Earth Circle Sustainable Energy

Solar radiation is arguably the most plentiful source of available energy on Earth. Solar electric power generation is clean, renewable, flexible, scalable and can deploy relatively quickly to meet increasing demand.

President Obama's "We Can't Wait" initiative is supporting 7 solar and wind projects of significant value to the U.S., including a 3 GW wind proposal. He has stated that they will be "expedited", likely referring to the permitting process.

Solar City and Bancorp Community Development Corporation create RE tax credit fund, the Senate and House push for extension of the PTC, New Hampshire incorporates thermal energy production into the state's renewable energy portfolio, and more.

Developers and commercial building owners are increasingly using sustainable, environmentally friendly and energy efficient practices to lower costs, and the practice is spreading to include entire communities.

If states are going to add a heating requirement to their RPS or even allow heat energy to be applicable, monitoring and metering will be key and that can be problematic.

The outlook for sustainable industries looked challenging during the first half of 2012, as cleantech average deal sizes along with equity financings, and project financings were down compared to the last quarter of 2011.

Feed-in tariffs (FIT) are a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies.

Developers and Financiers of solar projects share the same objective; successful implementation of solar pv projects in as timely and cost effective a manner as possible, however, differences in communication can make or break a deal.

The White House announced Tuesday it is inviting contract proposals from green energy firms to boost the Army’s use of renewable energy.

Biomass prices dropped in the U.S. South, Northeast and West during the second quarter of 2012, according to a new report by Wood Resources International.