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The Taxman Cometh: Does Clean Energy Need to Face Up to Tax Reform?
The clean energy industry may soon face some hard choices about tax incentives. Should it continue to push for short-term extensions of the productio…
11 years, 11 months ago
Dissecting Google's Clean Energy Investment Strategy
Google has invested billions of dollars in clean energy projects and startups. Is the internet giant positioning itself to be the next energy giant? …
11 years, 11 months ago
What Can Small Wind Learn From Solar's Success?
In 2006, the small wind industry was poised to take off in the U.S. But then solar surged ahead, leaving small wind in the dust. What happened? In th…
11 years, 11 months ago
A Cleantech Crash? Probing 60 Minutes' Claim That Clean Energy Is on 'Life Support'
On Sunday, the popular CBS news magazine "60 Minutes" aired a story on a supposed "cleantech crash." Reporter Lesley Stahl looked at the troubles in …
12 years ago
Year in Review: A Look at the Biggest Clean Energy Stories of 2013
We may not have been able to predict Time Magazine's person of the year, or Google's most searched term of 2013. But the Energy Gang was on top of th…
12 years ago
Distributed Storage: The Killer App for Solar?
There convergence of solar and distributed batteries is underway. Although the use of storage is still very limited in the solar sector, more compani…
12 years ago
Germany: A Clean Energy Success Story Or Cautionary Tale?
Everyone agrees Germany is a renewable energy powerhouse. But not everyone agrees on how that’s benefitted the country. The web is littered with conf…
12 years, 1 month ago
A Look Inside the Minds of Electricity Regulators
State electricity regulators are as diverse as the regions they come from. So their thinking on the future of energy varies wildly. With worries abou…
12 years, 1 month ago
How Distributed Generation Will Cause 'Creative Destruction' in Power Markets
What does the nation's top energy regulator, FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, think about the future of solar? "I think we're seeing the Moore's Law co…
12 years, 1 month ago
Is the Wind Industry Prepared for an Expiration of Its Tax Credit?
The wind industry is facing another expiration of the production tax credit at the end of the year, and this time it likely won't get extended quickl…
12 years, 2 months ago