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ILSR Joins Debate over Public Ownership of Broadband
On June 1, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation held an oxford-style debate over the proposition: "Governments should neither subsidize nor operate broadband networks to...
How Technology Makes Distributed Renewable Energy Work
A 3-day wind and solar forecast for Germany from the energy forecaster Enercast: The forecast allows grid operators to plan ahead for the wind and...
Land Use Not a Barrier for Distributed Renewable Energy
A column in the New York Times yesterday suggested that land use is the greatest environmental problem facing new renewable energy. While getting the facts...
FERC’s High-voltage Gravy Train Rolls On
Mid-May proved beneficial for many high-voltage transmisison developers, as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s “high-voltage gravy train” kept delivering the cash. Five additional transmission projects...
Pitfalls of Plasma Arc Technology in New Orleans
Greenaction for Health and the Environment, based in San Francisco, has completed a detailed analysis of the environmental impacts and operating history of plasma arc...
Solving Wind’s Variability with More (Dispersed) Wind
The solution to the variability of wind power is more wind. The output from a single wind turbine can vary widely over a short period...
Debate Over Muni Broadband Competing With Private Sector
An oxford-style debate hosted by the Information Technology Innovation Foundation in Washington DC. Jim Baller and Christopher Mitchell defend local authority to build community networks...
How Community Ownership Can Save Wind Power
Wind power has expanded rapidly in recent years, but the new wind farms have a common characteristic: absentee ownership. These large wind farms promise a...
In South Africa, Wal-Mart Refuses to Buy Local, Threatens WTO Action, and Wins
Despite the ample publicity Wal-Mart has engineered for its "buy local" efforts, the company in fact has zero interest in cultivating local suppliers beyond stocking...
Learning a Lesson about Net Metering
I just got a copy of a utility bill for a Minnesota business that has a 40 kilowatt (kW) solar PV array. I’d hoped to...
Water Use May Decide Future of Centralized Solar Power
Power plants use a stunning amount of water. In 2005, thermoelectric power (e.g. coal, natural gas) accounted for half of all water use in the...
Distributed Generation Could Lower Electricity Rates
Some nice news from Connecticut, where the state’s commitment to increasing distributed generation is increasing on-site generation and helping hold rates down: Distributed generation is...
Nova Scotia Boosts Economic Development with Community-Owned Renewables
Yet another Canadian province is showing a serious commitment to the economic benefits of renewable energy development. Ontario’s “buy local” energy policy has the promise...
Change in Federal Incentive Enables Cooperative to Own Wind Project
The use of tax credits as the primary federal incentive for renewable energy has often stymied cities, counties, and cooperatives from constructing and owning their...