By James Newcomb and Owen Smith, Rocky Mountain Institute The time is now to make our electricity system cleaner, more efficient, more reliable, and cheaper. Distributed resources are a critical piece of that electricity future, but existing market structures, business models, and regulations do not yet ensure a consistently level … [continued]
The levelized cost of renewable energy in America has fallen by more than 50% over the past four years, according to new analysis from global financial advisor and asset manager firm Lazard Freres & Co.
Originally published on the Clean Energy Resource Team blog. by Fritz Ebinger The National Association of Counties (NACo) and the Distributed Wind Energy Association(DWEA) paired up recently to promote wind power by reducing permitting barriers, while also protecting resident interests. The report, County Strategies for Successfully Managing and Promoting Wind Power, was published in … [continued]
The Internet revolutionized the world of computing – it took us from a world of large centralized mainframe computers with terminals attached to a world of any-to-any connectivity. The Internet evolved from a military need for survivability; by having a mesh of network nodes that could instantly re-route traffic around … [continued]
