A 12.5 MW solar PV farm — which will be the largest solar power system on airport real estate in North America — will soon be opening at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana. The impressive solar power system will feature more than 41,000 solar photovoltaic panels, each of which … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. Sunflowers, sunbeams, and dry fields. The sun is shining and the fields need watering, what’s a farmer to do? Use his tired old back pumping water? Worse yet, use that smelly diesel fuel or petrol to pump some water? No, there is an alternative! Use the … [continued]
First Wind, an independent US-based wind energy company, announced on Monday the beginning of construction on a 17 MW solar project in Massachusetts. The new projects will be built across the Warren and Millbury communities of Massachusetts, and upon completion will have enough combined electricity to power the equivalent of … [continued]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) has delivered an overwhelming consensus that climate change impacts are accelerating, fueled by human-caused emissions. We may have just about 30 years left until the world’s carbon budget is spent if we want a likely chance of limiting warming to 2 degrees C. Breaching this limit would put the world at increased risk of forest fires, coral bleaching, higher sea level rise, and other dangerous impacts.
Originally published on Climate Progress. By Kiley Kroh While the federal government is mired in the latest shutdown crisis, California continues to cement itself as a national leader in clean energy. Over the weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the pioneering S.B. 43 into law. The measure creates an innovative program that allows … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concerned that a prolonged government shutdown could do long-term harm to the U.S. economy, SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch this week issued the following statement: “As an industry organization representing 120,000 workers – and as Americans concerned about our nation’s future – we are deeply disappointed … [continued]
French energy giant EDF Renewable Energy, owners of a portfolio containing over 5 GW of developed projects and 2.4 GW of installed capacity, have inaugurated their latest project, the 143 MW Catalina Solar project located near Kern County in California, US, the company’s largest utility-scale solar PV project currently installed. … [continued]
Originally published on the Lenz Blog by Karl-Friedrich Lenz I am familiar with the idea of using large holes in the ground with a piston of mountain size moved hydraulically as an alternative to pumped water energy storage from Eduard Heindl’s concept of “Lageenergiespeicher” (Statusenergystorage, in a direct translation). Instead … [continued]
(Scottsdale, Ariz) The staff at Arizona Corporation Commission has issued a memo advising Commissioners to reject both of APS’ proposals to kill competition by taxing solar savings. According to their report: “Staff recommends that the Commission not approve either of the NM cost-shift solutions proffered by APS in the instant application for the … [continued]
Clean Energy Fuels has just turned the biogas field from an also-ran to a frontrunner. The company, which has its roots in Pickens Fuel Corp. (named after its founder, legendary oil guy T. Boone Pickens), has just announced an extensive operation for bringing its flagship brand Redeem renewable biomethane to … [continued]
