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SEPT 26-28: REGISTER NOW for "The Michigan Energy Symposium"

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

INFO: Climate change is a potential threat to the welfare of mankind and its mitigation is becoming urgent. Nuclear energy, which provides one-fifth of U.S. electricity generation, is a leading utilit…

The EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2016: Looks Like a Bright Future for Renewables

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

Every July, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) holds an annual conference to discuss current energy technology, market, and policy issues, and this year, they presented results from their Ann…

Corporations are Becoming Major Players in Renewable Energy Growth - PPAs are a Key Factor

by JackSawyer // Student

With the Paris Agreement having set aggressive climate goals and the price of renewable energy getting cheaper, more and more corporations are adopting clean energy in order to become more economical …

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Climate Change,Energy,clean energy,Renewable Energy,Paris Agreement,Power Purchase Agreement,Corporations,Externalities

0 replies | 1348 views | Posted on: 07/18/2016 | Last updated: 07/26/2016

Are Renewable Energies Reversing Progress on Climate Goals in Some Ways?

by JackSawyer // Student

Renewable energy sources have seen great progress in the last decade, with significant innovation and growth, especially since the Paris Agreement was signed lasted fall. However, with their embraceme…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Climate Change,clean energy,Renewable Energy,Power Plants,Paris Agreement,coal,gas,problem

0 replies | 2039 views | Posted on: 07/19/2016 | Last updated: 07/26/2016

President Obama's Clean Energy Savings for All Plan

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

President Barack Obama made Environmental history on July 19th, as he announced a plan to bring more solar energy to American homes. The Clean Energy Savings for All Plan sets a monumental goal of bri…

Tesla's Master Plan II Revealed

by JackSawyer // Student

Elon Musk has revealed the second master plan for his electric car company Tesla - although in a couple years it may be a lot more than a car company. I made a prediction on what Elon's plan might ent…

Filed under: Electric Vehicles

Keywords: clean energy,Solar,Renewable Energy,Tesla,Sustainable Transportation,Electric Vehicles,Elon Musk,Automation,Electric,Master Plan

0 replies | 2073 views | Posted on: 07/22/2016 | Last updated: 07/22/2016

Cloud Services Turning to Renewable Energy

by JackSawyer // Student

The cloud - a service many of us use to extend our phone's and computer's storage by uploading information to remote servers - consume a lot of electricity to stay operational. In fact, in 2013 data c…

Filed under: Green Facilities

Keywords: Climate Change,Renewable Energy,Utilities,Cloud Services,Data Centers

0 replies | 3865 views | Posted on: 07/23/2016 | Last updated: 07/23/2016

Solar Impulse 2 - The First Aircraft to Circle the Globe Using Solar

by JackSawyer // Student

The Solar Impulse 2 has become the first solar powered aircraft to complete a trip around the world. Packing 17,000 solar cells in its wings, the Solar Impulse 2 harnessed energy from the sun to power…

Filed under: Electric Vehicles

Keywords: Renewable Energy,Transportation,Solar Impulse,World Record,Planes,Aircrafts

1 replies | 1786 views | Posted on: 07/25/2016 | Last updated: 08/01/2016

Women: Promoting Clean Energy & The Renewable Energy Revolution

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

According to the the UN’s Industrial Development Organization, approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to basic energy, for cooking, lighting and powering homes. The organization also…

Massachusetts Passes Compromise Energy Bill: “An Act to Promote Energy Diversity”

by EmmamHowe // Marketing/Green Policy Development

The Massachusetts State Legislature has devised a compromise energy bill to be sent Gov. Charlie Baker. Though significantly less specific than the original Senate draft bill, it still requires the st…

New Solar Cell Produces Burnable Fuel

by JackSawyer // Student

A new solar cell breakthrough at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has the potential to expedite our adoption of solar significantly as it fixes a serious shortcoming that plagues current ce…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Renewable Energy,University of Illinios at Chicago,Breakthrough,Photosynthetic,Fuel

0 replies | 1205 views | Posted on: 08/03/2016 | Last updated: 08/03/2016

California’s Efficient Permit Licensing Helps Residential Solar Expand

by JackSawyer // Student

California has been leading the country in solar energy consumption and looks to continue this impressive achievement as it implements new progressive policies like “The Expedited Solar Permitting A…

Filed under: Government Agencies and Initiatives

California Green Building

Keywords: Renewable Energy,Solar Energy,California,Licensing

0 replies | 1788 views | Posted on: 08/05/2016 | Last updated: 08/05/2016

India Committing to a Renewable Future

by JackSawyer // Student

NTPC, India’s largest electricity producer, is altering its expansion plan to include a greater emphasis on renewable energy. With a successful completion of the company’s expansion plan, NTPC wil…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Solar,Renewable Energy,Development,NTPC,India

0 replies | 938 views | Posted on: 08/22/2016 | Last updated: 08/31/2016

Senate Bill 32 Sets Aggressive New Goal for California Emission Levels

by JackSawyer // Student

California is leading the nation in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, and has done so through aggressive climate bills. This effective methodology looks to continue as California recently passed Sena…

