Converting New York State Entirely to Renewable Energy: What Would It Look Like?

Converting New York State Entirely to Renewable Energy: What Would It Look Like?
While the State of New York hashes out deep disagreement over how to deal with sugary megadrinks that contribute to obesity, maybe they can turn their attention to something a little less complicated — like mapping a full conversion to 100 percent renewable energy in less than 20 years. Stanford...

China Boosts Energy, Emissions Goals After Record Pollution

China Boosts Energy, Emissions Goals After Record Pollution
China will step up efforts to cut its emissions and improve energy efficiency this year after record air pollution in Beijing, where the national legislature opened its annual meeting today. The government will reduce the nation’s carbon emissions and energy use per unit of gross domestic product...

Seven Green Stocks I Told My Sister to Buy

Seven Green Stocks I Told My Sister to Buy
Yesterday, I wrote about how my annual green stock trading advice had worked out for my sister and readers (well) and the two stocks where I thought she should take profits: LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and Potlatch Corp (NYSE:PCH). I also promised a follow up article on my buy recommendations.  Here...

Mount St. Mary’s Solar Farm Will Not Affect MD SREC Market Stability According to Letter Issued by MEA

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) issued a letter earlier today addressing the concerns surrounding the State’s approach to managing the SRECs related to the recently built Mount St. Mary’s (MSM) 17.4 MW solar farm.  With 75 MW of installed capacity already in Maryland, and the expectation...

The Solar PV Ecosystem, A Brief History and a Look Ahead

The Solar PV Ecosystem, A Brief History and a Look Ahead
The solar value chain, meaning its ecosystem, begins with raw material suppliers, winds its way through equipment and consumable suppliers, to ingot, wafer, cell technology manufacturers to module assemblers (most cell manufacturers also assemble modules), to demand side participants (system integrators,...

UK Will Be $30 Billion Better Off with Wind Instead of Gas, Says Report

LONDON — A new report which compares the economics of gas and offshore wind for the UK concludes that the country would be about $30 billion better off by 2020 if it went down the renewables road. Written by think-tank Cambridge Econometrics, the report is released...

California County’s PACE Program Could Get Feisty with Feds

California County’s PACE Program Could Get Feisty with Feds
Does a Riverside County, CA, residential energy financing program put thousands of homeowners on a collision course with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)? In a proposed rule-making, the FHFA has suggested that Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) policies represent a threat to the safety...

Britain on the ‘Cusp of an Energy Renaissance’

Britain on the ‘Cusp of an Energy Renaissance’
  UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey Wednesday said “we are on the cusp of a renaissance in British energy” after unveiling the government’s long-awaited Energy Bill. Speaking to journalists after he had addressed the House of Commons, Davey said the Bill had “given industry and...

Obama Plans for Climate Deal as Fiscal Cliff Talks Rage

Obama Plans for Climate Deal as Fiscal Cliff Talks Rage
WASHINGTON D.C. — As leaders in Washington obsess about the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama is putting in place the building blocks for a climate treaty requiring the first fossil- fuel emissions cuts from both the U.S. and China.State Department envoy Todd Stern is in Doha this week working...

IBM Helping UK Ministry Of Defence Go Smarter And Greener

IBM Helping UK Ministry Of Defence Go Smarter And Greener
IBM has partnered with the UK’s Defense Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to provide the department with its smarter buildings software and services in an attempt to reduce building costs and increase efficiency. “The award of this contract to IBM represents a major milestone in transforming the...