Archive for May, 2009
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Many consider SEIA's "U.S. Solar Industry Year in Review" to be the industry standard for year-end statistics, and people are taking note of the recent paper by Larry Sherwood et al, on installed megawatts of solar energy in 2008. Despite ending the year with the worst economic crisis in decades, ...
Posted in 2008 Commercial Solar Report, Commercial Solar, Energy Policy | 2 Comments »
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
The Waxman-Markey 2009 Clean Energy & Security Act is missing a piece of the carbon puzzle. Several pieces, actually. If we view Carbon Cap and Trade as a board game, with the objective of rapid reduction of US carbon pollution:
Missing: A set of compelling opportunities and incentives that drive traditional power producers and heavy ...
Posted in Cap and Trade, Commercial Solar, Energy Policy, Utility-scale Solar Power | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
The Portland Habilitation Center (PHC) recently held an open house to introduce the public to the largest solar installation in Oregon. PHC is a non-profit that trains and employs people with all types of disabilities. PHC occupies a 110,000 square foot building near the Portland airport and the Columbia River ...
Posted in 2008 Commercial Solar Report, Commercial Solar, Commercial Solar Finance, Green Buildings, Green Jobs | No Comments »
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Photovoltaics World, part of the Renewable Energy World network has an inspiring, if somewhat technical, video tour of First Solar's 10 megawatt El Dorado power plant in the Nevada desert. Originally built by First Solar under a contract with Sempra Generation, the solar plant will provide power to Pacific Gas ...
Posted in Utility-scale Solar Power | 2 Comments »
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Ten skyscrapers, planned and under construction, are described as the "Greenest Skyscrapers in the World". As exquisite as they are ambitious, these buildings represent a milestone in environmental design. From rotating towers layered with horizontal wind turbines, to a giant wing designed to funnel wind into turbine tubes, to wind ...
Posted in Green Building Policy, Green Buildings, LEED, Urban Planning and Solar | 1 Comment »
