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Intermittency may be the Achilles Heel of solar energy. Since the Sun doesn’t always shine and utility-scale energy storage isn’t available yet, grid operators have to rely on dispatchable generation like natural gas or when clouds cover up solar farms. But that may be about to change in a big way…
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It may seem ironic for a state that enacted a ban on sea level rise, but renewables and energy efficiency have boosted North Carolina’s economy by creating thousands of new jobs, saving millions of megawatt hours of energy, and generating billions in state revenue since 2007…
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In his final State of the City address, Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlined plans to establish 10,000 public charging stations by 2020 in his push to make New York City America’s national leader in EV technology…
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If you were choosing an investment strategy, you’d probably choose the option that would double your money, right? Now, what if that same investment could create millions of jobs and reduce carbon emissions? Turns out America has this kind of an investment opportunity ready to go, according to the Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy’s Energy 2030 recommendations. The ambitious action agenda, released yesterday, aims to double US energy productivity by 2030 while boosting … Read More
If you use a personal computer, chances are you’ve used an Intel product. However, you might not know that the chip you used to surf the Internet was most likely made with 100% green power. Intel is the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer based on revenue, but they’re also the biggest consumer of green power in America, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Green Power Partnership list. EPA’s Green Power Partnership works with … Read More
Toyota will soon sell energy management systems made from recycled hybrid vehicle batteries to its dealerships in Japan, a move expected to cut power costs in half, help integrate small-scale solar, ease peak demand on the grid, and provide backup power during emergencies…
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Washington DC just took another step toward its goal of becoming the greenest city in America, with a new requirement for all large commercial buildings to report energy and water use.
As of April 1, 2013 all privately owned buildings over 100,000 square feet must benchmark their 2012 energy and water use to the District’s Department of the Environment and then continue reporting on an ongoing annual basis…
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Two new reports from California and Vermont show that net metering creates significant net benefits for consumers while strengthening one of the US solar market’s strongest drivers of new installations.
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Washington DC once again leads the entire US in newly certified LEED green building square feet for 2012…
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