“We can’t do it as an individual, But four hundred communities aggregating and asking for local wind power and solar power – that’s really powerful.” Oak Park, IL, is one of hundreds of Illinois towns using their authority to buy electricity in bulk on behalf of its residential and small … [continued]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, announced on Friday last week that it had reached an agreement to enhance its proposed “Green Option” to give electric customers an opportunity to support 100% renewable energy. PG&E provided a revised proposal to … [continued]
Over the holiday season, I asked one of our dedicated readers, a solar energy expert from Australia, a few questions about the solar situation in Australia. What I got in return was a full post! Check it out: The cost of rooftop solar continues to fall and in Australia it … [continued]
Good news for the BMW ActiveE drivers — BMW has partnered with Green Mountain to offer renewable energy options to the drivers of ActiveE. ActiveE drivers can purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from Green Mountain to cover the estimated energy that will be used to charge their electric cars. … [continued]
More than 50% of PG&E’s electricity sales come from renewable sources that put out zero CO2 emissions, but it isn’t stopping there. The California electric utility has requested CPUC regulators to approve its Green Option program.
San Diego-based enXco has purchased Cielo Wind Energy’s 161-MW Spinning Spur Wind Ranch project. Producing enough clean, renewable energy to supply more than 54,000 households, enXco, Cielo – which will manage construction of the project – and North Dakota contractor Wanzek Construction plan an accelerated construction schedule in order to qualify for a federal wind energy production tax credit due to expire at year-end.
The company plans to install solar PV generation capacity of 500 MW by 2015. The company can consider several attractive ways of earning revenues like the National Solar Mission or the Renewable Energy Certificate scheme or the solar policies announced by individual states.
A new initiative by New York City, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACENY) is making it possible for residents of New York to buy Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) through three easy steps on a simple, new website. The website is called … [continued]
Editor’s Note: The is a guest contribution by Edward Fenster, CEO and co-founder of SunRun. This is the fifth post in a series from the CEO’s of major solar companies. You can follow the complete series here. As solar power and other renewable energy sources grow, so does awareness and debate about … [continued]
