Laboring to keep more of its energy dollars at home, community members in Boulder, CO, decided that they needed some numbers behind their vision of a cleaner energy utility. Listen in to hear Ken Regelson describe how the remarkable results of Boulder’s citizen-driven energy model have given them power to … [continued]
We had a special situation this week with the DOE’s Minh Le jumping on a podcast to discuss the DOE’s SunShot Initiative. Minh Le is the director of the Solar Energy Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, where he helps manage and balance the portfolio … [continued]
What can solar power do for a single state? How about 21% of its energy, $14 billion in economic activity, and over 150,000 jobs. At a discount to existing electricity costs. Without subsidies. That’s what solar power can do for Missouri, but the state’s utilities may be about to pull … [continued]
Tesla Motors is now the largest auto-industry employer in California — employing more than 6000 people within the state, with a further 500 jobs expected to be added to that figure before the end of 2014. That’s an impressive feat considering how young the company is. And an even more … [continued]
In the latest TalkSolar episode, Beth Bond talks with Richard Lawrence, Executive Director of NABCEP, about solar installer certification. Here’s the podcast: Check Out Energy Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Talk Solar on BlogTalkRadio For more text, here’s more from the TalkSolar page: NABCEP is committed to providing a … [continued]
Originally published on Ecotricity. Britain’s leading green energy company Ecotricity [last week] bought small wind firm Evance out of administration – ensuring vital expertise is retained and green technology comes to market in the next 12 months. Evance have an innovative new windmill design 90% of the way through development and … [continued]
“It’s the most inspirational work that I’m doing…this is an inspirational and aspirational effort…at the heart of it is love of place and energy democracy.” Mariel Nanasi and the citizens of Santa Fe, NM, are exploring the economic and environmental benefits of more local and locally-controlled energy production. Is their … [continued]
Originally published in the ECOreport (with edits). Critics have been pecking away at Germany’s solar program for years. George Monbiot, a columists for the Guardian, wrote, “The real net cost of the solar PV installed in Germany between 2000 and 2008 was €35bn, at the end of which solar PV was … [continued]
3,000 megawatts of new Nigeria solar power will boost the country’s clean energy economy. Could it also be a model to help end Africa’s energy poverty?
In a somewhat humorous turn of events, Tesla Motors recently held a job fair near its home base — the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California — that caused a huge traffic jam and had to be canceled two hours later because of the huge turnout. I don’t know if that … [continued]
