Methodical as ever, a European research group has published a study of “benefit-sharing mechanisms” to help renewable energy project developers gain local acceptance of their...
In January, we released a report – Maximizing Jobs From Clean Energy: Ontario’s ‘Buy Local’ Policy – highlighting the impressive job forecast (43,000 jobs) from...
Cutting non-module solar PV costs with best design practices could make solar PV cost less than grid electricity for more than 25 percent of Americans....
Rick Karr, a correspondent with PBS’ Need to Know, travels to Europe to investigate why some countries there have surpassed the US in fast, affordable,...
With the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress gave broad powers to the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to...
As long as the penetration of PV on the grid is low, the utility should have no trouble maintaining power quality as the output from...
A state such as New York should be capable of absorbing and benefiting from well over 7 GW of high- value PV without having to...
Toby Couture is one of the pre-eminent experts on cost-effectiveness of renewable energy policies and his comparative analysis of auctions (such as California recently adopted...
A month ago, I compared the fuel cell Bloom Box to distributed solar PV. I’m not linking the posts, because I’ve updated my cost models...
Grid parity is an approaching target for distributed solar power, and can be helped along with smarter electricity pricing policy. Consider a residential solar PV...
Stacy Mitchell is a senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where she directs initiatives on banking and independent business. She is the author...
The majority of studies indicate that the range of increased operations-period [economic] impact [of community wind] is on the order of 1.5 to 3.4 times…and...
To support its solar PV program, Southern California Edison rolled out a map of its grid system, highlighting (in red) areas that “could potentially minimize...
Twenty MW is also consistent with Commission decisions. We have established certain contract provisions for small sellers because we have found they are unable to...
After winning an Oscar for Best Documentary for Inside Job, Charles Ferguson injected some much-needed real world relevance amidst the fabulously glitzy proceedings. … Read...