Rocky Mountain Institute. By Jesse Morris. Four short years ago, the U.S. solar industry surpassed expectations by installing 340 MW of solar at a cost of $6.40 per watt in the first half of 2010. How times have changed. In the first quarter of this year alone, the U.S. installed … [continued]
One wonky court decision might have just unlocked America’s renewable energy future by requiring regional coordination between states and utilities.
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.
In an effort to utilize renewable energy more and save money, General Motors (GM) will install three acres of photovoltaic solar panels at two of its facilities in Michigan. These facilities are in Flint and Swartz Creek, and will each be equipped with a 150 kW array of solar panels. They … [continued]
Josh covered the big news earlier this week that Google just acquired Nest (for $3.2 billion). Our friend Yann Brandt over on SolarWakeup has a good follow-up on this news that he passed along. He connects a few important dots, and the end conclusion is surely a possibility. We’ll have to … [continued]
A report from Michigan’s state government says the state could affordably generate 30% of its electricity from renewables by 2035, thanks to wind energy.
Originally published on ClimateProgress. by Ryan Koronowski http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTrraxfQWag The largest battery in the world has sat quietly in George Washington National Forest along the Virginia-West Virginia border for nearly 30 years. A five-hour drive from the nation’s capital, it sits in the middle of the Appalachians, tucked behind the Blue … [continued]
Demand response could more than double to 21.9 million sites and 155.4GW of potential power demand curtailment capacity worldwide by 2020, predicts a new report from Navigant Research.
Connecting distributed generation solar projects to the electrical grid may have just gotten much faster and cheaper, potentially boosting both the US solar industry and overall grid reliability…
Imagine, if you will clean, renewable energy almost fully powering a full-scale electricity grid. Ok, it’s hard to believe now, but with recent advances in wind and solar power, it may not be that far off. And, it may come within the next two decades, if researchers from the University of Delaware … [continued]
