Solar Energy
Solar energy — energy from the sun — is a renewable energy source used for heat and electricity. We include a range of stories about the deployment of solar energy collection technology such as solar panels, rooftop arrays and solar fields. We also include articles on companies’ usage of solar energy to improve the efficiency of their operations and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Turbine Standards, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Sustainable Wallcoverings
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), agreed to cooperate on the advancement of more efficient permitting for wind ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL, Wyoming Aquifer, Alaska Energy Authority, EPA Enforcement 2011
Republicans expressed confidence that Congress will reach an agreement that extends the payroll tax cut, now in the Senate. The House bill contains a measure to ...
Up to Half of Solar Costs are Administrative, DOE Says
Between 40 and 50 percent of the cost of ownership and operation for a rooftop solar system is contributed by administrative costs such as ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Calif. Emissions Rules, Bonneville Power, FDA Plans BPA Decision
California's Air Resources Board proposed new rules to reduce emissions from vehicles, including putting 1.4 million electric, plug-in and hydrogen cars on the state's roads by ...
Solar Costs Are Dropping. Is It in Your Future?
With all the bad press from the federal bailout of Solyndra, one fact was forgotten. Sales of Solyndra’s alternative ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: COP 17 Durban, SolarWorld, Better Buildings Challenge, Boiler MACT
Durban: U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres remains hopeful that countries can get past the years of gridlock to reach fresh, binding commitments to GHG reductions, Reuters ...
Renewables Briefing: NextEra, Google, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Boeing and SolarCity
A NextEra Energy Resources LLC wind farm in Oklahoma providing energy to Google is operational, according to McClatchy-Tribune Regional News.
The 100.8 MW Minco II Wind ...
Solar Briefing: L’Oreal, Carmanah, San Diego, Cogenra and Defense Dept.
L'Oreal USA's North Little Rock, Ark., manufacturing facility's solar array installation is fully operational. The 13 kW solar array will provide 18,000 kWh of electricity annually, ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Climate Bonds, ISO 50001, Cradle to Cradle, Green Leaf
The Climate Bonds Initiative has released a prototype Climate Bond Standard - a screening tool for investors and governments to support investment in the ...
Five Questions To Ask About Grid-Interactive Energy
Renewable energy is a market on the move. With announcements coming nearly every day about the latest advances in harnessing the elements ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: More EPA Delays, Solar Trade Dispute, Chevron Fined
The EPA said it will delay proposing the country's first-ever greenhouse gas limits on oil refineries, the latest setback for the agency that has struggled to ...
Analyst: U.S. Tariffs, Solar Price Rises ‘Likely’
As the Chinese solar power industry considers filing a retaliatory trade case against the U.S., IDC research manager in renewable energy Jay Holman said ...
Green Building Brief: Seattle Benchmarking, Kone Elevators, Retrofit Rules
Seattle is moving into the next stage of its Building Energy Benchmarking and Reporting Program, launched in May. The city has ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Climate Pact Setback, California Tailpipe Rules, Biofuel Support
The world's richest countries have all but given up on a new climate treaty that would take effect this decade ahead of next month's talks in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Carbon Rules, Soot Standard, Competing Studies
The EPA said that it will propose twice-delayed rules for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants early next year, Reuters reported. The agency delayed the ...
EPA Reveals Green Leadership Award Winners
Google, Intel, Kohl's, Staples and the Empire State Building were among the winners of the EPA's Green Power Leadership Awards, presented ...
Renewables Briefing: Bernard Matthews, China Solar Leap, Biggest Wind-Hydro Plant
Turkey company Bernard Matthews is planning a £4m ($6.4) anaerobic digester at its Holton factory in Suffolk, U.K., in a move that the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Keystone XL Delayed, Solar Tariffs, EDF Hacking
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until after the 2012 election, The New York ...
Renewable Energy Pledge, Industry Association Launched
The City of Austin, Texas, the Bank of Georgetown, Stevens Pass ski resort, Diamond Packaging, Southern Oregon University and marketer-printer Sandy Alexander are the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: New Source CO2 Standards, Gulf Drilling, Romney Energy Plan
The EPA said Tuesday that it will write carbon dioxide emissions standards for new power plants for the first time, The Los Angeles Times reported. ...
