Energy Dept. Sees Gold In US Wind Energy “Dead Zones”
The Commander-in-Chief took another poke at wind turbines last week, but it looks like the US wind energy industry will get the last laugh.
Author: Tina Casey
Talk Is Still Cheap: Illinois Coal Collapse Looms
President* Trump had fun at the expense of the US wind industry at a campaign rally last night, but the US coal market continues its long, inevitable slide.
US Devotes More Coal-Killing Dollars To Cut Solar Costs
Regardless of the pro-coal rhetoric emanating from the White House, it sure looks like the US is banking on solar power, not coal power.
The Invisible Renewable Energy Revolution (#CleanTechnica Interview)
Toting up the number of new wind and solar farms is one way to track the renewable energy revolution, but much more is bubbling under the surface.
Missouri Greenlights Massive New Wind Power Transmission Project
Missouri breathes new life into a massive “zombie” wind power transmission project that will knock out coal and natural gas like bowling pins.
EPA Aims At Water Resources, Could Hit Oil & Gas
When a former coal lobbyist helms the EPA, that may be a comfort to US coal stakeholders but it’s not necessarily great news for oil and gas.
More Good News About Solar Power & Rural Electric Cooperatives
The nation’s sleeping giant of hundreds of rural electric cooperatives is waking up and getting into solar power in a Green New Deal kind of way.
Trump Admin. Throws Coal Under Bus, Now With Jell-O
In which Energy Secretary Rick Perry admits that the federal government has run out of ideas for saving the nation’s coal power plants from certain doom.
Just Ask Antarctica: Yes, Thin Film Solar Cells Work In Freezing Cold Temps (#CleanTechnica Interview)
Thin film solar cells may sound like shrinking violets — after all, they are thin — but they are about to get an acid test in the subzero climate of Antarctica, where they will equip researchers from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Polar Meteorological Science Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science. Got all … [continued]
Money Talks: US Clean Energy Jobs Outnumber Fossil Fuel Jobs 3-to-1
Renewables and other clean tech sectors are huge economic drivers for the US, with or without support for clean energy jobs from the Commander-in-Chief.
