Texas sets new peak wind record for state and probably for nation too says...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration records show that Texas set a new record for instantaneous peak wind production at 8:48 p.m. on March 26, reaching an output level of 10,296 megawatts (MW)....
View ArticleSunday Train: Is There A Beam of Hope for Texas Rooftop Solar?
A few weeks back, I teased that I wanted to take a bit of a look at Texas Rooftop Solar in the Sunday Train (which is, recall, focused on Sustainable Transport & Energy, and so both not just about...
View ArticlePresident Obama says the U.S. will help Chile build Latin America's largest...
First Solar has just landed another big contract. During a meeting in the Oval Office with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, President Obama announced the Overseas Private Investment Corporation...
View ArticleWe Could Get Out of the Middle East
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]I am discouraged at flinging out there the most obvious of truths and would normally meander along, but at the encouragement of Professor Juan Cole I will put forth...
View ArticleUS military wants 25% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025, solar...
Stephen O'Brien, of The Motley Fool, writes in The Business Insider that, The US Military Could Drive Solar Energy Growth, telling us that the Department of Defense, DOD, spends $20 billion a year on...
View ArticleHuge win for solar energy in Iowa
Great news!The press release:WASHINGTON, DC – In a setback to the regulated utility model, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a power purchase agreement (PPA) between the city of Dubuque and Eagle...
View ArticleUK Anti-Fracking Movement Grows
An exciting tour by my Goddaughter Liz Arnold around Europe to talk about the awful effects of fracking for poisonous natural gas has seemed to spur a movement in Europe that is even stronger than the...
View ArticleScientists discover that solar powered porous volumetric nanofluids produce...
A team of scientists from MIT have published an article in Nature Communications, entitled Solar steam generation by heat localization, that may open up new opportunities for inexpensive small scale,...
View ArticleWill alternative energy save capitalism?
(Crossposted to Humanitarian Left and Firedoglake)Every time I publish a diary like this one ("Promoting an Effective Discussion: Capitalism Causes Climate Change," 8/3/14), I get responses from...
View ArticleSolar voltaic energy production nearly doubles in U.S. in 2014
Making a grab for solar energy, don't try this at home! This is a trained professional. WikiCommons Here's some good news that may brighten up your day: US electrical generation from renewables hits...
View ArticleBirds die ...
Birds die ... naturally and due to human causes.To provide some context,5 billion birds dies in the United States each year.America's cats kill between 1.4 to 3.4 billion (yes, 1,700,000,000 to...
View ArticleRooftop solar energy will reach or exceed grid parity in more than half of...
Mike Jacobs, senior energy analyst of the Union of Concerned Scientist's Climate and Energy Program, alerts us to the good news of solar energy grid parity in his article How Much Does Rooftop Solar...
View ArticleThe Importance of the People’s Climate March in NYC
The value of the People’s Climate March in New York City on Sept 21st cannot be overstated. The march is the face and representation of millions of Americans who know we are killing our planet and...
View ArticleThe Climate Change Race: China vs US
A common conservative reaction to climate change issues has been "Oh, yeah, well what about China!", and sometimes you even see pundits hinting that us enlightened Westerners need to put some pressure...
View Articleanti-solar, in the anti-nuclear style
Inspired by a recent piece by Gregg Levine:If there was such a thing as anti-solar news written the way anti-nuclear news is, it might look like this...
View Article'Here Comes the Sun': a solar energy update
Whenever I need a burst of feel good energy I google solar or wind energy for a pick-me-up. Here are five short articles of small news that keeps adding up to big changes in our energy generation...
View ArticleWalmart heirs working to kill affordable rooftop solar power
Rob WaltonWalmart is an environmental disaster, despite its claim to be moving toward renewable energy. But Walmart's majority stockholders, the Walton family, are going above and beyond, actively...
View Article… in which I save Europe from itself, and from Putin
We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent people. George OrwellObvious thing A: This is what happened to the unemployment rate when a country...
View ArticleHave a $1000 bucks to spare? Invest in Solar!
What a great idea. SolarCity is offering bonds starting at $1000 each, giving regular folks a way to invest in solar energy.From ThinkProgress...It’s a way for a company to build up capital to finance...
View ArticleFrom outside the Overton Window.
It's a tricky businsess, writing persuasively about complex subjects where your conclusion puts you outside the bounds of commonly accepted opinion (at least for a big subset of the target...
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