Michigan Editorial: We Prefer to Generate Our Own Renewable Energy
The large transmission authority serving the upper midwest – the Midwest Independent System Operator – has plans for new high-voltage transmission lines leading from windy...
Cash Incentives for Renewables Cost Half as Much as Tax Credits
Using the tax code to support wind and solar power significantly increases their cost. I wrote about this problem last year because project developers were...
Grid on Hawaiian Island of Oahu Can Handle 25% Wind and Solar
A new study released in February adds evidence that utility grids can handle high levels of renewable energy penetration. The latest study examined adding 500...
Colorado Solar Permitting Fees May Fall With New Legislation
A few weeks ago we posted on the adverse impact of solar permitting fees on residential and other small-scale distributed solar PV projects. Vote solar...
Community ownership may provide the solution for increasing resistance to wind power in the United States. Wind power has expanded rapidly in recent years, but...
Cost, Not Japan Crisis, Should Scrub Nuclear Power
please ignore this image The plumes of smoke rising from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor create a visceral reaction. But the crisis should not persuade...
How are communities using this unique strategy for taking charge of their energy future? This report explains community choice aggregation and how it gives communities...
Study: Getting Local Buy-in of Renewable Energy Projects
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...
Ontario’s Buy Local Renewable Energy Policy: An Update
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...
Distributed Solar PV Beats Grid Prices with “Balance of System” Cost Reductions
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....
