Seth Masia is editor of SOLAR TODAY Magazine and director of communications at the American Solar Energy Society.
Trade War Goes to the Trenches
The solar-module trade war is growing hotter, with new salvos fired by both sides.
American Solar Energy Society comments on Abound Solar bankruptcy
For immediate release BOULDER, Colo., July 2, 2012 — “We’re saddened that Abound Solar was undercapitalized to compete in a fast-maturing market,” said Susan Greene, president of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). “Every industry goes through a similar period of consolidation as it achieves economies of scale. We applaud Abound for the way it [...]
Aruba Headed for 100% Renewables
Caribbean Island Aims to be First Nation Off Fossil Fuels Rio, Brazil (CWR release) ― The Government of Aruba and the Carbon War Room (CWR), the global entrepreneur initiative founded by Sir Richard Branson and a group of entrepreneurs, have announced a partnership to transition the island to 100 percent renewable energy. The partnership would [...]
Efficient Cars Chart for June, 2012
Spreadsheet The spreadsheet shown here, refined and updated over five years, is our ongoing attempt to summarize the economic and carbon-footprint efficiency of cars you can buy now, or in the near future. Note that it includes a few sample used cars. The carbon generated in manufacturing any car usually exceeds the carbon emissions for [...]
NREL: U.S. Grid Could Be 80% Renewables By 2050
Today’s technology can do it, if the grid is modernized. A new report published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures), finds that the United States could achieve a very high level of renewable energy generation by 2050, using today’s commercially viable technologies. At 80 percent penetration, though, [...]
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