U.S. Solar Power Surges Ahead in New Report, But Tax Credit Battle Looms
Thanks to a record year in 2013, the solar industry installed more photovoltaic power over a period of 18 months than it did in the preceding 30 years. It’s a startling fact, and it captures the flavor...
View ArticleFight Over Solar in Bridgeport: Two Types of Environmentalism Collide
Late Monday night, the Parks Commission in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut voted to approve the placement of a solar-panel array atop an old, disused landfill. The project, which will consist of...
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Sunshine Cinema: Traveling Solar-Powered Theater Aims to Provide Inspiration...
Working in various areas of Southern Africa, we have met incredible people. One of them is Lloyd Maanyina, the star of our short film, Amazing Grace, which recently won an award at the D.C....
View ArticleCan China Help Boost U.S. Clean Energy Investment?
Zero percent: That’s the U.S. clean energy investment growth rate over the past five years, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. It might be a distressing sign in the face of the climate-change...
View ArticleIEA Sees Dire Need for More Clean Energy, Efficiency Investment
The Obama administration’s proposed new rules on power plant carbon emissions have been cause for celebration among U.S. climate-change activists, many of whom believe the policy sets the stage for a...
View ArticleSolar Roadways and No-New-Impact Energy Development
You’ve probably seen or heard something about solar roadways, or as one promotional video puts it, “solar freakin’ roadways!” The bold idea to turn roads into solar generation infrastructure has...
View ArticleU.S.-China Solar Fight Lurches Forward
If last week’s news that the U.S. Department of Commerce was imposing new duties on Chinese solar imports left you with a bad case of déjà vu, or at least wondering if the story would ever end, that’s...
View ArticleSome See Garbage, Others See an Opportunity: Installing Solar on Landfills
by Laurie Guevara-Stone Green Mountain Power just broke ground on a 2 megawatt photovoltaic (PV) plant in Rutland, Vermont. While some other large PV systems planned for the area have met with strong...
View Article4 Questions About New Caledonia’s Planned Heart-Shaped Solar Field
Last week a solar power company based in Australia announced plans to build the world’s first heart-shaped solar field in New Caledonia, a French island in the South Pacific that currently gets most of...
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Sustainable Cities: Challenges and Opportunities in Japan
Thought leaders from across Japan’s energy sector gathered in Tokyo last week to discuss the role energy will play in adapting the country’s cities to a challenging environment of aging and declining...
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