SEIA Applauds Confirmation of New DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz
WASHINGTON, DC – Calling him “uniquely qualified,” Rhone Resch, president & CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), issued the following statement after Ernest Moniz was unanimously confirmed today as secretary of the Department of Energy: “Ernest Moniz will be an outstanding Secretary of Energy. As a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor, an [...]
Read SOLAR TODAY’s May/June Issue
SOLAR TODAY‘s May/June issue is online. Read the full issue, search by key word and share articles. Click here to go directly to the issue. ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Sixth Annual Efficient Cars Roundup Plug-ins and hybrids reach toward half-a-million new cars a year in the United States By Seth Masia Lessons in Sustainability Phoenix’s new Fireside Elementary School [...]
The Solar Industry in Georgia is Pushing to Extend its Use!
The solar industry in Georgia is pushing a power monopoly to expand the use of solar energy as it plans to meet the state’s electricity needs in the next two decades. Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power must submit new plans every three years; advocates for the state’s solar power industry and tea party leaders fault [...]
Samsung Smartphone is the First to become Certified Sustainable!
Samsung is the first mobile phone company to achieve the new international smartphone certification, which rates the devices on environmental design and socially responsible manufacturing. The company’s Galaxy S4 smartphone received certification from TCO Development, which launched this rating system last month. Sweden-based TCO has been certifying IT products for more than 20 years, and [...]
PV Trade Dispute: Settlement in Sight?
The New York Times reported on Monday that the United States and the European Union may separately negotiate settlements with China in the trade cases involving $30 billion a year in solar panel shipments to the West. Times reporter Keith Bradsher wrote, “The plan that is starting to take shape would essentially carve up the [...]
New Database at Colorado State University Tracks Energy Legislation in all 50 States
FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) has launched the Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker – a new online database of energy-related state legislation pending in all 50 states, from solar to natural gas and everything in between. This first-of-its-kind database, created in partnership with Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), [...]
Survey Results Show that the Majority of Retail, Institutional Investors are Interested in Fossil Fuel-Free Portfolios!
According to the First Affirmative Financial Network’s Fossil Fuels Divestment Survey, over half of sustainable, responsible, impact (SRI) investment industry professionals say that retail investors (65 percent) and institutional investors (53 percent) are currently expressing interest in fossil fuel-free portfolios in the face of growing signs of climate change. This online survey was conducted by [...]
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