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Energy Policy and the Adoption of Renewables

Renewable Energy World does a good job at tracking the adoption of clean energy at all levels, including continental.  Here’s an article that explains why Europe is unlikely to achieve its goal of 20% penetration of renewables by 2020. While

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Posted in Renewables - Politics

Apple Looks For New Renewable Energy Procurement Methods

According to this article by Renewable Energy World’s Meg Cichon,  Apple is replacing a great deal of the energy it consumes with renewables.  That’s hardly shocking; the company’s entire brand is built around living harmoniously with its customers.  What surprised

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Posted in Energy Storage

Can We Have a Level Playing Field for Renewable Energy?

Here’s a terrific piece by Renewable Energy World’s Jennifer Runyon explaining the need for and status of changes in the way that clean energy projects are financed.   As it turns out, master limited partnerships (MLPs) and real estate investment trusts

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Posted in Renewables - Business

President Obama's Re-election Buoys Clean Energy

It goes without saying that the renewable energy industry here in the U.S. drew a collective sigh of relief when President Obama was re-elected on Tuesday.  For reasons I’ve mentioned dozens of times, I remain extremely dubious that we’ll see any real

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Clean Energy and Fossil Fuels: A Polarizing Issue

“Stephen Lacey” is a familiar name to many readers here. Stephen is one of the most impressive young people I’ve ever met. Fresh from a journalism major in college, he learned more about the clean energy industry in a few months

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Posted in Renewables - Politics

Stephen Lacey – Climate Progress

It will be with great pleasure that I’ll walk into the office of my friend Stephen Lacey tomorrow afternoon, a young man who has already contributed so greatly to the cause of replacing fossil fuels and nuclear with renewables.  In

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Posted in Sustainability

Solar Goes Mainstream

Renewable Energy World’s Steve Leone published an article today on solar and its attempts to go mainstream, in which he mentions a great number of developments that will ultimately make solar far more appealing to consumers than it is currently.

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Posted in Photovoltaics

Renewable Energy's Competitors Face Tough Times As Well

Sure, clean energy is under fire in our current political and economic environment.  But here’s a post I wrote on Renewable Energy World, in which I point out that its competitors are facing some tough times as well. 

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Posted in Renewables - Business

Stephen Lacey at ClimateProgress.Org – Making a Statement

When I met Stephen Lacey at Renewable Energy World a few years ago, I recall one of the first things he told me about his organization. “We advocate for renewables and against nothing,” he explained. I clarified, “So you don’t

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Posted in Renewables - Politics

Secretary Chu: United States Faces a Choice in Energy

Eric Mathis is obviously a young man who “gets it.”  He posted a comment on my piece on Joe Biden’s speech that I put on Renewable Energy World, in which he linked to a post he wrote on GreenForAll. In it

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