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Fisker's 2012 Karma Eclipse
Is Fisker a scandal, or much ado about nothing? In solar news, worries mount over an industry darling, and China fires back at America's tariff push.
The hunt for the next Solyndra heated up this week, as GOP critics of Pres. Obama's clean energy...
Oct 28, 2011 | Read More
NOAA and DOE have deployed more than a dozen wind detection instruments across the Midwest to measure the economic value of improved forecasting.
If the weather report says it's supposed to be sunny and breezy tomorrow, do you trust that...
Oct 7, 2011 | Read More
Vattenfall Carbon capture and storage facility in Scwarze pumpe, Germany
Projects to capture CO2 emissions and bury them are finding it hard to secure funds due to a weak global economy and the lack of carbon pricing.
The financial crisis and fading government support for climate action have seriously eroded...
Sep 25, 2011 | Read More
The federal SunShot Initiative is doling out millions in small grants to projects that cut the red tape on solar installations.
In the midst of the largest scandal to rock the U.S. solar industry, the Department of Energy is...
Sep 23, 2011 | Read More
Solyndra installation at Nova Coop in Verona, Italy
Some economists and advocates of alternative energy say the collapse of the less-competitive Solyndra signals progress in a maturing global solar market.
The collapse of Solyndra, the Silicon Valley startup that received a $535 million federal loan...
Sep 21, 2011 | Read More
Installation of Solyndra’s cylindrical solar module design
The politically charged investigation into Solyndra's collapse has overshadowed the fact that the fate of a groundbreaking technology hangs in the balance.
The politically charged investigation into the collapse of Solyndra, the California solar start-up...
Sep 20, 2011 | Read More
Rep. Joe Barton
Rep. Burgess has floated an amendment that — like Rep. Barton's initial measure — would bar the DOE from enforcing 2007 lighting efficiency standards
Update (July 15): The House today approved the amendment from Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) to...
Jul 14, 2011 | Read More
solar panel installation
The DOE is working with utilities and local governments to streamline U.S. solar permitting — a 'new frontier for solar cost decline,' says advocacy group
Installing rooftop solar arrays could become far more affordable for American homeowners if new...
Jun 30, 2011 | Read More
Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.)
Appropriations bill puts renewable energy and efficiency funding about $1 billion below current levels, roughly equaling dollars doled out in 2005
WASHINGTON—Even though Republicans have vowed an "all-of-the-above" approach to America's energy...
Jun 21, 2011 | Read More
solar thermal
Recent gains in the U.S. solar market are due largely to support from two federal funding programs that are set to expire this year and next
U.S. solar energy installations are poised to double in 2011 for the second year in a row, but the...
Jun 20, 2011 | Read More