Yesterday we discussed the spread of solar carports in California, highlighting the Milpitas School District’s 14 distributed solar PV arrays. According to a news story,...
With environmental (e.g. desert tortoise) and political (NIMBY) questions raised about centralized renewable energy generation, it’s worth noting that we can generate a lot of...
We’ve talked previously about the perversity of using tax credits to incentivize renewable energy production, increasing transaction costs and reducing participation in renewable energy development. ...
We’ve discussed the unconventional wisdom that economies of scale are limited for wind and solar (and likely other renewable energy technologies). Another piece of evidence...
The world’s most effective clean energy policy – the feed-in tariff – isn’t a government program, but rather reshapes the electricity market to favor renewable...
“The economics of sub-utility scale renewable energy continue to improve at a rapid pace…This downward price curve is fueling demand for distributed solar PV and...
In less than a month, solar energy projects will see the stimulus-funded cash grant in lieu of the 30 percent tax credit expire. The change...
You can’t make this stuff up. Montana’s two newly elected Public Service Commissioners put out numbers, during their campaigns, purporting to show that electricity from...
Wholesale market operators should probably pay providers of smart energy demand more than gas plant generators for ancillary services such as operating reserves. Why? Because...
When discussing centralized v. decentralized solar power, there’s an inevitable comparison between solar thermal electric power and solar photovoltaic (PV). But the fact is that...
Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, alongside Silverado Power, signed today Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Southern California Edison, for 113 MW solar projects....
Most states had to cut spending to close budget gaps in the 2009 fiscal year, and many face additional shortfalls in 2010. These cuts often...
The bottom line is that Frame and other critics of the plan seem to think that electricity policy alone is what determines the survival of...
Last week I briefly reviewed IREC’s new (almost) Best Practices for Community Solar and Wind Generation. Craig Morris provided another review this week that provides...
American renewable energy policy consists of a byzantine mix of tax incentives, rebates, state mandates, and utility programs. The complexity of the system results in...