Renewables are disrupting the utility industry in Missouri, where one utility say it will invest $1.8 billion in renewable energy in the next few years and another says it will shutter an existing coal fired generating plant 10 years earlier than planned.
Our latest episode of Cleantech Talk tackled the huge 5-year extension of the solar and wind energy tax credits, Tesla Model X deliveries, and Faraday Future. As always, you can listen and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes or SoundCloud, or you can just listen by hitting the play button in the … [continued]
Here’s some readin’ fun for your Friday or weekend pleasure, to supplement CleanTechnica‘s 10–15 daily articles. Solar Would You Blindly Buy A Car From An Auto Dealer? We all like to think of ourselves as rational people, but the fact of the matter is that we all make economic decisions … [continued]
Lean, mean, fighting machine. That is what the US military is known for on the battlefield. Now, military veterans are taking the fight for wind jobs to Washington, DC. Earlier this week, Operation Free, a group consisting of military veterans concerned about the security risks over climate change and fossil fuel use … [continued]
Chaz Allen is the exact type of voter that Mitt Romney and Barack Obama would love to win over in the fall. A registered Independent, Allen’s political views range across the political spectrum. As a moderate fiscal conservative, he’s concerned about some of the spending measures proposed by Democrats. … [continued]
The Senate Finance Committee’s reviving a one-year extension of the federal wind energy tax credit has opponents and supporters lobbying hard. At stake are billions of dollar of wind power projects, equipment sales, and green job creation. […]
The first of 140 turbines is being erected on the Oklahoma wind farm, a project developed by TradeWind Energy and owned by Enel NA and GE Energy Financial Services that’s expected to inject some $5 million into the local economy, create 150 jobs, and avoid CO2 emissions equivalent to taking 110,000 cars off the road. […]
Vestas is to supply 39.6-MW of wind turbines, service and maintenance for Alba de Nicaragua’s Alba Rivas wind farm in Hacienda La Fe. Latin American wind energy markets are growing in importance as Europe struggles with its debt woes and the key US wind energy production tax credit is unlikely to be renewed by the end of the year.
I received an email from the American Wind Power Association (AWEA) regarding its WINDPOWER 2012 conference in Atlanta this week. I’m going to repost that below, since I think it’s worth a share, but first, I just want to highlight a few points myself: The PTC is a critical … [continued]
Here are some truly excellent comments from Al Gore and Van Jones about wind energy and jobs in the US. A must watch: Some of my favorite lines: “… the irony is Ohio is one of the highest states in terms of wind production jobs, and John Boehner, ‘Hello, … [continued]
