CleanTechnica » Austin Energy http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Austin Raises Solar Goal To 950 MW By 2025 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/austin-raises-solar-goal-950-mw-2025/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/austin-raises-solar-goal-950-mw-2025/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:11:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76415 Originally published on Solar Love. Recently, the city of Austin raised its solar power goal from 200 MW by 2020 to 950 MW by 2025. 200 MW of this solar power will be operating within Austin’s city limits and 750 MW will be utility-scale solar. Actually, the goal for Austin is at least 950 MW.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/austin-raises-solar-goal-950-mw-2025/feed/ 1 Cleantech News: Solar- & EV-Loving Tea Partier Podcast, Barcelona Solar, … http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/13/cleantech-news-solar-ev-loving-tea-partier-podcast/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/13/cleantech-news-solar-ev-loving-tea-partier-podcast/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:59:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70414 Here’s another cleantech news roundup. I’m making it a short one since I’m *trying* to start doing these once a day again. Wish me luck! Cleantech News Pie (i.e. solar + EVs + other) I was interviewed for another podcast recently. The interesting thing about this one is that it is conducted by a libertarian,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/13/cleantech-news-solar-ev-loving-tea-partier-podcast/feed/ 0 Are VOSTs Needed To End Subsidies To Non-Solar Customers? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/06/vosts-needed-end-subsidies-non-solar-customers/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/06/vosts-needed-end-subsidies-non-solar-customers/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:00:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70298 By Brian Orion Utilities across the country have been fighting to curtail net energy metering (NEM) programs in favor of value of solar tariff (VOST) programs, claiming that NEM results in a cost-shift to non-solar customers. However, NEM programs may actually undercompensate solar customers for the true value their systems provide, resulting in a substantial

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/06/vosts-needed-end-subsidies-non-solar-customers/feed/ 7 SunShot Shows How Much VC Investors Are Missing Out http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/29/sunshot-vc-investors-missing-out/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/29/sunshot-vc-investors-missing-out/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 11:10:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67503 Originally published on SolarWakeup. By Yann Brandt On a day when the Wall Street Journal sings the praise of how much capital is flowing to solar companies like SunRun and Sungevity, Minh Le, director of the Solar Energy Technologies Office, stands before a group of over 800 participants of the SunShot Summit. As the Department of Energy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/29/sunshot-vc-investors-missing-out/feed/ 2 Austin’s Super Cheap Solar Agreement (5¢/kWh) Goes To Recurrent Energy, Not SunEdison http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/austin-energy-cheap-solar-5-cents-kwh-recurrent-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/austin-energy-cheap-solar-5-cents-kwh-recurrent-energy/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 10:09:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67102 It was announced in March that Austin Energy would likely be buying electricity from a SunEdison solar power plant for less than 5¢/kWh under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA). If you’re not familiar with electricity prices, that’s really low. The final deal was just completed last week but with an unanticipated move — Austin Energy closed negotiations with

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/austin-energy-cheap-solar-5-cents-kwh-recurrent-energy/feed/ 1 Solar Less Than 5¢/kWh In Austin, Texas! (Cheaper Than Natural Gas, Coal, & Nuclear) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/13/solar-sold-less-5%c2%a2kwh-austin-texas/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/13/solar-sold-less-5%c2%a2kwh-austin-texas/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:37:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63863 Here’s a milestone to mark. Solar power is apparently going to be sold to Austin Energy for a tiny bit less than 5¢/kWh under a new 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with SunEdison. Austin Energy says the deal will even lower electric rates a bit. It’s from no small project either. It’s from two solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/13/solar-sold-less-5%c2%a2kwh-austin-texas/feed/ 43 Top 50 Solar Energy Stories Of The Year (Part Five: #41-50) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/03/top-50-solar-energy-stories-of-the-year-part-five-41-50/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/03/top-50-solar-energy-stories-of-the-year-part-five-41-50/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:00:55 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=52382 (If you’ve read the intro 4 times already, just skip to the final 10 articles.) We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going over on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 EV Stories article I recently published,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/03/top-50-solar-energy-stories-of-the-year-part-five-41-50/feed/ 0 The “Value Of Solar” Could Be Worth Much More Than Austin Energy Pays http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/21/the-value-of-solar-could-be-worth-much-more-than-austin-energy-pays/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/21/the-value-of-solar-could-be-worth-much-more-than-austin-energy-pays/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:00:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=48630 I recently wrote a long post on the idea of using a “value of solar” policy instead of various types of government incentives for solar. Much of that post was based on research conducted by Clean Power Research for Austin Energy — so that Austin Energy could implement a Value of Solar policy (which it

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/21/the-value-of-solar-could-be-worth-much-more-than-austin-energy-pays/feed/ 2 Value Of Solar Tariffs — The Way To Go? http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/10/value-of-solar-tariffs/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/10/value-of-solar-tariffs/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:05:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=48184 There’s a certain issue regarding solar policy that often gets to me. I’ve tackled it in several ways, but the policy idea below is one of the more intriguing of options, in my opinion. It stems from research done by academics from the University of Albany, George Washington University, and Clean Power Research; an article

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/10/value-of-solar-tariffs/feed/ 26 Austin Neighborhood a Smart-Grid Laboratory http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/07/austin-neighborhood-a-smart-grid-laboratory/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/07/austin-neighborhood-a-smart-grid-laboratory/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:12:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=34669 There are a few real-world smart-grid laboratories out there. Every time I read about one, I wish I were a participant! Here’s the scoop on a new one in Austin, Texas (via sister site Insteading): Unique Austin Neighborhood Doubles As Lab For Smart Grid Experiment (via Insteading)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/07/austin-neighborhood-a-smart-grid-laboratory/feed/ 1 115-MW Solar Power Project (+ 5 More Large Solar Power Projects) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/10/115-mw-solar-power-project-5-more-large-solar-power-projects/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/10/115-mw-solar-power-project-5-more-large-solar-power-projects/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:40:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=33517 7 more big solar projects, the first one being a behemoth of a solar power plant: 1. Marguerite Fund acquires 36 MW of ginormous, 115-MW Toul-Rosières solar power project. This 115-MW solar power plant, if built today, would be the world’s largest solar PV project (scroll down to the bottom of that page to see the current list

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/10/115-mw-solar-power-project-5-more-large-solar-power-projects/feed/ 5 Utility CEOs Talk Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/21/utility-ceos-talk-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/21/utility-ceos-talk-solar/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:09:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31574 A really interesting part of this year's Solar Power International conference was a roundtable of 7 utility company CEOs (starts about 18 and a half minutes into the video). I watched most of the discussion 3 times (while doing other things, of course). These are not just solar industry cheerleaders, but they know our electricity system about as well as anybody and are leaders in their arena. So, it was really interesting to watch them speak for over an hour on solar power

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/21/utility-ceos-talk-solar/feed/ 5 GM Preps for the Debut of the Plug-in Car by Wooing Electric Companies http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/23/gm-preps-for-the-debut-of-the-plug-in-car-by-wooing-electric-companies/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/23/gm-preps-for-the-debut-of-the-plug-in-car-by-wooing-electric-companies/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:45:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=718 In order to usher in the Chevy Volt, due out in 2010, General Motors is partnering with 30 utility companies across 40 states to ensure that the infrastructure to support the new model will exist. This is great news for the Toyota RAV4 drivers who have been driving electric cars for the last decade. Of

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