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Tag: Renewables

  • Reports Unveil Roadmap to Clean Energy Future for Washington State

    With hydropower accounting for 69 percent of generating capacity, Washington State has one of the nation’s cleanest energy profiles. Still, 14 percent of the state’s grid is powered by coal and that portion accounts for 81 percent of the state’s climate pollution from electricity. The majority of the electricity comes from a coal plant in Colsrip,…

  • Solar: The Solution to America’s Energy and Economic Crisis

    Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), praised the rise of the solar energy sector while attempting to galvanize its stakeholders at the three-day Solar Power International 2013 event in Chicago. Resch welcomed visitors to the gathering, which began Monday, with the following address: “Since 2006, when the solar Investment Tax Credit…

  • Middle-Class Homeowners Biggest Buyers of Rooftop Solar

    If you thought there was financial exclusivity in installing residential rooftop solar panels, think again. Households with middle-class income—$40,000 to $90,000—are adding panels to their roofs more frequently than any segment, according to a report from the Center for American Progress (CAP). “Middle-class homeowners are overwhelmingly taking advantage of rooftop solar,” said Mari Hernandez, a…

  • Renewable Energy Capacity Outpacing Coal, Oil and Nuclear Combined

    The installation of new renewable energy capacity this year is outpacing oil, coal and nuclear sources combined. Categorized as renewable energy, solar, biomass, geothermal, water and wind sources collectively represented 30 percent of all new power capacity installed through the first nine months of this year, according to a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office…

  • Top Companies Invested in Solar Energy Projects

    Some of the leading retailers and manufacturers are atop the list of businesses that have installed the most solar energy in the U.S. in the last year. The Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) “Solar Means Business” report, released yesterday, shows that businesses, nonprofits and governmental entities have installed 1,000 megawatts (MW) of new photovoltaic (PV) solar projects…