Filed under: Government Policies

California Green Building

Keywords: Renewable Energy,California,National Grid,Senate Bill 32,Grid

0 replies | 1503 views | Posted on: 09/01/2016 | Last updated: 09/01/2016

The Exponential Growth of Electric Vehicle Adoption

by JackSawyer // Student

The rise of electric car companies like Tesla, growing fears of climate change, and tougher policies on emissions have culminated in a growing attention on the electric vehicle industry. And the EV in…

Filed under: Electric Vehicles

Keywords: Fossil Fuel Industry,Renewable Energy,Electric Vehicles,Battery

0 replies | 1674 views | Posted on: 09/02/2016 | Last updated: 09/02/2016

The Price of Solar Continues to Fall

by JackSawyer // Student

The price of both installation and buying solar panels is reaching remarkable lows. New data from 2015 shows that the price of installation in 2015 went down 5% for residential rooftop systems and 12%…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Solar,Renewable Energy,Solar Panels,Power Purchase Agreement,Installation

0 replies | 753 views | Posted on: 09/08/2016 | Last updated: 09/08/2016

Harvesting River and Tidal Energy – A sustainable, local, low-cost approach - NSTC October Business Breakfast, 10/26 - 7 am

by Allison Friedman // Rate It Green Admin

Harvesting River and Tidal Energy – A sustainable, local, low-cost approach NSTC October Business Breakfast Co-Produced by NSTC Sustainability Forum Wednesday, October 26 - Registration start…

Filed under: Massachusetts

Massachusetts Green Builders

Keywords: Renewable Energy,NSTC,Tidal Energy,River Energy

0 replies | 670 views | Posted on: 10/20/2016 | Last updated: 10/20/2016

Tesla Gigafactory: What it means for solar energy?

by ChristinaC // Marketing Student

Tesla's Gigafactory out in Nevada has been creating a stir in the news recently, and with good reason. Their goal? Running the battery production facility with zero fossil fuel consumption. In ord…

Filed under: Solar Energy

Keywords: Renewable Energy,Solar Energy

0 replies | 4448 views | Posted on: 01/11/2017 | Last updated: 01/11/2017

All Dutch trains now run 100% on wind power

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Electric trains have always been a relatively sustainable mode of transport, with much lower emissions than cars, but as of the 1st of January, 2017, all electric train rides in the Netherlands have b…

Filed under: Transportation

Keywords: Renewable Energy,Sustainable Transportation,Transport,Carbon Reduction

0 replies | 2240 views | Posted on: 01/20/2017 | Last updated: 01/20/2017

Scottish Government unveils plans to meet half of country's electricity needs from renewables by 2030

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

The Scottish government has taken the first steps to heavily cutting the country’s reliance on North Sea oil and gas after calling for 50% of Scotland’s entire energy needs to come from renewables…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Renewable Energy,Carbon Reduction

0 replies | 2375 views | Posted on: 01/25/2017 | Last updated: 01/25/2017

America's First Offshore Wind Farm

by ChristinaC // Marketing Student

America's first offshore wind farm began generating energy off the coast of Rhode Island last month. This wind farm is called the Block Island wind farm, and was created by the Deepwater Wind company.…

New York Approves Largest United States Offshore Wind Farm

by ChristinaC // Marketing Student

New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has approved the largest U.S. offshore wind farm, which will be built off of Long Island. It will generate enough electricity to power over 50,000 homes on Long Island…

New York Green Building Group

Keywords: Renewable Energy,Sustainable Energy,New York Renewable Energy,Deepwater Company

0 replies | 5179 views | Posted on: 01/28/2017 | Last updated: 01/28/2017

Why Current & Future Jobs Rely on Clean Energy - Key Trends as Reported by the Environmental Defense Fund

by ChristinaC // Marketing Student

President Trump has frozen four important rules that were created to promote greater energy efficiency, and this seems to be step one of a larger plan to cut into environmental protections/budgets. Ac…

Filed under: Sustainable Communities and Developments

Keywords: clean energy,Energy Efficiency,Renewable Energy,Sustainability Jobs,Environmental Defense Fund,Regulatory Freezes

0 replies | 2734 views | Posted on: 01/28/2017 | Last updated: 10/13/2017

Wind turbines in US Great Plains states produced more than half the Region’s Power, for the first time

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Wind turbines across the Great Plains states produced, for the first time, more than half the region’s electricity. The power grid that supplies a corridor stretching from Montana to the Texas Panha…

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: clean energy,Wind energy,Renewable Energy

0 replies | 3316 views | Posted on: 02/15/2017 | Last updated: 02/15/2017

China to invest $361 billion into renewable power generation by 2020

by Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

China will invest 2.5 trillion yuan ($361 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020, as the world's largest energy market continues to shift away from dirty coal power towards cleaner fuels. …

Filed under: Energy

Keywords: Renewable Energy,China

0 replies | 2910 views | Posted on: 03/13/2017 | Last updated: 03/13/2017