If you haven’t gotten enough of a solar or wind energy fix lately, here’s a list of several good stories on other websites that you might have missed. Solar Energy (Only) How To Save Money On Your Solar Panel Installation Installing solar panels on your home or business can be an … [continued]
To supplement our monthly US renewable energy capacity report, which is always a lot more upbeat than our electricity generation report, here’s the October electricity generation breakdown. Renewables were up to 13.6% of US electricity generation in October, and 13.2% for the year through November. Unfortunately, that’s slightly down from 13.3% in … [continued]
I know — it’s already January 2016. Unfortunately, it takes FERC a little while to accumulate all of the data on new utility-scale electricity generation capacity, and the November data was released just before the new year. As you can see below, FERC registered 200 megawatts (MW) of new wind … [continued]
The standout feature of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum that I presented at earlier this year was its focus on action. This manifested itself in many ways, but one impressive segment really provided a “wow” moment. With a huge room filled with cleantech experts from other cities, countries, businesses, nonprofit organizations, … [continued]
I’m getting close to the end of CleanTechnica‘s Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum coverage (see all of our Renewable Cities stories here), but this panel discussion is perhaps one I should have written about at the beginning. It provides a nice rundown of renewable energy trends across the globe. In this article, following the embedded … [continued]
Getting back to my catch-up work regarding the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, the panel discussion below is a wonky one on innovative financing for green progress. The moderator was Brock Carlton, CEO of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Presenters included: Ken Nolan, Manager of Power Resources, City Electric — Burlington, VT Ross Beaty, Executive Chairman, … [continued]
One of the panel discussions at the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum was essentially a big call to action, or several different calls to action. Moderated by Stefan Schurig of the World Future Council, who I had a great one-on-one conversation with right before the panel, kicked off the session with the perfect topic … [continued]
Back in August, I shared a chart CleanTechnica posted from ThinkProgress regarding the climate-related plans Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O’Malley. The issues mentioned concern the country’s (and the planet’s, as well) ecological well-being. In the same commentary, Scott Cooney predicted that, “Making this public now, early in the primaries, is a necessary step, and I think it … [continued]
Can we really generate most of our power from renewables in a few decades? In a word, yes. But to understand further, we must understand how we produce and distribute power today. Part of the difficulty lies in the concepts we use to understand the electrical power system. A simple … [continued]
Below is another initial version of an article I wrote for The Economist Group’s GE Look Ahead website (months ago). This one focuses on how a 100% or nearly 100% distributed energy grid would work, assuming a hypothetical grid like this ever came about. Again, this article seemed like something that CleanTechnica … [continued]
