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As Americans transition their electricity system to the 21st century, they should ask this question. Does it make sense to pursue strategies such as accelerating...
In just three weeks, citizens of Boulder, CO, will vote on whether to begin a big, formal process to unplug from Xcel Energy’s system and...
ILSR and Rodale Institute joined forces to provide a one-day training program for existing and potential compost practitioners and policy makers. The program included both...
Feed-in tariffs are responsible for two-thirds of the world’s wind power (64 percent) and almost 90 percent of the world’s solar power. With simplified grid...
The U.S. Northwest could get an additional 12 percent of its electricity from local wind power if 1 in 8 of the region’s cars used...
I gave a presentation last night to a public forum hosted by Think Again MN on maximizing the economic returns from the state’s clean energy...
A presentation I gave last Friday to the Arizona Corporation Commission. The Value and Power of Distributed Solar in Arizona View more presentations from John...
We previously examined how some schools are going solar, with a particular focus on the federal tax incentives. Click here for our December 2010 analysis.…...
Western grid operators have been making plans for large-scale renewable energy imports into the California electricity market, prompting the governor’s Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy...
Installed costs for solar PV have dropped and economies of scale improved significantly in 2010, opening the door for much more cost-competitive distributed solar power. ...
One of the most significant consequences of the consolidation of banking over the last decade is how much it has hindered the economy’s ability to...
Handing out multimillion-dollar subsidies to large chains has become commonplace in much of the country. But when governments use public money to woo national chains,...
This is a little taste of a project I’m doing comparing solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) with a state solar mandate to Clean Contracts (a.k.a....
A short slide deck providing a “101” on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, a status update on the legal challenges, and some of the...