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Got solar? The Las Vegas Sun gets snarky in a fun article about those bashing government investment in renewable energy like Solyndra. The angry man on the radio told me I should be outraged about Solyndra. A fiasco, no doubt, but we should have some perspective. Remember the $6.6 billion of American currency on [...] The wind industry in particular will be adversely affected by the refusal of Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit. In addition, the expired 1603 Treasury grant program for solar and other renewables was not revived. It’s no exaggeration to say that thousands of jobs are now in peril as well as plans for new [...] The tariffs, which are quite low, are based on the amount of subsidies the Chinese companies get from their government. The second tariff, an anti-dumping duty, is coming soon. I guess by that logic, China could put a tariff on products for any US company that gets financial help from our government. China probably will [...] Arlington Valley Solar Energy II. Credit: avsepublic.com Renewable energy and especially solar power, is catching on fast in Arizona. The BLM has identified 237,000 acres for possible renewable energy use and business leaders say the move to renewables is unstoppable. The sun shines 300 days a year, and there’s plenty of wind too. As [...] Sphelar spherical solar cells Called the Sphelar, the cell shuns the traditional flat substrate photovoltaic design and opts for much more efficient shape – the sphere. While traditional flat solar cells are easy to design and produce, their main problem is that their efficiency relies on their relative position to the sun This is [...] John Prusa, 57, director of innovation and technology for New Vision Renewable Energy, stands with the solar panels that have helped his Philippi, W.Va., home run on renewable energy. (Photo: Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) An unlikely partnership between a minister and a Czech-born local inventor has created a non-profit organization called New Vision Renewable Energy which [...] wikimedia commons Renewable energy projects of all size but especially grid-scale projects are increasing running into concerted opposition from NIMBYs who, while they might favor clean energy, don’t want it located anywhere they can see it. NIMBY of course is an acronym for ‘Not In My Back Yard’ while BANANAs are even more extreme, [...] Reflected heat from the sun powers an air turbine in the tower. Sweet. This is a genuine innovation in concentrated solar power. The power is completely clean. Other types of CSP use water or natural gas to power the turbines. But this technique uses no natural resources at all. The business plan would be [...] Whether or not we like it, massive solar developments will change America’s deserts forever. [...] green.blogs.nytimes.com For years we did a very good job at hindering domestic solar development on our own. Thanks mostly to useless Washington bureaucrats and the special interests that have long controlled them. As a result, China beat us to the punch. And they’re doing it again with wind energy, too. Do we really need [...] |  | ||||
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