solar power
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Renewable energy economies of scale are b.s.
This is part of a series of posts on distributed renewable energy that will be posted to Grist. It originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. I had a conversation with a wind developer yesterday and was talking about the difference between putting together large projects […]
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Feed-in tariff champion Hermann Scheer leaves big legacy
The recent death of German renewable energy advocate Hermann Scheer -- dubbed the sun king or even the Stalin of renewables -- is a unique opportunity to reflect on his largest legacy, the feed-in tariff, a policy responsible for the rise of the renewable energy industry.
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The focus on big projects holds back solar in U.S.
While the government lavishes loans and expedites project reviews on public land for multi-megawatt solar projects, it's solar PV that's turning sunshine into electricity.
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Shell Oil pays $6 million for clean air violations, Texas schools use funds to go solar
$2 million of a $6 million settlement over Clean Air Act violations will be spent to help Texas schools go solar.
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Schwarzenegger and James Cameron team up to terminate Prop 23
Schwarzenegger and James Cameron reunite to blast away at Prop 23, which would effectively kill California's global warming law. Watch their new ad.
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Tennessee governor's race: Haslam vs. McWherter
Republican Bill Haslam, likely winner of Tennessee's gubernatorial race, hails from the oil biz but has a track record of supporting clean energy.
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Community solar: Better on the roof?
Our report on community solar power has garnered a response from the Clean Energy Collective, which has made us reevaluate our grading system.
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The solar ninja uprising
A dozen black-clad solar ninjas converged at the Solar Power International conference to protest Prop 23 and rally other solar companies against it.
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Silicon Valley enlists Steve Jobs' wife, Elvis Costello in Prop 23 fight
Laurene Jobs, wife of Apple founder Steve Jobs, donated $200,000 to defeat California's Prop 23 that would suspend the state's global warming law.