In mid-October, yet another municipality joined the growing list of lawsuits against the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac over the popular...
It’s rarely mentioned that a home with a solar array still gets most of its electricity from the grid. In fact, without storage, a typical...
For two years, solar and wind energy producers seeking federal incentives have been able to take cash grants in lieu of tax credits. The stimulus...
A new 25 megawatt wind project in southwestern Minnesota will feature greater local ownership than most, using a model that Project Resources Corporation calls “Minnesota...
What if you could support this site and help the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) win up to $1,000 just by logging in and giving...
Federal tax credits for wind energy projects are due to start expiring at the end of this year, which means developers face the prospect of...
I spoke with a Minnesota-based wind developer in late 2010 and in a wide-ranging conversation about developing distributed wind projects, he remarked: “Economies of scale...
I had a conversation with a wind developer yesterday and was talking about the difference between putting together large projects (over 80 MW) compared to...
On Monday we posted a news story about the launch of Hawaii’s feed-in tariff program, and in a review last night we found an interesting...
Solar thermal has generally been two distinct worlds, rooftop solar hot water systems and utility-scale concentrating solar power plants. No more. A new rooftop solar...
The Hawaii Public Utility Commission moved ahead with the state’s feed-in tariff for projects under 500 kW, overruling objections from the state’s largest utility: The...
This story on Sunday suggests that utilities are pulling back from investments in renewable energy over concerns about the cost. Invenergy…had a contract to sell...
In reference to Japan’s World Trade Organization complaint against Ontario’s feed-in tariff (with its domestic content provisions): “Why should the Ontario taxpayer be paying high...
With its feed-in tariff, the Canadian province of Ontario is set to become the leading community renewable energy center in North America. In an Oct....
While there have been prominent news stories of smart grid cost overruns and customer dissatisfaction with programs run by investor-owned utilities, municipal utility smart grid...