For the first time in history, California’s demand was 100% matched by renewable energy generation
On Saturday afternoon, as the sun shined brightly, solar PV and other renewables generated 100% of the state’s needs for about fifteen minutes.
Group using NREL’s free ReEDs model validates 100% renewables by 2035 for 24 states
For 24 states whose governors support climate action, reaching 100% renewable electricity by 2035 would cost less than a “no new policy” scenario, the Union of Concerned Scientists found.
An Earth Day special: Test your knowledge of solar in the US
In honor of Earth Day, we share with you a quiz put together by Dan Snowden-Ifft, a physics professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
FERC takes major step toward transmission reform
The decision has been lauded as one that could lead to much-needed upgrades to the nation’s electrical grids, updates that would enable higher penetrations of renewable resources.
SolarBuddy eyes US expansion to tackle extreme energy poverty
As the charity prepares to move out of “stealth mode” SolarBuddy Founder and CEO, Simon Doble, sat down with pv magazine to discuss how his organization plans to lift as many people as it can from extreme energy poverty, and how expanding to the US will help accelerate that mission.
NYSERDA launches energy advisory website for low- to moderate-income households
The website is intended to streamline the awareness of and access to clean energy programs and energy assistance for low- to moderate-income households in New York State.
Maryland Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 moves to the Governor’s desk
Maryland’s Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 sets a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2031, and establishes 2045 as the state’s goal for becoming carbon neutral. Governor Hogan said he will let the Act pass without his signature.
AgriSolar tour makes first stop at Biosphere 2
The AgriSolar Clearinghouse embarked on its national tour of agrivoltaics at Arizona’s Biosphere 2. Agrivolatics is the practice of co-locating food production and solar photovoltaics.
Solar power on pace to save the world
A think tank analysis suggests that if solar power keeps up its growth pace, along with wind, then the global power sector will meet its carbon reduction targets to keep world temperatures in check.
Solar the energy workhorse in latest gloomy IPCC verdict
Photovoltaics can wipe out 4.25 billion tons of carbon emissions every year this decade, according to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Even so, the actions announced so far remain way short of what is needed, with capital flows to fossil fuels still greater than the cash directed toward combating climate change.
