or Google, that’s fine too.
California’s Guide To Speed Solar Permits
A manual for improving permitting review and approval for the small solar systems that make up our inevitable distributed generation future.
Cli-Fi: Peace On Earth’s Intertextual Extinction
Adults and children rarely see the Real World as it is, much less as it should be. If what they see is what makes them who they are, then they should watch Peace On Earth before every new year.
NREL: Policies Can Grow Solar in Every State
The more, the better.
Ten Lessons From Earth’s Top EV Cities
From China’s EV vending machines to California’s autonomous EVs from Google.
Grant Morrison’s Multicultural, Intertextual Multiversity
“gnaw at the very roots of Batman’s being, fuck up the private lives of his friends and relatives, make him doubt his raison d’etre, set his postal district on fire and blow up his cave.”
Community Colleges: Gateway to Clean Energy and Climate Resiliency
Students should be trained in job skills with a future.
California’s Renewable Energy Industry Employs More People Than Hollywood
And for that you can thank its forward-thinking politics.
Earth’s Three Big Energy Threats, and the Countries Most Ready to Face Them
It’s not like we don’t have the money.
Yieldcos Empower Renewable Energy Industry
This is not necessarily news to those who have been paying attention.
Plug-And-Play Solar Panels Come Alive
Congratulations, you have changed the world in a day!
Nest, Airbnb Green The Sharing Economy
It’s a three-way tie for first in line.
Smart States Win Clean Energy Awards
Everything from replacing closed landfills with solar farms to creating resilient microgrids.