Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 18:58:58 +0000
The utility-scale solar sector has led the overall U.S. solar market in terms of installed capacity since 2012. In 2018, the utility-scale sector accounted for nearly 60% of all new solar capacity, and is expected to maintain its market-leading position for at least another six years
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 12:10:52 +0000
Utah Communities Take Advantage of New Bill to Pave the Way to a Clean Energy Future
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 22:23:12 +0000
Too much cleantech news is a good thing, but it sometimes means I need to stuff a bunch of big stories into one article. Following some roundups of autonomous driving news and battery & EV charging news, here’s one more roundup of some cool cleantech stories no one wanted to take and write full pieces about. This one is 100% focused on solar power
Credit to Author: Mark Z. Jacobson| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:45:57 +0000
The Earth is rapidly approaching 1.5°C global warming, air pollution kills over 7 million people worldwide each year, and diminishing fossil fuel resources portend social instability. Yet, recently, world leaders at the United Nations Madrid climate talks failed to agree on a path forward. The core of the problem is the belief by some leaders that solving global warming will be expensive and drain the economy of their country. However, new research indicates that this belief is incorrect
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:07:15 +0000
While Jacobson’s latest Stanford study on 100% renewables by 2050 will draw fire for leaning into the Green New Deal, it strongly supports that policy
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:06:12 +0000
Jacobson’s latest study carefully uses with current technologies and currently available resources for storage and transmission. The latest evidence is that there are much cheaper alternatives than his team models, underselling the potential
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:05:34 +0000
100% renewables for 143 countries covering 99.7% of global energy carbon emissions is very inexpensive compared to business as usual in Jacobson’s latest
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 11:00:04 +0000
The US is still looking at a renewable energy revolution, even though US President Donald Trump passed on (yet another) opportunity to lead at
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:48:54 +0000
Borrego Solar Systems and sPower worked with the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom this year to manifest the first theme park on the West Coast powered by solar energy. In this case, the solar will account for 80% of the park’s energy usage. One difference in this theme park’s solar installation from other similar installations is that it will be powered by one of the most substantial solar carport installations in the country
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:00:20 +0000
The University of Arizona has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Tucson Electric Power that will provide 100% of the school’s electricity from wind and solar resources in about a year from now.