Wind, gas, solar dominate new power plant installations
Power companies’ new generating capacity this year will be dominated by wind, natural gas and solar power, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said.Wind will see a net increase of 9.8 gigawatts...
View ArticleObama launches solar training program for veterans
President Obama launched a program Friday to train outgoing military personnel and veterans to work in the solar power sector.He announced the initiative Friday at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, which...
View ArticleFlorida utilities work to stop rooftop solar
Utility companies in Florida have used their political sway to keep laws on the books that hurt the rooftop solar industry, the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting said.Companies like Duke...
View ArticleMan unwittingly attends Obama roundtable
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View ArticleObama pledges effort to fight energy cost in Caribbean
During a trip to Jamaica Thursday, President Obama announced various efforts to encourage the development of low-carbon energy sources in the Caribbean.Obama said moving Caribbean countries toward...
View ArticleK Street and green failure
My better half believes that no room is complete without myriad mirrors on every wall.That is why she enjoys whenever we drive by the world's largest solar power production facility, the $2.2 billion...
View ArticleSenate Dems want to double size of solar training program for vets
Six Senate Democrats are asking their colleagues to double the capacity of a new Obama administration program that trains outgoing military personnel for the solar power industry.Obama launched the...
View ArticleObama administration pumps $32M into solar industry
The Department of Energy announced a $32 million funding program to support jobs and research in the solar energy sector on Tuesday.Of that funding, $12 million will go toward projects to train solar...
View ArticleMinnesota regulators approve state's largest solar project
Regulators in Minnesota have approved a $250 million, 100-megawatt solar project, the state's largest, which will help a utility company comply with a local solar power mandate. The state's Public...
View ArticleFeds fast-track approval for 3 solar power farms
Federal officials have approved the first three proposed solar power farms under a streamlined permitting program for solar projects on federal land.The three projects are all on Bureau of Land...
View ArticleClinton sets climate, renewable power goals
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton late Sunday unveiled a set of goals to expand the use of renewable energy and solar power specifically as part of an effort to fight climate change.As president,...
View ArticleObama orders boost to clean energy programs
The Obama administration announced a slate of executive actions on Monday to encourage investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, including more than $1 billion in new loan...
View ArticleSolar power passes milestone
Solar power installations in the United States passed 20 gigawatts of capacity in the second quarter of this year, the industry said.The March-through-June period saw 1,393 megawatts of solar power...
View ArticleObama pledges $120M toward solar power, clean energy
The Obama administration announced Wednesday morning a series of efforts worth more than $120 million aimed at boosting solar and other clean energy sources.The initiatives focus on the Department of...
View ArticleBiden: Solar power will close the gap on Obama’s renewables goal
Vice President Joe Biden told a solar power conference Wednesday that the industry will be instrumental in helping reach President Obama’s renewable energy goals. Biden said the industry, which has...
View ArticlePolicy creates politics
Policy creates politics. It's not a new observation, but it is a somewhat counterintuitive one. Normally, we think of the causation as running the other way: Politics is often conceived of as the...
View ArticlePlummeting coal use and peaking stockpiles
Tallying up receipts after each Valentine's Day, subtle signals like champagne sales can signify the state of the economy. Now, however, it's time to consider a weightier, less romantic signal of...
View ArticleFederal study: Tax credits will cut emissions, add new wind and solar power
The renewable energy tax credits Congress extended in December will lead to higher deployment of wind and solar power and reduce emissions from the energy sector, federal researchers announced on...
View ArticleAchieving Clean Power Plan targets well ahead of schedule
The United States is racing toward achieving the goals of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), even as the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia raises the prospect of a deadlocked Supreme Court ruling....
View ArticleIs natural gas a fossil fuel substitute, or does it just crowd out renewables?
Natural gas is consumed more flexibly than any other fossil fuel. Whereas coal is deployed primarily for electricity generation and oil for transportation, natural gas straddles the energy economy with...
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