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Or: How the Grid Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Coordination Electricity demand in the United States is growing quickly, and, like most things that grow quickly, it’s making people nervous. Data centers are multiplying like gremlins after midnight, cars are plugging in instead of filling up, factories are electrifying, and the grid is starting to sweat. Some have concluded that the only solution is…
Like Federal Renewable Energy Policy, State Policy Is Important and Uncertain
Clean energy advocates have praised the decision in the fiscal cliff legislation to extend important federal energy tax provisions, such as the production tax credit for wind.
The CESA SLICE Awards: Recognizing State Leadership in Clean Energy Development
The seven programs chosen to receive this year’s State Leadership in Clean Energy (SLICE) Awards have developed innovative grid integration solutions, promoted the smart implementation of solar and wind energy technologies, helped grow small clean-tech businesses, and created new markets for biomass heating.
Report: “Aggregated Procurement” Could Reduce Costs of Offshore Wind Energy
A new analysis shows that “aggregated procurement”—or purchases of large amounts of offshore wind energy by a buyers network—could substantially lower its costs.
New Massachusetts Report Identifies Renewable Thermal Opportunities
For many types of renewable technologies and fuels, producing thermal energy is much more efficient than producing electricity. Yet the vast majority of state Renewable Portfolio Standards address renewable thermal technologies minimally, if at all.
Clean-Energy Finance to Beat Beltway Blues
As the country looks for new sources of clean energy finance while Congress remains paralyzed, we might have missed the most obvious funders that have been right under our noses for years.
MassINC Report Shines Light on Massachusetts’s Strong Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
New report written in partnership with CESA recommends key actions to ensure future emissions reduction targets are met.
Long Island Solar Farm – How Public/Private/Federal Partnerships Can Make Big Things Happen
In early 2012, the Long Island Solar Farm, located in Upton, NY on Long Island, was given the Renewable Energy World’s “Excellence in Renewable Energy – Reader’s Choice Award.”
New CESA Report – “Designing the Right RPS”
The renewable portfolio standard (RPS) has become the most important policy mechanism for advancing renewable energy in the United States.
Manhattan Institute Flunks Energy Policy 101
Last week, the Manhattan Institute issued a report that pretends to be a serious analysis of the impact of renewable energy on electricity prices.
The Growing Pains of Small Wind: Part II
2011 was a tough year for small wind incentive programs. Over the past 12 months, California, Oregon, New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Minnesota all experienced some kind of suspension or significant reduction of their incentives for wind turbines.