Seth Masia is editor of SOLAR TODAY Magazine and director of communications at the American Solar Energy Society.
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, [...]
Tariffs: Driving Rapid Change in Markets – or Not
A few days after the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed a 25 percent tariff on wind turbine towers made in China, and two weeks after announcing a 31 percent tariff on silicon solar cells and modules made in China, another set of Commerce officials, representing the United States at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in [...]
Anchorage Solar Tour: June 9, 2012
Start Of Tour Meeting Location: Meet at downtown Kaladi Bros. Coffee (621 W. 6th Ave) by 9:45am. Tour organizer Andy Baker (cell 350-2084) will be there and the group will walk across Town Square Park to the Solar Building @ 10am. There is plenty of free parking downtown on Saturday mornings, plan to arrive downtown [...]
Denver Mayor Hancock Welcomes WREF
Mayor Michael Hancock today officially welcomed the World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF) to Denver. Speaking outside the Colorado Convention Center, the Mayor outlined Denver’s growing role as a manufacturing center for renewable energy industries, and the city’s aggressive programs to promote domestic and commercial energy efficiency. Also on the podium were Conference Chair Dr. Chuck [...]
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