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Smaller Generation Incites Largest Renewable Energy Gains
While seeming counterintuitive, a focus on smaller-scale distributed generation enables more and faster development of cost-effective renewable energy. Last week I wrote about the illusion...
On Solar Power Installations
“Most of the action has still been in small, distributed stuff,” [Ryne Raffaelle, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Center for Photovoltaics.] said....
Distributed Solar Power Worth Far More Than Electrons
From the ability to reduce peak demand on the transmission and distribution system, hedge against fuel price increases, or enhance grid and environmental security, solar...
Compostable Biobased Alternatives to Polystyrene in Food Service
Presented at CleanMed Session on Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP): “Hot” Topics Phoenix, Arizona April 8, 2011 This presentation examines the problems with polystyrene-based food...
More on Centralized v. Decentralized Solar
A recent Colorado news story captures the spirit of my last post on the tension between centralized and decentralized renewable energy generation, with a quote...
Centralized v. Decentralized Clean Energy – We May Have to Choose
In the clean energy community, collaborative meetings often reveal a unity around goals (maximizing clean energy production and use) but a disagreement over the means. ...
New Map of Publicly Owned Broadband Shows Impressive Coverage Across America
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Solar is Contagious
Update 4/6/11: Adam responds on a listserv; his comment is added below. Adam Browning of Vote Solar writes about a recent study of the peer...
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...
When Unions Are Strong, Americans Enjoy the Fruits of Their Labor
The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor. Thomas Donohue, Former President AFL-CIO In the early 1980s Ricardo Levins Morales, an artist and...
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 Broadband, A Level Playing Field?
Communities pursuing their own broadband network are met with accusations from massive incumbent telephone and cable companies saying that it is not fair for local...