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Apr 18, 20181 min read
Regional Energy Policy Leadership with Tim McRae
California has the best energy policies for clean and renewable energy in the country. And by no accident, because in general that is...
Dec 19, 20171 min read
Natural Gas - Our Most Popular Fuel
Here’s a trivia question… What do you think is our most commonly used energy source? Is it solar, wind, nuclear, coal, oil, natural gas?...
Dec 6, 20171 min read
National Climate Assessment
Global annual surface air temperatures have increased by 1.8 degree Fahrenheit over the last 115 years. It’s the warmest in the history...
Nov 6, 20172 min read
DOE Grid Reliability Study
The Department of Energy’s “Grid Reliability Study” came to the logical conclusion that low cost natural gas-fired power plants are the...
Nov 1, 20172 min read
Trump’s Anti-Environment Policies
Killing the Clean Power Plan Changing utility pricing policies to favor coal and nuclear fuels Providing huge loan guarantees to nuclear...
Oct 9, 20171 min read
Solar Tariffs Increasing Solar Panel Prices
The solar industry is likely headed into a recession. Solar tariffs that will double the price of panels are almost inevitable — and...
Sep 11, 20171 min read
Designing a Reliable Electric Grid
Over the past few months we’ve experienced a solar eclipse, several devastating hurricanes, another under-construction nuclear plant...
Aug 20, 20172 min read
The Solar Eclipse Is Increasing Solar Prices
Millions of Americans were using cereal boxes, telescopes, and flimsy plastic solar viewing glasses to witness the Solar Eclipse on...
Jul 13, 20173 min read
San Jose Mercury News Op-Ed: More solar panels and battery storage at homes could prevent power fail
At 1:30 on a Sunday afternoon in June, I experienced the second power outage at my Silicon Valley home this year. Then, last weekend a...
May 29, 20171 min read
The Solar Coaster
I think Charles Dickens was describing the Solar Coaster in his introduction to “A Tale of Two Cities”: It was the best of times, it was...
May 15, 20171 min read
Remember the EPA?
all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn and work; national efforts...
Mar 13, 20172 min read
Coal, Nuclear and Oil are Losing Steam - Can They Compete?
Our sources of electrical power are quickly shifting. In 2016 there was 26 gigawatts of new electrical-utility capacity added in the U.S....
Mar 7, 20171 min read
Future Rooftop Solar Costs - Getting to $2.50/watt
The solar industry is one of our most obvious success stories. Our industry directly employs 261,000 people. We generate energy that is...
Mar 1, 20171 min read
Protecting the Solar Consumer - Interview with Tom Kimbis from SEIA
The promise to homeowner’s is simple: install solar panels on your roof and save money on your electric bills. There are about 10,000...
Feb 17, 20172 min read
DOE Jobs Report
In January the Department of Energy (DOE) published their annual jobs report. The U.S. energy industry employees 6.4 million people. The...
Jan 27, 20171 min read
Carbon Tax
“Pigovian Tax.” If you know what this means, then you can skip this week’s Energy Show on Renewable Energy World. For everyone else...
Dec 12, 20162 min read
I Was Wrong About Peak Oil
We used to worry about the time when the world would start running out of fossil fuels, defined as Peak Oil. The concept of Peak Oil is...
Nov 21, 20161 min read
Solar Under the Trump Administration
Our country had a surprise when Trump was elected as our next President. He takes office in fewer than two months. Compared to his...
Nov 13, 20163 min read
What We Can Do To Continue Solar Momentum- A Solar Pep Talk
The sun was shining the morning Donald Trump became president-elect. I checked. Solar continues to be the most cost-effective way of...
Oct 3, 20162 min read
Electric Utilities Don’t Want Solar on your Roof
Rooftop solar is the cheapest way to generate electricity for your home or business. That’s good for you — but not for your local...
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