Net metering allows solar system owners to reduce their bills by sending the excess electricity they generate, usually at periods of peak demand, to the grid. Their utility bills are credited at […]
Morgan Stanley Brings $300 Million to Residential Solar Leasing
Fueling the rush into the residential solar leasing business, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) subsidiary MS Solar Solutions Corp. is partnering with Clean Power Finance (CPF) to help fund up to $300 million […]
EU officials to decide fate of biofuels
Top European Union officials will attempt to strike a deal on Wednesday on how to measure the full climate impact of crop-based fuels, in a debate that could wipe out large parts […]
Is the End of Suburban Sprawl Finally In Sight?
For decades, sustainability pundits have been predicting that high gas prices would put an end to suburban sprawl and drive people back into the centers of cities. Chapter 12 of Chris Steiner’s […]
A Grim Portrait of Palm Oil Emissions
Indonesia ranks right behind the United States and China in the lineup of the world’s top 10 greenhouse gas emitters. It’s not because of smokestacks or freeways, but massive deforestation starting in […]
U.S. coal is on the decline, and utility execs know it
Every week brings a new story about coal’s decline in America. Here are two from last week. One is about American Electric Power, the nation’s largest electric utility, based in Ohio but […]
Buttonwood: Feeling peaky
AS THE developed-world economy tries to gain momentum, it faces a persistent headwind. The oil price remains stubbornly over $100 a barrel, acting like a tax on Western consumers. Some blame the […]
US subsidy boom and bust is ‘a threat to green sector’
US federal support for clean energy in 2014 will fall 75% from its peak just three years ago and the sector may falter unless the policies behind this boom-and-bust cycle are reformed, […]
And the greentech VC exodus continues
It’s no secret that it’s been a rocky road for many venture capitalists that have invested in greentech — their greentech investments haven’t made very many of them money. Now according to […]
Former TVA chief says nuclear program too costly
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Valley Authority chairman S. David Freeman says the federal utility should “just stop” its nuclear reactor building program. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Freeman’s comment […]
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