Solar Evolution, Gore: Solar Is Like Satellite TV… (Clean Electricity Link Drop)

Some hot-fun clean electricity news from around the interwebs is below, as well as some other obscure stuff I had to share. Enjoy this side dish, as well as the main meal.

Renewables (as a whole)

1. California’s Power Grid Plan For Integrating 50% Renewables
2. BP Dropped Green Energy Projects Worth Billions to Focus on Fossil Fuels

Solar

1. Al Gore: Solar Is Like Satellite TV
2. Baltimore Residents Form Solar Energy Co-op
3. Groups Sue House GOP over Solar Bill Secrecy
4. Solar Summit Slide Show: The Evolution of Solar
5. Hanergy & AMR To Further Solar Car Development
6. Designing Community Solar Programs to Manage Risk
7. Solar Industry Questions HECO’s Count of PV Approvals
8. Ramakrishna Mission in India Gains Energy Independence
9. California Turning to Solar Amid Decade-Low Hydropower
10. Utilities, Solar Advocates at Odds over Missouri Net Metering Bill
11. Design and Permitting Company GreenLancer Raises $5 Million Capital
12. TASC: Governor Martinez Vetoes Bipartisan Solar Job Creation Bill in New Mexico
13. Enphase Energy Named One of the 2015 Best Places to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area

Storage

1. Where The Energy Storage Expansion Will Happen First And Why
2. Con Edison Development Enters into Agreement to Procure GE Energy Storage System
3. Ecotricity ‘Black Box’ Aims to Bring Green Energy Storage to the Home

Wind

1. Lawmakers Threaten To Throw Out Everything That Has Made Texas A Wind Power Leader

Other

1. What German Power Bills Would Look Like If Germany Were In The US
2. Mushroom Based Building Materials Are Here (With Video)
3. DIY Luggage Tags Made from Old Hotel Room Keys
4. How To Upcycle A Tin Can (Or Two): 9 Projects
5. Used CDs: A Weapon Against Climate Change?
6. Carbon Capture SCAM
7. American Companies Are Shipping Millions Of Trees To Europe, And It’s A Renewable Energy Nightmare
8. NRDC Action Fund Launches Ad Marking Mitch McConnell’s First 100 Days, Unveils Website Showing Congressional Villains and Heroes on Climate & Clean Air
9. Congress Has Made Undermining Energy And Environmental Laws The Focus Of Its First 100 Days
10. This Was The Hottest 3-Month Start Of Any Year On Record