Renewable Energy Focus - White House announces new action on solar energy: TIME - May 9 -
The White House is announcing executive actions to advance clean energy on Friday, including $2 billion worth of upgrades to...more
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Renewable Energy Focus: California’s net zero energy building to reshape U.S. construction industry - Alternative Energy News - Apr 15:
California’s recent revisions to Title 24 put in place ambitious performance...more
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Renewable Energy Focus - U.S. Senate Committee votes to extend tax breaks for wind farms: Renewable Energy World News - Apr 4 --
U.S. wind farms would keep their treasured tax breaks as part of an $85 billion package...more
Renewable Energy Focus - California’s plan to replace San Onofre nuclear energy: green success or natural gas giveaway?: Green Tech Solar News - Mar 14 --
The California Public Utilities Commission’s long-range plan to...more
Renewable Energy Focus - New DOE loan guarantee program: Green Tech Solar News - Feb 27:
The Department of Energy is targeting from $1.5 billion to as much as $4 billion for a new renewable energy project loan...more
Renewable Energy Focus - With $6.5 billion loan, nuclear energy gets new life in U.S. -- SustainableBusiness.com - Feb 24:
Although Republicans lambasted Department of Energy (DOE) programs that support renewable energy...more
Renewable Energy Focus - San Francisco announces 0-50-100 plan to fight climate change: SustainableBusiness.com - Feb 14 -
San Francisco says it is closing in on the goals of its 2004 Climate Action Plan, and the city...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Department of Energy announces $30 million for novel and hybrid solar technologies: Solar Server News - Feb 6 --
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced $30 million in Advanced...more
Renewable Energy Focus: Judge rules that San Diego Gas & Electric can’t cancel Montana wind farm deal: Sacramento CBS Local - Jan 27:
A California utility was barred Monday from canceling its power purchase contract...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Catching rays in California, and storing them - New York Times - Dec 23:
Solar power is growing so fast in California — with installations by customers increasing tenfold since 2006 — that it is...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - California Intends to Add Trichloroethylene (TCE) To Proposition 65 Reproductive Toxicity Lis: BNA - Dec 12 -
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Renewable energy to the rescue for California's Salton Sea: SustainableBusiness.com - Nov 27 -
Geothermal energy is coming to the rescue of California's Salton Sea while also giving a huge boost...more
Renewable Energy Focus: $6 million for electric vehicle infrastructure in California -- Green Car Congress - Nov 13:
The California Energy Commission has issued a $6 million competitive grant solicitation to fund the...more
Renewable Energy Focus: Feds move to choose vendors based on environmental performance -- SustainableBusiness.com - Oct 29:
The U.S. General Services Administration, the government's purchasing arm, is proposing a new...more
Environmental and Policy Focus -- Greenhouse Gas Dispute Dismissed Over Lack of Standing to Sue - CourtHouse News - Oct 17:
Environmental groups lack standing to challenge the Washington state Ecology Department's...more
Renewable Energy Focus -- California must add 1.3 gigawatts of power storage by 2020 - Bloomberg Renewable Energy News - Oct 18:
California regulators today voted unanimously to require the state’s utilities to...more
Renewable Energy Focus -- Movin' and shakin': geothermal projects face a rocky road: Renewable Energy World - Sep 30 -
Geothermal energy, one of the "forgotten renewables," powers 4,419 megawatts, or just more than 1...more
Renewable Energy Focus - California renewables rise and the grid survives: Earth Techling - Sep 25 --
Forecasts of doom for the California power grid have been popping up since the state began its aggressive pursuit of...more
Renewable Energy Focus -- DOE's Loan Programs Office has financed $16 billion in renewables, and more is coming: Renewable Energy World - Aug 24 -
The Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) has loaned $16...more
Renewable Energy Focus - FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff: solar 'is going to overtake everything' -- Green Tech Solar News - Aug 22:
If anybody doubts that federal energy regulators are aware of the rapidly changing...more
Department of Energy commits to unleashing delayed efficiency standards
GreenTech Efficiency News - Aug 12
A coalition of ten states and the City of New York just announced that the Department of Energy has...more
The wind industry gets its groove back
GreenTech Media Headlines - Aug 7
Money is flowing back into wind after a first quarter hiatus stemming from policy uncertainty. The $210 million in venture capital investments...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Renewables outpace coal, oil, and nuclear energy in U.S.: REVE Wind News - Jul 20 --
Renewable energy sources, including wind energy, solar power, biomass, hydro, and geothermal energy,...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Finally there's evidence that we're embracing energy innovation -- Earth2Tech Blog - Jul 25:
Two recent energy policy moves are evidence that policymakers are finally starting to figure out the...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Why aren't there more solar plants in the desert? -- The Huffington Post - Business - Jul 2:
The vast and glittering Ivanpah solar facility in California will soon start sending electrons to...more