Energy did not make any difference in who we chose for President on Tuesday. But the energy sector won biggly, nonetheless. President-Elect Donald Trump supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy with a heavy tilt towards fossil fuels, and with no regard to climate change or regulations of any kind. Trump wants…
Why Tesla’s new solar roof tiles and home battery are such a big deal? Tesla unveiled its new solar roof tiles. Few of us in attendance, if any, realized the solar roofing tiles were actual functional solar panels until Elon Musk said so. Sure, it’s a neat trick, but what’s…
Of all the energy the United States uses, how much comes from wind and solar power? Take a guess (without using Google!). The average American, at least according to this new survey, has it at 20 percent — 11 percent from solar, 9 percent from wind. That is … quite…
Renewable energy is a hot topic these days. With the ever-growing increase in population, demand of energy is also increasing everyday. Non-renewable sources are limited, not environment friendly and increase or decrease in production of these sources can have direct result on the inflation. Renewable sources, on the other hand,…
Wind energy, the fastest-growing source of electricity in the U.S., is transforming low-income rural areas in ways not seen since the federal government gave land to homesteaders 150 years ago. As commodity prices threaten to reach decade lows and farmers struggle to meet debt payments, wind has become the newest…
The transformation of North American power markets from the coal-fired past to a renewable future is well underway. For power utilities, independent power producers (IPP) and traders, this new-age energy market — reliant on renewables for baseload power generation — presents challenges that have to be addressed quickly in order…
Disney World’s Large Solar Project Probably Looks Familiar For those on their way to Orlando’s Disney World to get Belle’s autograph or revel in the Magic Kingdom, the first taste you might get of the famous park is while you still on the plane, staring down at the biggest, bluest…
In order to expedite the establishment of local PACE programs in Texas and to facilitate an orderly, consistent, state-wide approach to PACE design and implementation, KPT organized a broad-based coalition of over 100 PACE stakeholders (the “Texas PACE Coalition”) to collaborate in developing a toolkit for local governments to use…
Texas is known for barbecue, football fanatics, and “Texas Tea,” or a massive number of oil fields. While Texas has done a lot to increase its wind energy capacity, it looks as though the Lone Star State is starting to embrace solar. According to Scientific American, Austin Energy is adding…
Is solar energy renewable or non-renewable? When we think of renewable energy most of us know we’re talking about power coming from an infinite source of energy. The sun is such an energy source. Thus, solar energy IS renewable (yes, even if in about 5 billion years of time, the…
