Once China decides to tackle an issue, it excels. For example, having decided to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from its energy mix, it did so, and in the process, propelled Chinese companies to three of the top five wind turbine manufacturers in the world. From a 78% dependence on … [continued]
A new survey indicates that voters are more likely to support candidates who support clean energy legislation, when the survey links clean energy with job creation. The poll was conducted by Public Policy Polling for the National Resources Defense Council, covering 23 key Congressional districts that are locked in close … [continued]
We all know that a big issue for large-scale deployment of electric cars is large-scale deployment of electric car charging stations. A couple of recent news stories I’ve read indicate that we may not have to wait too much longer to see this happen. As Susan Kramer beautifully covered here … [continued]
This guest post comes to us from Reginald Norris, Executive Vice President & General Counsel for Clean Energy Experts. Clean Energy Experts’s mission is to increase the adoption of economically and environmentally beneficial energy solutions by educating consumers through a portfolio of websites, MyEnergySolution.com and MultifamilyG.com, on the facts about … [continued]
Envision Solar has long made large commercial solar arrays for large commercial parking lot installations. Tomorrow, its first single vehicle Solar Socket goes on display for the first time at the California Center for Sustainable Energy in San Diego. Each shade structure holds a 1.8 kW array, which provides enough … [continued]
The California based solar power financing company SunRun has leaped front and center into the fight against Proposition 23, the upcoming ballot measure that would effectively dismantle the state’s thriving alternative energy sector. At last week’s Solar Power International conference, SunRun joined with other alternative energy companies to urge voters … [continued]
The solar industry seems to be finally waking up to the fact that it has enemies, according to Jennifer Runyon, the editor at Renewable Energy World. She noted that at Solar Power International this week in Los Angeles, after Rhone Resch, President of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEAI) highlighted all … [continued]
This post is part of our participation in Blog Action Day 2010, which is on the topic of Water. If you didn’t know, we use water to pump crude oil out of the ground, remove pollutants from power plant exhaust, flush residue after fossil fuels are burned, cool power plants, … [continued]
A new report out by the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) and GTM Research, the inaugural U.S. Solar Market Insight™ report, finds that solar power is going to continue its rapid growth in the United States. 2010 has been the best year ever for solar power in the United States, but much … [continued]
According to a new study of food waste in the U.S., it takes the equivalent of 1.4 billion barrels of oil to produce get a year’s worth of food to the market, but about 350 million barrels of that goes down the drain in the form of wasted food. The … [continued]
