"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Renewable energy is growing fast in California. The state has mandated 33% renewable energy by 2020. That’s a long way to go and a short time to get there. Wind, solar, geothermal, big and small hydropower, tidal power, and wave…
James Wimberley over at The Reality Based Community takes a look at the geographic distribution of solar, wind and geothermal sites in this country, using some nifty maps from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and considers some implications, including…
We’re accustomed to having electricity all the time. In fact, it’s a big deal when our power fails for a few hours or more. But there are many parts of the world where people still must routinely depend on candles…
Austin now has the biggest solar plant in Texas at 300 MW while San Antonio plans 400 MW more in the next five years. Texas leads the country in wind power and is now moving fast on solar too.
In our experience, all of the big U.S. solar module manufactures have one approach: they sell their modules to only a few big distributors, and the more you buy, the bigger the discount. But today there is an interesting twist…