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10 Percent Solar by 2025?
By John DeFore Migrating from coal- or gas-produced electricity to solar power is a dream for most of us, but we’ve always been told that equipment costs make it an option only in the distant future....
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Wal-Mart’s next green steps: a green demo store, solar roofs and reduced...
By John DeFore Green Right Now Wal-Mart has drawn fire over all sorts of issues through the years, but the company certainly is pushing to be a leader on environmental matters. Just this month, the...
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My Green Job: Chad Sanders, solar installer
Chad W. Sanders, 34, Lakewood, Colorado What I do: I work for Metro Solar, a solar thermal and photovoltaic installation and service company. We specialize in solar thermal heating and high efficiency...
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Greening in place, tips for retrofitting from LA’s Eco/Consulting US
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now New green homes can be awe-inspiring, both for their groundbreaking designs and their show of techno-muscle. Those tubular daylights, state-of-the-art solar panels,...
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Thinking of going solar? The sweet spot is now
By Bill Sullivan Green Right Now If you’ve ever thought about going solar to take a bite out of your utility bills, you may want to take another look: A perfect storm of events, policies and programs...
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Crop-based energy’s failures and potential
(The following is adapted from Lester R. Brown’s Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009), which is available at the Earth Policy Institute website. Brown...
View ArticleCalifornia slays Prop. 23, and remains the promised land for clean energy
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now California voters — at least 61 percent of them — appear convinced that working to cleanse the air, fight climate change and ramp up clean energy sources will propel...
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DOE backs large PV solar project in Yuma
From Green Right Now Reports The U.S. Department of Energy smiled upon another big solar project this week, announcing conditional loan guarantees of nearly $1 billion for the Agua Caliente Solar LLC...
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Texas A&M to build a ginormous solar testing facility
From Green Right Now Reports Being sunny, windy and large, Texas has abundant potential for renewable energy. It leads the U.S. in wind power generation with 12,200 megawatts, but has long been...
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Solar Rush in Aisle 9: Look who’s lapping up renewable power
Green Right Now Reports Solar power must make financial sense. Why else would it be capturing the hearts of the world’s corporate masters of the bottom line? Big Box retail stores are slapping up solar...
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