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 […]
The solar energy sector is booming in spite of attempts by some utilities and government administrations to thwart it. As more people become environmentally conscious, including not only individuals but governmental leaders as well, this growth will only accelerate. After experiencing steady increases in solar installations for over the last 10 years industry analysts forecast […]
On Friday, 2020 Presidential candidate Jay Inslee revealed that if elected he plans to move the U.S. to 100% renewable energy by 2035. This ambitious announcement sends a shot over the bow of other Democratic contenders for the 2020 nomination. It is a sure bet that more will begin speaking about their own plans to […]
Building renewable energy projects on contaminated land has to be one of the best ideas I have seen in years, such as utilizing Brownfield and Superfund sites to build solar and wind energy farms. Recent completed renewable energy projects on contaminated lands like these have proven the enormous potential not only for profit for developers […]
California – Energy Tax California is the leading state in the national solar power and renewable energy initiative. They have favorable laws, rebates, performance payment and they set their conventional electric prices to rise higher and higher to make California going solar such a very wise economic decision. California has very strong RPS (Renewable Portfolio […]