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Insight From One of Cleantech's Most Successful Venture Capitalists
Nancy Pfund, the founder of DBL Investors, has supported some of the most successful modern clean energy companies, including Tesla, SolarCity, Power…
10 years, 9 months ago
A Journalist's Guide to Congressional Energy Politics
When the 114th Congress assembled for the first time in January, a bill approving Keystone XL was first on the agenda. By passing that bill with nume…
10 years, 10 months ago
Tribal Warfare and Energy Liberty: A Republican Take on the Energy Transition
Former Congressman Bob Inglis has a tough job. As one of the only prominent Republicans talking about climate change, he’s been trying to give the re…
10 years, 10 months ago
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
The case against fossil fuels is simple. Oil, coal and gas have been an extraordinary gift of nature that allowed modern society to flourish. But now…
10 years, 10 months ago
Why the Tea Party Is Getting Behind Solar
For some conservatives, solar is a big green boondoggle promoted by a liberal president to benefit rich environmentalists. But for a growing number o…
10 years, 11 months ago
The Solar-Utility Battle Is Getting Ugly
If the war of words between SolarCity and Arizona Public Service is any indication, this year will likely see an escalation in tension between the so…
10 years, 11 months ago
Solar Loans: Should PV Be More Like Car Sales or Cable Television?
Last year, 200,000 residential solar systems were installed in the U.S. More than two-thirds of those systems were third-party financed through lease…
10 years, 11 months ago
Is it Time to End Subsidies for Wave and Tidal Energy?
Progress in wave and tidal energy hasn’t been slow – it’s been nonexistent. Despite media attention, strategic investments from large energy companie…
10 years, 11 months ago
Will Low Oil Prices Hurt Clean Energy?
With oil prices dropping to five-year lows, pundits are pushing conspiracy theories about OPEC, public investors are acting irrationally, oil compani…
11 years ago
The Most Important and Overblown Energy Stories of 2014
This week, we stray from the week’s top news and instead focus on the top news of the entire year. We’ll give our picks for most important news item …
11 years ago