California solar energy company Solyndra had its offices raided last week by federal agents as part of an ongoing investigation into their bankruptcy and federal loan guarantees they’d received form the Department of Energy. Some critics have cried foul, trying to show how federal money spent on emerging technology is a waste. Others have tried [...]
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Why the Solyndra solar bankruptcy scandal is a big deal, but not the big deal some are making of it
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Good Government, Nuclear, solar, Tarsands, tagged Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, loan guarantee, Obama administration, solar energy, Solyndra, united states department of energy, white house on September 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Renewable Energy and the 82nd Legislature
Posted in Renewables, solar, tagged austin texas, solar energy, solar power, Texas on June 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you live in Austin, TX and put solar on your rooftop, you might be able to pay only about a quarter of the initial cost estimate, making this a viable option for many homeowners. But for many Texans, there is still a good reason not to go with solar: the generous local incentives that Austinites [...]
Want solar but live under HOA rules that won’t allow it?
Posted in Renewables, tagged Energy, HB 450, renewable, solar, solar energy, Texas House Business and Industry Committee on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The House Business and Industry Committee will meet next Monday and one of the bills that they will be taking testimony on is HB 450 filed by Representative Eddie Lucio, III (D-San Benito) that addresses the regulation of solar energy devices by a property owners’ association. If you are a homeowner who wants solar but your HOA [...]
Department of Energy launches initiative to bring down solar energy costs
Posted in Renewables, solar, tagged Energy, Renewables, solar energy, united states department of energy on March 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $27 million in projects to advance solar development and manufacturing through its SunShot Initiative whose goal is to achieve cost competitive solar energy by 2020. The hope is that the SunShot initiative can reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75 percent so that they are [...]
Energy self sufficiency vs. HOA control
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Renewables, solar, tagged Energy, solar energy, Texas on March 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Several bills filed this session, which included some heard at Wednesday’s hearing of the Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee would preclude homeowners’ associations from restricting installation of solar energy devices. These are: Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) – SB 238 Sen. Jeff Wentworth (R-San Antonio) – SB 302 Sen. Mike Jackson (R-La Porte) – SB 447 (identical [...]
New solar farm ground breaking in Pflugerville.
Posted in Energy, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged Austin, Business, public citizen texas, renewable, RRE Solar Austin, solar energy, Solar Farm on December 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
RRE Solar Austin held its groundbreaking ceremony in Pflugerville yesterday. This is the first utility scale solar farm, and one of the largest photovoltaic projects in the country, to be built by the company and the first to break ground in the Austin area. Planned to produce 60Mw of solar energy when completed it will [...]
Solar incentive funds in the Oncore area or Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Posted in Renewables, solar, tagged Business, Efficient energy use, Funds, oncor, renewable, solar, solar energy, Solar Incentives on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the last few months people who wanted to install solar systems in the Oncore service area have been disappointed as they have been told that the incentive funds are all reserved. It turns out there is another pool of funds available that has been harder to find. The Oncore website lists all the solar [...]
Bill White Talks Solar, Clean Energy Jobs
Posted in Energy, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged bill white, renewable energy, Rick Perry, solar, solar energy, wind power on September 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Finally, energy is now moving to the center of the debate in the governor race. Bill White announced yesterday his energy plan. For a while, the democratic candidate’s position on energy was a bit blurry but yesterday White set the record straight. He is in for green energy. While the current governor has wasted state resources on [...]
Local, Small Businesses Benefit from Stimulus
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, green jobs, Renewables, solar, tagged doe, economy, green economy, green jobs, jobs, Select Committee on Federal Economic Stabilization Funding, solar energy, SOLAR PANEL, stimulus, TEXAS STIMULUS FUNDS on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Republicans keep rejecting the success of the stimulus package but that is nothing new, being opposed is just a Republican thing to do nowadays. President Obama said yesterday that even if he said the sky is blue, Republicans would disagree. Despite all that, in Texas, the stimulus seems to serve its purpose just fine, especially [...]
Late Monday LOLZ
Posted in Global Warming, tagged american clean energy and security act, caveman, congressman caveman, funny, solar energy on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take Aim at Climate Change
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Carbon Dioxide, Clean Energy, climate change, coal plant, Energy Efficiency, Global Warming, green jobs, renewable energy, solar energy, solar power, take aim, video, what can I do on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Music Video on climate change and personal choices, artist Rhythm,Rhyme, Results, produced by polar-palooza.com
Good Day (for Texas) Sunshine!
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged good day sunshine, green jobs, hb 1243, net metering, sb 545, solar energy, solar in schools, solar power, Texas Legislature on May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Voter ID Chubfest Put Texas Environmental Bills At Risk
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Air Quality, amendments, austin american stateman, chubbing, driver's license, electric coops, Energy Efficiency, kip averitt, solar energy, solar power, stalling, texas house, texas senate, voter id, Waco on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been following the Texas Legislature at all over the weekend, you’ve probably heard the term “chubbing” at least once. Yesterday marked the deadline for all bills that originated in the Senate to pass second reading — which means that any bills that didn’t make it through the House by midnight last night are [...]
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Help air quality and solar in Texas!
Posted in Global Warming, tagged 2009 iecc building codes, auto emissions, building codes, clean air, dirty energy, Energy Efficiency, federal stimuls funds, green jobs, lobbyists, plug-in hybrids, sb 541, sb 545, sb16, solar energy, texas capitol, texas house, voter id on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The House has been moving very slowly in an effort to kill a Voter ID bill, but it appears the logjam has been broken. Now we have to pass our key solar and clean air bills before midnight Tuesday, May 26, which is the deadline for the House to pass any bills from the Senate. [...]
Waco Trib Weighs in on Renewable Portfolio Standard
Posted in Energy, Renewables, tagged democrat, environmentalism, Global Warming, kip averitt, kirk watson, PUC, republicans, Rick Perry, solar energy, texas house, texas public utility commission, texas senate, troy fraser, voter id bill, waco tribune on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EDITORIAL: Seeing the light and all its power Thursday, May 14, 2009 Dismiss talk of global warming and environmentalism if you must. But times are changing fast and, along with them, the very way we heat and cool our homes and businesses. The Texas Senate signaled as much this week, approving a bill encouraging development [...]
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