Renewable Energy

A great report on the California Public Utility Commission hearings into the Sunrise Powerlink from Utility Consumers Action Network's Michael Shames. He points out that this proposed transmission line will cost ratepayers a lot of money and isn't really about renewable energy.

With the rising cost of power, and the greater awareness of the human impact on the environment, home solar power has long since moved beyond deep green people and would be militia and out into the broader society. Sungevity seems to have hit the mark on how to sell solar to the masses - give it a human face. Literally.

As part of News Corp's efforts to be carbon neutral by 2010, Fox is making the two-night finale of American Idol run on renewable energy.

Can we educate our children about environmental science without the politics that often accompanies such discussions? Do environmental efforts have to be political or even politically motivated?

Ready for solar power that’s as cheap to generate as coal? Sunrgi thinks they have the solution: Xtreme Concentrated Solar Photovoltaics. And it’s ready for market.

New Zealand's isolated geographical location has lead to an energy portfolio that contains a large renewable energy mix. Electricity is generated mostly from hydro and geothermal energy. Wind is a growing energy resource. For transport, New Zealand relies on oil imports. No wonder that the New Zealanders are interested in exploring electric or fuel cell vehicles, with the electricity and hydrogen generated in New Zealand in an environmentally friendly way.

U.S. wind power is growing at a breath-taking pace. Representatives from top wind turbine manufacturers including GE Energy, Gamesa, Siemens and Vestas, discuss U.S. wind energy's future outlook.

Lists the most ambitious clean energy and environmental-sustainability projects in the world today.

Cool list generated by the EPA yesterday.

Really cool aerial photo is included with brief description of new solar power park.

cool map of solar resources in America

A page with information on how anyone concerned with true renewable energy solutions can help to stop the wasteful, destructive and unnecessary Sunrise Powerlink. This proposed transmission line will increase our dependence on foreign fossil fuels, and won't reduce global warming.

Environmentalists are used to fighting battles, but this week’s rejection of the Lewis wind farm in Scotland highlights how they are lining up against each other in countryside battles, as issues like protecting birdlife habitat conflict with the need to produce clean energy.

Fred Maas, President and CEO of Black Mountain Ranch LLC and Developer of Del Sur, an 1,800-acre "green" residential community in San Diego, Calif.,praised Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Ensign (R-NV) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for introducing the "Clean Energy Stimulus Act." The Act extends expiring tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

southwest looks like Saudi Ariabia of solar power