The Clean Energy for America Act, put forth by Senator Ron Wyden on May 2nd, is an attempt to make the U.S. tax code to give fair treatment to renewable energy investments and production. Currently the tax code overwhelmingly favors fossil fuel and nuclear energy while at times penalizing renewables like solar. Of the twenty-five […]
The solar energy mandate to be put into effect on January 1st of 2020 was approved last year by the California Building Standards Commission. This mandate which requires all new homes three stories or less to have solar panels sets a precedent in the U.S. In this post we are going to go over the […]
For the last several years growth in the renewable energy sector in the U.S. has been driven by large corporations. Leading corporate entities, like many cities and states, are making commitments for moving to 100% renewable energy. These 175 companies have made the commitment to go 100% renewable The health care industry is also making […]
The electric vehicle or EV market, will make up over 50% of all buses and passenger vehicles in the entire world by 2040. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), released a report stating that due to the exponentially decreasing prices of lithium-ion batteries, electric powered vehicles will be less expensive than traditional fossil fuel powered combustion […]
The Solar Power sector of America’s energy market is celebrating in South Carolina after the recent passing of the Energy Freedom Act. The bill approved in the South Carolina House makes major changes in electricity policies in the state. It calls for raising the net metering cap, reforms PURPA, and reforms utility planning processes give […]
The Green New Deal must be considered as a bold transformation as it tackles two arising crises; climate change and inequality. These two crises are entwined with each other, considering that we can’t discuss climate change alone; instead, we must tackle both climate change and inequality as we look into the topic. Our economy has […]
In the District of Columbia as well as over a dozen states solar energy incentives are paving the way to bring renewable energy to people that previously could not afford it. In addition the solar industry has training programs that are helping people to find jobs in the industry. SolarWorks DC is a renewable energy/job […]
Renewable Energy Costs Dropping The Doomsday Clock on climate change is ticking and the fossil fuels industry is ignoring it by planning to export oil and gas to places across the globe that will take them for the next 40 years or more. This completely ignores the threshold that climate scientists have set and is […]
Solar Energy Revolution Though many outside of the solar energy industry has never heard of him, Hayes Barnard, who was once an executive with Elon Musk’s SolarCity, is now focused on making the installation of solar energy more cost effective and available to the masses. With solar energy prices getting lower and lower, those that […]