Commercial adoption of solar is surging nationwide. On December 26, the Louisiana utility Entergy announced it had reached its goal of installing 5 megawatts (MW) of distributed-scale solar in the city of New Orleans. Nearly...
Id Mjahdi, located near Morocco’s Atlantic coast, is Africa’s first fully solar-powered village, according to CNN. Now, the country has its sights set on becoming a model for renewable energy. The solar power project provides...
In the fight against global warming, new sources of cleaner fuel are constantly emerging. Recently, the main supplier of power to the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles raised eyebrows with an unprecedented proposal...
Renewables have made great strides in recent years to bring down their costs and become competitive with traditional fuel sources. The good news for renewables is that those costs are continuing to drop. According to a recent...
In 2002, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Taos, N.M., began implementing solar energy for its distribution grid, which serves three counties in the state. At the time, board members voted to move toward a goal of 100%...
Despite rising popularity and growing market share, renewables still face delays. A massive wind farm project proposed for Wyoming has been in the works for over 10 years. On Oct. 21, Chokecherry and Sierra Madre project took...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a solar farm coming to Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia. One of the D.C. region’s airports may soon feature one of the largest solar facilities in Northern...
Data centers are part of everyday life—from enabling email storage to internet searches and navigation apps—and because of the growing demand by users, data center operators are feeling pressure to reduce expenses and improve...
While more renewables are coming online in the United States, built and installed by large utilities, homeowners and commercial businesses, an often-overlooked market for these purchases is large corporations. According to a...
State and local policymakers, and others involved in energy generation, are not quantifying or fully reflecting the health benefits of efficiency and renewables projects during decision-making processes, according to a new...
Renewable power is growing on all fronts, and wind power is leading the way. According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) new projects coming online are propelling the industry to record breaking levels of...
Many creative forms of financing solar power have helped boost the technology and overcome challenges to widespread adoption. In Florida, one of the nation’s largest energy providers is embracing one of those innovative...
As more coal plants age out, Great Plains states—which are sunny, wide-open, and windy and have a lot of room for ethanol-producing cornfields—now have some of the highest percentages of renewable generation within their...
While the federal government has pulled back from efforts to address global warming and the Trump administration is vocally pro-fossil fuels, Chicago, like many other major U.S. cities, is further committing itself to...
In last week's midterm elections, most of the state ballot initiatives pertaining to clean energy suffered losses, though renewable power supporters cheered at the results in Nevada and in some key governor races. In...
Wind power is now well-established and enjoying impressive growth. Federal assistance disappears after 2019 (for the most part), so the growth may slow, but for how long is debatable if wind-power electric rates remain...
Cleveland, a metropolitan center known more for its urban struggles than its progressive energy policies, has joined the ranks of American cities that have fully embraced clean power. In its updated Climate Action Plan...
Shining the light on solar energy is one of the main goals of the Illinois Solar Energy Association’s (ISEA) new educational tools. The ISEA recently launched several educational tools to help the public better understand...
Government often has been the leader and the catalyst in the movement toward renewable energy. At the same time, government has faced its challenges. In 2017, the city of Atlanta joined the ranks of major American cities...
In the race to capture market share from traditional fossil fuels, variability has been solar and wind power's biggest obstacle. Clean, renewable energy can be generated only when the sun shines and the wind blows. However...
