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 choosing policies to finance solar power, U.S. states have chosen between two major options: solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) and CLEAN Contracts. But few...
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...
A few months ago Nassim Taleb, author of the Black Swan, an influential book about the crucial importance of unpredictable, unforeseen events on our financial...
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...
In the next few days we may decide the future of the Post Office. The signs are not auspicious. President Obama has agreed to a...
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...
A few days ago I received notice of a New America Foundation (NAF) hosted conference in Washington, D.C. called “Beyond Primacy: Rethinking American Grand Strategy...
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...