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Big Wind, Renewable Energy Boost as Illinois Gov. Quinn Announces Rock Island Clean Line Project…

March 7, 201214 years ago proteus 8 Comments

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn yesterday announced a project labor agreement between Rock Island Clean Line and Flora, Ill.-based Southwire that over a three-year period “will support wind turbine and transmission manufacturing in Illinois and create 1,450 union construction jobs. “The Rock Island Clean Line will enable some $7 billion worth of investments in new wind energy projects to move forward, which today cannot be constructed due to lack of transmission,” according to an IGNN press release.

Tiny Silver Nano-Trees Pack Huge Solar Power Punch

March 7, 201214 years ago Tina Casey 0 Comments

A team of researchers at the University of California, Davis has developed solar energy’s Next Big Thing: nanoscale silver filaments grown in a treelike pattern. Just as a tree’s leaves collect sunlight over a broad surface area relative to their trunks, the filaments of silver nano-trees would be able to … [continued]

China Swallows U.S. Solar Trade Surplus & Grows a Big One in 1 Year

March 7, 201214 years ago Zachary Shahan 3 Comments

Andrew has been covering the China-US solar trade dispute extensively for months now, and I did a bit at the beginning. A new report out by the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) seems to lend some pretty strong evidence to the argument that China has been dumping solar technology … [continued]

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Rule Sitting in White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for…

March 7, 201214 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

While the NRDC and the Sierra Club push for cleaner air and a safer climate today with their creative new ad campaign, Think Progress notes that an important greenhouse gas pollution rule has been sitting in the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which has been run … [continued]

If Polluter Lobbyists Were Asthmatic Children (VIDEO)

March 7, 201214 years ago Zachary Shahan 1 Comment

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Sierra Club have launched a new video ad focused on an alternative reality where “every polluter’s lobbyist around Congress was suddenly replaced by severely asthmatic children.” The result? Well, we imagine that if that were reality, “Congress wouldn’t always be trying … [continued]

Palo Alto Gets Feed-in Tariff for Photovoltaics

March 7, 201214 years ago Joshua S Hill 0 Comments

A unanimous vote made by the Palo Alto City Council on March 5 has given the city a feed-in tariff for photovoltaic installations. The Clean Local Energy Accessible Now (CLEAN) program is a pilot program for the City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU). The first year will be capped … [continued]

Scottish Electricity Generation Plan Underway

March 7, 201214 years ago Joshua S Hill 2 Comments

A new Scottish Government report has made it clear that the country can make its targets of meeting the country’s electricity needs by 2020 from renewables and thermal generation progressively fitted with carbon capture and storage. The Scottish Government aims to develop an electricity generation mix built around four … [continued]

DOE Funds Tests of Storage for a 30% Solar Arizona

March 6, 201214 years ago susan 3 Comments

Preparing for a future when a third of us will make our own electricity from solar on our roofs and ship that power onto the shared grid – the U.S. Department of Energy has funded the development of a solar community in Flagstaff, Arizona to help test how well the grid can … [continued]

Technological Revolutions & EVs (Reader Comment)

March 6, 201214 years ago Zachary Shahan 20 Comments

Below is part of a discussion on the Nissan Leaf and electric vehicles here on CleanTechnica. It’s got broad relevance to EVs, solar technology, wind technology, and more, and is just a great little reflection on society. So, here it is (slightly edited to be tailored to a post … [continued]

Interview with Amory Lovins, Author of Reinventing Fire.. & Much More

March 6, 201214 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Amory Lovins is one of the top clean energy and energy efficiency leaders in the world, as the introduction in the hour-long video below makes clear. Yale recently hosted Lovins for the great speech in the video. Yale Environment 360 also interviewed Lovins around that time. The video is … [continued]