An individual with the inspiration and foresight can build a net-zero home (or renovate a house to make its nets greenhouse gas emissions zero). However, for the masses, a ready product is needed to get them to that target. Luckily, such houses are beginning to pop up on the … [continued]
SolarChargedDriving.com recently created a list of the top 10 states in the U.S. for electric cars. It’s got a nice, long intro to the topic and a paragraph for each of the top states. Below, I’m just going to share their list and some of the key points they … [continued]
Other than the tremendously needed toxic pollution standards announced yesterday, the Obama administration has made three more big announcements this week that should make anyone who values clean air, clean water, and a livable climate happy. A 300-MW solar PV project in Arizona and a 186-MW wind project in California … [continued]
1. Solar power systems to be installed at 15 Kaua’i schools in Hawaii. “The Hawaii state Department of Education is working to significantly reduce the cost of school operations and, as a first step, has awarded a Power Purchase Agreement contract to install photovoltaic systems at 15 Kaua’i schools,” Solarbuzz … [continued]
Whether you love or hate IKEA, it’s everywhere. This week, both IKEA lovers and haters have a good reason to applaud the massive home furnishings retailer; IKEA has officially kicked off its fifth, sixth, and seventh Blink Level 2 EV charging […]
Move over Michigan, California may be U.S. car central of the future. California “took in $467 million in global EV venture capital (VC) investment (69 percent of total dollars) in the first half of 2011” and generated the same number of EV patents as Michigan from 2008-2010, according to a … [continued]
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. Back for a second round, the Open Neighborhoods organization in Los Angeles has organized another group purchase of residential and commercial solar PV, bringing the lifetime cost of solar well under … [continued]
Is it possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 emissions levels by 2050? Maybe, according to a study done in (of course) California. The study was jointly conducted by consulting firm Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and focused on using current … [continued]
Advocates for feed-in tariffs (FITs) have long claimed that the policy is the fastest, most efficient method for deploying renewable energy. One need only look at the rapid adoption rates in European countries to see their effectiveness. FITs require utilities to purchase renewable electricity from system owners over a certain period … [continued]
Clean Edge, a cleantech think tank released a report titled The Texas Solar PV Market: Competitive Analysis where it ranked the state compared to five other different states (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Jersey, and New Mexico) in terms of competitiveness.
