Saturday, May 18, 2013
As the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry races to get bigger, its ability to make the technology smaller - and in some cases transparent - may be what ultimately gives it broader consumer...
Political turmoil has enveloped 2011, and it is expected to set the scene for the coming year. The late-August Solyndra bankruptcy news cast a dark mark on the Department of Energy...
The long-awaited construction of four major biomass plants will make 2012 pivotal in the expansion of the wood-fired power industry in North America. Coal-to-biomass plant conversions...
For the past two years, the North American renewable energy industry was able to take advantage of a powerful financial vehicle, namely the 1603 Grant in Lieu of Tax Credit that was...
Onshore wind power is in a good place, at least through the end of 2012. Wind power has made up 35 percent of all new generating capacity added to the U.S. grid since 2007. That's twice...
Aaron Gillmore, vice president of development with SolarCity, talks about the company's solar lease program, plans to power military homes across the U.S. and why the company was unable...
As renewable energy continues to carve out a bigger stake in markets across North America, it often straddles the line between new ideas and accepted practices. While large developments...
In June 2010, the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences released the results of a study on burning woody biomass for energy in Massachusetts.
It's the middle of October, and the solar industry is on life support. Evergreen has died. SpectraWatt is buried. And Solyndra's eulogy has made mention of the black plague of federal...
Much of the buzz around electric vehicles has focused on automobiles, including the launch of production plug-in vehicles by Nissan and General Motors in December 2010. These vehicles...
