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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Not every company is ready to go solar, even though they may have the rooftop space for solar panels. The good news is that you can still profit from that solar-ready space, as utilities are now starting to lease out rooftop space for solar projects. Third-party leasing of rooftops or other spaces for solar arrays […]
New York City is going all in on solar. With the Solarize NYC project aiming to reduce solar costs by 20%, there has never been a better time to consider solar options in NYC. Solarize NYC key piece of OneNYC goal of moving toward renewables, part of Mayor de Blasio’s 80×50 commitment NEW YORK-Mayor Bill […]
Solar is growing, and fast! Almost 75% of the 16 Gigawatts of growth in 2016 will be large utility-scale projects that will help to stabilize mid-day peak demand power prices. The U.S. solar market is set to grow a staggering 119 percent this year, says GTM Research in its U.S. Solar Market Insight 2015 Year […]
New Jersey is looking to become the renewable energy leader in the Northeast with a goal of 80% renewables by 2050. With many states pushing for more and more renewable energy options and those renewable options becoming cheaper and cheaper, now is a good time to begin exploring long-term renewable energy options. Eighty percent of […]
Solar energy is no longer a fad! For the first time ever, solar beat out natural-gas capacity additions, with solar supplying 29.5 percent of all new electric generating capacity in the U.S. in 2015. Installing solar can help reduce energy costs, generate revenue, and even hedge against expected rising prices. In yet another record-breaking year, […]
Green energy is good, right? Indeed, but the “Duck Curve” presents an interesting side effect of having more renewable energy generation sources in the market. The article below is an fascinating must read. Check it out. Wind and solar power are pretty great, especially the part about how they don’t create pollution that kills people […]
2015 was a huge year for green energy, where over 60% of added capacity came from renewable sources. New capacity from nuclear, coal and oil will continue to decline. Looks like our green energy future may be closer than we think. It was quite a year for renewable energy. 2015 set the record for new […]
Full rail cars outside Cloud Peak Energy’s Antelope Coal loading terminal in Rawlins, Wyo. About 40 percent of the nation’s coal is mined on public land in the state. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will announce on Friday a halt to new coal mining leases on public lands as […]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on SNL Energy Wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs on a monthly average basis for on-peak hours were down 27%-37% across the nation in 2015 compared with 2014, driven largely by lower natural gas prices. Because natural gas-fired generation sets the marginal price in many markets, wholesale electricity […]
Getting to 100% renewable energy in the US by 2050 is a goal that is gaining traction among the US public. Reports from many environmental organizations have been written on how to get to this target, including from Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Foundation. After last year’s COP21 conference, the momentum has gotten stronger in […]
