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First Solar’s four-month construction time for its 17-megawatt thin-film Paloma solar facility in Gila Bend, Arizona, was “the fastest the industry has ever witnessed, to our knowledge, anywhere,” according to Program Manager Ted Geisler. Gila Bend is doing much more too in fast tracking renewable energy development. Green Tech Media has more Support is building for policies to encourage the growth of a globally competitive, subsidy independent cleantech sector in the United States, as moderate Republicans, industry insiders and analysts expressed keen interest in reforms that would drive production of cheaper, more innovative forms of energy. With looming decreases and eliminations of federal subsidies and tax credits [...] SunPower and First Solar, two major American solar photovoltaic companies, are closing factories. Overcapacity, competition from China, and governments cutting back on tax credits and subsidies are the primary reasons. This does not bode well for the growth of solar power. Credit: windpoweringamerica.gov Most people would probably choose California as the state with the highest percentage of electricity generation from wind power. As it turns out, California isn’t even close as it gets about 4% of its power from wind. The top honor goes South Dakota, with a whopping 22% of its power generation from [...] Blythe Solar Power groundbreaking. Credit: whitehouse.gov The 1 GW Blythe Solar Power Project in California was supposed to be the biggest solar power plant ever. But builder Solar Trust filed bankruptcy recently parent corporation did the same in Germany. Solar Trust is also the recipient of a $2.1 billion loan, the second largest loan [...] The volcanoes of Iceland could soon be pumping low-carbon electricity into the UK under government-backed plans for thousands of miles of high-voltage cables across the ocean floor. Wow. Let’s hope this happens. Compressed air energy storage is generally done by using excess renewable energy to pump air into underground caverns. The air is released as needed to create energy as needed. Hydrostor is testing CAES in giant plastic bags underwater. [...] South Dakota, at 22%! Followed by Iowa, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Oregon, and Oklahoma. Interesting, isn’t is, that many of them are red states? Maybe conservatives aren’t as opposed to renewable energy as we might be led to believe. Conspicuous by its absence in the top ten is California, which has [...] A Sustainable Business email juxtaposed these two headlines Denmark plans 100% renewable energy by 2050. They already get 25% of their energy from wind while the US, despite all the bleating about the wonderfulness of renewable energy, manages a pathetic 2.9%. US to get first offshore wind turbine in Virginia in 2013, assuming of course [...] wikimedia commons Leaks have shut the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Diego indefinitely. Germany and Japan are shutting down their nuclear plants and going to renewable energy. Scotland plans to be 100% renewable by 20202. The US and California need to do the same. California leads the nation in renewable energy but [...] |  | ||||
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