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Carbon Markets Link In $500 Million Clean Energy Investment

Silvio Marcacci — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:18:53 +0000

North America's carbon markets just completed the first international cap-and-trade system linkage and raised $500 million for clean energy investment

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6 Potential US Grid-Scale Energy Storage Projects

Jake Richardson — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 08:49:04 +0000

One of the most obvious themes of the renewable energy growth phase the world is in right now is uncertainty. There seems to be a lot of confusion about the costs of solar and wind power vs. fossil-fuel-based and nuclear-generated electricity. That solar power costs have dropped dramatically in the last six years does not

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2.7 Billion+ Trips Taken On Public Transportation In 2nd Quarter

Cynthia Shahan — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:55:36 +0000

US public transportation ridership increased yet again in the second quarter of 2014. A press release report released by the American Public Transportation Association showed urban mobility increasing to over 2.7 billion trips on US public transportation in the second quarter. Urban travelers are making commonsense choices for their pockets and the environment, effecting a 1.1% increase in

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SolarCity Introducing First-Of-Its-Kind “MyPower” Solar Financing Option

James Ayre — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:21:58 +0000

A new, first-of-its-kind solar financing option based around a combination of low upfront costs and personal ownership has just been unveiled by SolarCity. The new financing option — which has been dubbed “MyPower” — works by allowing SolarCity customers to pay for their solar loan in a similar way to the way that they’d pay for

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Tesla Hits Back Hard In New Jersey Lawsuit Brief

Christopher DeMorro — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:50:22 +0000

Tesla has filed a hard-hitting legal brief that calls out the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commissioner as part of a lawsuit to win back its dealership rights

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Sunrun Expanding, Plans To Enter New Markets + Add 800 New Employees

James Ayre — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:20:25 +0000

The US-based solar leasing giant Sunrun is planning a major expansion throughout the country, with the aim to enter a number of new markets and to add over 800 new employees, according to recent reports. The plans call for the expansion and opening of new offices in the Arizonan, Nevadan, Californian, and Hawaiian markets, as

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Vivint Solar IPO: What You Need To Know

Guest Contributor — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:42:30 +0000

By Yann Brandt “According to the filing, ALL of the systems installed by Vivint Solar use Enphase inverters … That means, Vivint Solar bought over 215,000 Enphase products in 2014.″ Residential solar has been growing at a pace beyond anybody’s expectation. With SolarCity’s IPO less than two years behind us, Vivint Solar hopes to go public

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List of New Jersey Solar Incentives & Solar Industry Facts

Guest Contributor — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:20:51 +0000

Cost Of Solar. New Jersey has been one of the surprise solar leaders in the US, and even globally. In terms of installed solar power per capita, only 10 other US states and countries beat it. The three states that are above it have much better solar resources. New Jersey solar incentives are, of course

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Top 10 Solar Energy States Per Capita (US)

Sandy Dechert — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:34:28 +0000

Environment America Research and Policy Center recently released Lighting the Way, a fascinating hard numbers–based take on the US solar energy boom, the top states that fostered it last year, and what the others are up to. The research organization finds that the top 10 solar energy states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New

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Large Scale Solar PV Projects At Risk, While California Powers On

Joshua S Hill — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:30:05 +0000

The US solar PV pipeline has been standing on shaky ground for the past few months as trade investigations put a dampener on a number of projects relying on Chinese manufacturers. NPD Solarbuzz, working from their United States Deal Tracker, have pinpointed those sectors of the industry most likely to be affected by the trade disputes.

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Verizon Set To Be Largest Solar Producing Communication Company

Joshua S Hill — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:30:31 +0000

Verizon, one of America’s leading broadband and telecommunications companies, has announced that it intends to invest nearly $40 million into its on-site green energy program, which will see the company install 10.2 MW of new solar power systems across eight of the network facilities. “Our investment in on-site green energy is improving the quality of

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Europe Gets Its 50th Tesla Supercharger

Christopher DeMorro — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:50:21 +0000

Earlier this year Tesla installed its 100th Supercharger station in the U.S., and this week it announced the opening of its 50th Supercharger in Europe

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EV News Roundup (+ 400-Mile Tesla Roadster Comment Opportunity)

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:20:15 +0000

First of all, we published a guest article the other day regarding a Tesla Roadster battery pack upgrade that did something very weird. I have no idea why, but there was no commenting section under the article. The article was very popular, and I’m sure it would have generated a lot of discussion. I know many

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Are VOSTs Needed To End Subsidies To Non-Solar Customers?

Guest Contributor — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:00:47 +0000

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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Solar Energy News Buffet

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:00:23 +0000

As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and following the birth of a sweet little cleantech lover. Inevitably, “roundup articles” of important or interesting cleantech news we didn’t cover dropped off as a result. With a big backlog of stories I wanted to

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Business Uses Carbon Prices For Long-Term Planning: CDP Report

Sandy Dechert — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:30:32 +0000

CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) finds it encouraging that after years of denial, business uses carbon prices to plan ahead these days. The response of business and industry leaders to the problem of climate change is undergoing a major transformation, says the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions: “Just over a decade ago, the corporate

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Hey Haters, RGGI Cap And Trade Powered 800 MW New Renewables in 2013

Silvio Marcacci — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:50:12 +0000

The Northeast U.S. cap-and-trade system helped install 800MW new renewables capacity in 2013, showing states how EPA's proposed emissions rule can succeed

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Tesla Gets First Service Station Approved In New Jersey

Christopher DeMorro — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:50:45 +0000

Last Thursday, the Paramus, New Jersey Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a 27,000 square-foot Tesla service center and store

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4 New Energy Maps Show A Lot About Renewables

Guest Contributor — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:20:46 +0000

Climate Central By Bobby Magill When the U.S. Energy Information Administration launched its new U.S. Energy Mapping System last fall and upgraded it for use on mobile devices in early June, it powered a system allowing anyone to visualize some of the reams of data the EIA compiles on all things energy-related in the country. That mapping system has a

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Tesla Wins Big Battle In New Jersey — Bill A3216 Passes Committee Vote

James Ayre — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:49:22 +0000

Tesla Motors has made new — and significant — headway in its war with the car dealership associations in the state of New Jersey with the recent passing of Bill A3216. With the approval of the bill — which passed New Jersey’s Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee with a unanimous 4-0 vote, but still has to

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