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Evaluating Institutional On-site Clean Energy
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 10:07
ShareThisEarlier this month, I attended EUCI’s Utilizing Clean Power Development Conference in Philadelphia. The conference attracted a variety of large institutions (hospitals, municipalities, universities, etc.), developers, and financers to discuss the opportunity and challenges surrounding deployment of on-site renewable energy. Instit
When We Struggle, We Learn
Submitted by staff on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 08:42
ShareThisIf there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust
Tackling the Renewable Energy Transmission Tiger - Is There Hope? Is There Help?
Submitted by staff on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 04:36
ShareThisBuilding transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy industry. But can it be justified? Doing so will necessarily involve constructing some of the longest stretches of wire ever undertaken in this country. Much of the best wind and solar resource is located quite distant from the load.
Baby Steps in Climate Negotiations are Still Steps in the Right Direction
Submitted by staff on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 08:36
ShareThisI wasn’t able to attend the [frustrating] climate change talks in Durban, South Africa this year, although I would have loved to. South Africa is an incredible place to visit.
I say the talks are frustrating because they always seem to go the same way. The European nations and some smaller countries attend the meeting armed with serious data
Renewable Energy Groups Seek 1603 Extension; Analysts Offer Hope for Life After the Grant
Submitted by staff on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 10:34
ShareThisThis week more than 750 large companies, small businesses and organizations sent a letter to Congress calling for a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury's Section 1603 Program.
Electric Vehicle and Lithium-ion Battery Investing For Imbeciles
Submitted by staff on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 06:00
ShareThisIn their 1969 bestseller "The Peter Principle" Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull quoted a Latin-American student named Caesare Innocente who lamented, "Professor Peter, I'm afraid that what I want to know is not answered by all my studying.
Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards: Nominate Now!
Submitted by staff on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:43
ShareThisGet ready to celebrate the industry's achievements. At RenewableEnergyWorld.com, we are ready to accept nominations for the Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. These awards recognize the best companies, people and projects in the North American renewable energy industry.
Japan's Tipping Point
Submitted by staff on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 06:43
ShareThisMost of you in the renewable energy world probably don't know me yet. This is my first blog here, so let me introduce myself. I write books for a living (a sort of living). In 2010, I published a book on public health (Inside the Outbreaks), and as a follow-up, I concluded that the overarching threat to the world's public health t
In Australia, Can Renewable Energy Get Over the Tea Party Blues?
Submitted by staff on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 05:00
ShareThis"It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things."
Niccolò Machiavelli
Australia’s government is trying to initiate a new era of clean energy and facing such powerful opposition that some renewables companies th
Obama Cleantech Stimulus: Bad Policy, Bad Politics and Bad for Cleantech
Submitted by staff on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 08:06
ShareThisThe Solyndra debacle is no surprise to this cleantech venture capitalist. The inherent conflict between trying to get money out of the U.S. Treasury as quickly as possible to stimulate the economy and, at the same time, have government agencies that are ill-suited at making business decisions do just that was nothing other than a recipe f
