A preliminary finding by the Commerce Department suggests that if penalties are levied, they could be retroactive.
01.31.2012
Categories: Alternative Energy, China, Commerce Department, Customs (Tariff), duties, Energy Business, Energy Politics, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, International Trade and World Market, job losses, Labor and Jobs, Politics and Policy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, SolarWorld AG, United States International Trade Commission, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
01.19.2012
Categories: a year in the woods, Alternative Energy, Electric Light and Power, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, grid, Home Wind Power, Maine, power and electricity, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
Factory-rated output is not woods-of-Maine output, the author discovers as he adds up the kilowatt hours.
01.04.2012
Categories: Alternative and Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, BrightSource, Electric Light and Power, Energy Business, energy storage, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, solar thermal, solarreserve, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
Some companies are betting that the increased use of solar panels will open the way for solar thermal, a kind of energy storage that compensates for the vagaries of photovoltaic generation.
12.30.2011
Categories: Alternative Energy, electricity auctions, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Politics and Policy, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
Two auctions of electricity generated with solar power were far more successful than anyone anticipated.
12.21.2011
Categories: Air Pollution, Alternative Energy, Christine C. Quinn, Emissions Reduction, Energy Politics, environment, Fuel Efficiency, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Home Wind Power, Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City, Politics and Policy, Quinn, Christine C, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation, Zoning | Add a Comment
A proposal from the Bloomberg administration and City Council would make it easier for property owners to add insulation to exterior walls, for example, and install awnings, skylights, green roofs, solar panels and greenhouses.
12.10.2011
Categories: Alternative Energy, California, Chu, Steven, Conventional Energy, Department of Energy, Electric Light and Power, Energy Business, Energy Politics, environment, Florida, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Politics and Policy, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, renewable energy, Rooftop Solar Challenge, solar financing, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, steven chu, SunShot, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation, Zoning | Add a Comment
Estimating that 40 to 50 percent of the cost of owning and operating a rooftop solar power system is administrative expenses, the Department of Energy organized a competition to find the best ways of bringing those costs down.
12.07.2011
Categories: China, Commerce Department, Customs (Tariff), environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, International Trade and World Market, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, United States International Trade Commission, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
The International Trade Commission said that imported solar panels from China were being sold in the United States at less than fair value.
12.01.2011
Categories: Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barney Frank, Breaking News, copper mining, Desmond M. Tutu, Energy Business, environment, global warming, gold mining, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, mining, Peru, Politics and Policy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, tutu, Water Quantity, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
A deputy environment minister resigns to protest the Peruvian government’s backing for the vast Minas Conga project, which seeks to produce 680,000 ounces of gold and 235 million pounds of copper annually
10.25.2011
Categories: environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
If you don’t have a green thumb, but love your electronics, the Electree could just be the perfect house plant. The Solar Bonsai Electree was created by French designer Vivien Muller and recently appeared on the Red Ferret tech blog. The bonsai-inspi…
10.25.2011
Categories: environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
If you don’t have a green thumb, but love your electronics, the Electree could just be the perfect house plant. The Solar Bonsai Electree was created by French designer Vivien Muller and recently appeared on the Red Ferret tech blog. The bonsai-inspi…
