February 23, 2012 By Steve Duda
After its recent wave of good fortune and good press, Tesla Motors is said to be working furiously behind the scenes to stem the tide of what’s either a potentially devastating issue with their battery systems, or simply some very ticked off people. In a...
February 22, 2012 By John Farrell
In 30 states, citizens have just one choice for their electricity service. It’s like the old communist truism: “you can have any color car you want, as long as it’s red.” What if citizens could collectively shop around for electricity in bulk to get lower prices and cleaner, local power?
In six states, they can, with community choice aggregation.
Community choice aggregation is an alternative to (or complement to) electricity deregulation, allowing residential and commercial customers to...
February 22, 2012 By Geoffrey Styles
The Obama administration is proposing significant changes in US corporate taxes, as reported in today's Wall St. Journal. If enacted, the corporate tax rate would fall from 35% of income to 28%, although the elimination of numerous tax incentives would subject many companies, including most in the energy sector, to higher taxes overall. On the surface, this...
February 22, 2012 By Elizabeth Smyth
Recently the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released The 2010 U.S. Lighting Market Characterization report, which examines the current conditions and broad trends in the U.S. lighting market. The report included many promising trends, of which a shift to more energy-efficient lighting was perhaps the most important.
The new report updates a similar DOE model of the 2001 U.S. lighting market inventory. During the intervening decade, two trends emerged. First, there is push toward energy-saving lighting. Second, there is...
February 22, 2012 By Joseph Baker
Boston-based wind energy developer First Wind has completed its first project of 2012.
Joined by U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins (D-New York), First Wind executives cut a red ribbon officially adding Steel Winds II to its operational wind energy portfolio.
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February 22, 2012 By Steve Duda
Getting from western Michigan to the suburbs of Chicago just got a bit quicker [PDF] thanks to the inauguration of an Amtrak line covering the 97 miles from Kalamazoo to Porter,...
Last Wednesday was a big milestone for people who care about public health and a livable climate. Two utilities announced the planned closure of nine coal plants.
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Today, in the UK, the world's oldest nuclear power plant shut down.
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The U.S. led the world in clean energy investment in 2011, but China retained the top spot in the latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index from Ernst & Young.
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