Renewable Energy

Arizona Air Force Base Celebrates Largest Solar Array of Any on U.S. Department of Defense Grounds

Arizona Air Force Base Celebrates Largest Solar Array of Any on U.S. Department of Defense Grounds

There are at least 700 renewable energy projects on U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) grounds. The department’s largest solar array was launched this month in Arizona. The Davis-Monthan Air Force base (D-M) in Tucson, AZ celebrated the ribbon cutting of a 16.4-megawatt photovoltaic solar array earlier this month. The array is powerful enough to provide electricity to 3,000 homes […]

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    Scottish Island Transitions From No Grid to 85-Percent Renewable Energy in 6 Years

    Scottish Island Transitions From No Grid to 85-Percent Renewable Energy in 6 Years

    The people of Eigg Island are used to getting results when it comes to advancements in renewable energy. The island with just 85 residents has transitioned from having no grid in 2008 to now making energy—mostly clean—available to everybody. In 1997, Eigg became the first island in Scottish history to be bought by its inhabitants, and now […]

    Advocacy Groups Say 1,000 Wind Turbine Project Could Cause Eagle Deaths

    Advocacy Groups Say 1,000 Wind Turbine Project Could Cause Eagle Deaths

    Groups like the American Bird Conservancy and Biodiversity Conservation Alliance are willing to be allies to wind energy, but only when they don’t believe that animals are at grave risk. The two organizations voiced opposition this week to plans for a large wind facility in Wyoming that would include 1,000 turbines on an equal amount […]

    Slideshow: Tweets Show Why Advocates ‘Heart’ Wind Energy

    Slideshow: Tweets Show Why Advocates ‘Heart’ Wind Energy

    Earlier this week, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) hoped renewable energy advocates would save a little bit of love for wind on Valentine’s Day. A look at the #IHeartWind hashtag on Twitter shows that the group’s wish has been granted. AWEA’s account asked followers why they love wind energy. The results were creative and photogenic, […]

    College Students From Around The World Embark on 2015 Solar Decathlon

    College Students From Around The World Embark on 2015 Solar Decathlon

    What’s the best way to expose college students to the capabilities of solar energy? Have them build homes that will rely on it, of course. The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the 20 teams who will participate in the 2015 Solar Decathlon—a nearly two-year competition in which the teams will work together to build […]

    Interactive Map Shows All 47,000 Wind Turbines in the U.S.

    Interactive Map Shows All 47,000 Wind Turbines in the U.S.

    As wind energy advocates fight for the renewal of a critical, expired wind energy tax credit and hope for the development of an offshore industry, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has taken note of the onshore wind turbines installed around the country. All 47,000 of them. That’s the USGS’ installation estimate for the country as of […]

    How a Wyoming Wind Farm Could Save California $750 Million

    How a Wyoming Wind Farm Could Save California $750 Million

    By Ari Phillips Photo credit: www.CGPGrey.com/Flickr Creative Commons California law says that a third of the state’s energy must come from renewable sources by 2020. A proposed 500-square-mile, $8 billion wind farm developed by Anschutz Corp. in Wyoming could provide up to 3,000 megawatts of this power, or about three nuclear reactors’ worth. A preliminary […]

    Which States Have the Most Solar Jobs?

    Which States Have the Most Solar Jobs?

    Building on its National Solar Jobs Census report, The Solar Foundation (TSF) today released “deep-dive” data on the solar job markets in California, Arizona and Minnesota, as well as updated estimates of employment in each of the 50 states and Washington D.C. With 47,223 employees, California has more than five times the amount of solar employees […]