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Cheaper Solar Panels Fuel Rise In Renewable Energy

AP | Posted 06.13.2013 | Green

BERLIN -- A dramatic drop in the price of solar power technology last year helped the continued growth of renewable energy, according to a U.N.-backed...

Trade Wars on Solar Energy Miss the Point

Sunita Narain | Posted 06.03.2013 | Green
Sunita Narain

The problem is, countries have never considered the competing and often conflicting objectives. As a result, solar energy, instead of becoming the messenger of the new cooperative world, is getting embroiled in messy battles.

"Resilience" Expanding Support for Renewable Energy

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 06.10.2013 | Green
Carol Pierson Holding

Last week, the wine-making town of Sebastopol became the second California city after Lancaster to require that solar panels be installed in all new b...

Top 5 Green Gifts for Mother's Day

Terry Tamminen | Posted 05.07.2013 | Impact
Terry Tamminen

Yes, it will take a very special gift to really say "I love you, mom" to our Mother Earth. Here are the top 5 green Mother's Day gifts that our favorite planet has recently received and which may provide you a few shopping ideas for the other moms in your life.

Lessons From China's Rooftops

Terry Tamminen | Posted 05.29.2013 | Green
Terry Tamminen

If the excess capacity of Suntech and other solar panel makers was harnessed to generate clean energy, might China tame its air pollution problems faster and maintain its ambitious 8 percent annual economic growth goal at the same time?

Are Solar Batteries The Next Big Thing In Renewable Energy?

Reuters | Posted 05.08.2013 | Green

By Christoph Steitz and Stephen Jewkes FRANKFURT/MILAN, March 8 (Reuters) - Renewable energy is constantly evolving and challenging tr...

California's New Era of Rooftop Solar

Dean Kuipers | Posted 03.26.2013 | Green
Dean Kuipers

Yes, it takes thousands of roofs to match one big project. But rooftops have more accessible capacity, and more community benefits, and investments of both money and intention are starting to flow that way.

Has Your Neighborhood Caught The Solar Power Bug?

Posted 10.26.2012 | Green

From Earth Techling's Pete Danko: Here’s a thought for solar marketers: If you’ve done a few rooftop projects in a neighborhood, don’t be so ...

Distributed Generation - A Key Piece of the Energy Puzzle

Craig Lewis | Posted 10.23.2012 | Los Angeles
Craig Lewis

Streamlining distributed generation (DG) in the U.S. will put the nation on a path towards lasting energy independence. California can serve as a standard that states and utilities across the country can use.

College: Drop Out or Stay In?

Sierra | Posted 12.05.2012 | College
Sierra

By the time she arrived in Kenya, between her freshman and sophomore years at Princeton, Eden Full had already done the kind of hands-on work that can make a smart, ambitious student wonder whether getting a college degree is all that necessary.

Which Continent Led The World In Solar Panel Installation In 2011?

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 09.25.2012 | Green

While the U.S. prepares to hand over $197 million in government funding to solar power start-up SoloPower, a new report from the European Union's Join...

U.S. Poised To Hand Over Millions To Another Solar Panel Start-Up

Reuters | Nichola Groom | Posted 11.23.2012 | Green

LOS ANGELES, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A tiny solar company named SoloPower will flip the switch on production at a U.S. factory Thursday, a major step to...

Solar Means Business

Rhone Resch | Posted 11.18.2012 | Green
Rhone Resch

U.S. commercial solar installations have reduced those business' utility bills by millions of dollars annually while generating enough electricity to power more than 390,000 homes.

Behold, Apple’s Giant Field Of Solar Panels

GigaOM | Posted 11.14.2012 | Technology

A TV station in North Carolina snapped these still video clips of the solar farm being built next to Apple's data center. It looks like it's getting c...

Joe Van Brussel

Sungevity's Solar-Powered Solution

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Van Brussel | Posted 09.04.2012 | Small Business

In California, one of the states hit hardest by the Great Recession, Danny Kennedy is working to spur growth and innovation by casting light on an oft...

Israel's Honeycomb Collectors Keep Houses Warm in Cold Climates

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.22.2012 | Green
Karin Kloosterman

Israel is the land of milk and honey -- and solar water heaters. Taking the idea of solar thermal hot water heaters to the next level is Tigi Solar, a new Israeli company that was inspired by the busy bee.

Women Didn't Buy Smokes in the '20s for the Same Reason People Don't Buy Solar Power Today

Dave Llorens | Posted 10.13.2012 | Green
Dave Llorens

Solar needs its own Ed Bernays. The reason is simple. Today, most people don't think that solar is a "thing they do" to save money.

Sorry, Taxpayers, Solyndra's Not Paying Back Most Of Its Government Loan

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.30.2012 | Business

Solyndra's not going to pay back the better part of its loans, which is bad news for its investors -- better known as U.S. taxpayers. Solyndra, the...

7 Strange Ads For Solar Power

Posted 07.26.2012 | Green

From Mother Nature Network's Chris Turner: This week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced plans to double the solar power capacity on the Gard...

Businesses With Impact: Fenix International, Maker of The Fenix ReadySet Solar Kit

Jesse Seaver | Posted 09.18.2012 | Impact
Jesse Seaver

Inspired by how "mobile banking" revolutionized financial independence, Fenix believes that "mobile energy" is the next exciting frontier that will power laptops, tablets and even water purifiers and vaccine refrigerators off-grid.

Give Solar Panels a Break

Terry Tamminen | Posted 08.19.2012 | Green
Terry Tamminen

If China is subsidizing solar panels, let's thank them and ask them to do more. The cheaper those panels are, the more Americans will go back to work installing them all over the country.

The Case for U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels

Usha Haley | Posted 08.19.2012 | Business
Usha Haley

With the U.S. Commerce Department's preliminary decision to impose 31-percent anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese photovoltaic solar panels, some commentators warned that this is the first shot in a job-killing trade war with China. Prediction of a trade war is largely a dangerous myth.

Making the Impossible Possible: From Kennedy's Moonshot to Solar's SunShot

Ramamoorthy Ramesh | Posted 08.18.2012 | Green
Ramamoorthy Ramesh

As we continue to push for innovation to drive down the cost of solar, it's much easier to imagine a day in the near future when we will reach $1 per watt for a fully installed solar energy system.

Global Renewable Energy Investment Reached Record Levels In 2011

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 08.11.2012 | Green

GENEVA (AP) — Global investment in renewable energy reached a record of $257 billion last year, with solar attracting more than half the total spend...

Murkowski Warns Against ‘Knee-Jerk’ Reaction To Solyndra

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 06.05.2012 | Green

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) warned against a “knee-jerk” response to Solyndra, breaking with top Republicans as she voiced her support for fede...