In the wake of the Trump administration aiming to destroy California’s clean car standards, we have seen other states join the fight. Various US States and environmental organizations have joined the lawsuit against the EPA. But an even stronger step is one like Minnesota took the other day, to adopt…
Solar power isn’t dead in the Trump Administration. Instead, the Dept of Energy announced last week that the 2020 SunShot cost reduction goals were met, and therefore the focus of the Solar Energy Technologies Office would shift to longer-term goals such as Grid Reliability and Energy Storage. “With the impressive…
Solar- and Wind- based electricity is clean and renewable, offering a great solution for both Climate and Fossil Fuel Availability problems. But both sources are intermittent, meaning they don’t provide 24 hours a day, and therefore adopting renewable electricity in a big way requires changes in the electricity production/consumption system.…
Next week is the 8th edition of Sen. Harry Reid’s National Clean Energy Conference (NCES 8.0). This year the Keynote will be delivered by none other than President Obama. The agenda is a whats-what of great clean energy ideas – rooftop solar – clean energy investment ideas – the advantages…
For excellent coverage of his remarks at the NCES – Elon Musk’s electric dreams of sun-powered cars – http://www.pv-tech.org/editors_blog/elon_musks_electric_dreams_of_sun_powered_cars
Denise Bode describes the prospects for jobs and growth in the wind energy industry. “We’ve got to have a diversified electric portfolio,” she notes, “to protect consumers and keep prices down.”
Nevada Senator Harry Reid welcomes industry experts, clean energy innovators, academics, public officials and others to Las Vegas for the National Clean Energy Summit 5.0.
FedEx CEO Fred Smith discusses foreign oil dependence significant threat to national and economic security at the National Clean Energy Summit, stating, “The United States oil dependence on imported petroleum — after weapons of mass destruction and terrorism — is our greatest single national risk.” After emphasizing the economic, military,…
Input document for the “Clean Energy Ministerial” prepared by the IEA. Key Findings Market viability of some clean energy technologies is progressing, but the overall rate of deployment falls short of achieving the ETP 2°C Scenario (2DS). The cost gap between electricity generated from renewables and that from fossil fuels…
