• Energy Independence

    Updated: 2012-03-29 16:16:13
    The mission of The Tennessee Solar Energy Association is to promote solar technology adoption. They invite all professionals, educators, policy makers, business people, and environmentally...

  • See who contacted the PSC and add your comment!

    Updated: 2012-03-28 20:02:48
    272 days since Focus on Energy “suspended” the renewable energy business program! 88 days since Focus on Energy “suspended” the renewable energy residential program! Dozens of people submitted comments asking the PSC to restart Focus on Energy renewable incentive. Have you? You’ll be in good company if you comment. Go to this PSC Web page, [...]

  • Palo Alto Doubled Renewable Energy in Past Five Years

    Updated: 2012-03-23 20:45:11
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Friday , 23 March 2012 20:45 Palo Alto Doubled Renewable Energy in Past Five Years Palo Alto’s city-owned utility has doubled its

  • Session wrap-up: Wind lives! Bad bills stopped!

    Updated: 2012-03-22 21:03:59
    A wrap-up of the 2011-2012 legislative session from Michael Vickerman: As RENEW Wisconsin’s new Program and Policy Director (see footnote below), I would like to report on recent results of the 2011-2012 legislative session. Though the session as a whole presented Wisconsin’s renewable energy community with unprecedented challenges and a few setbacks, we were able [...]

  • California Companies Dominate Bloomberg’s Top Ten Clean Tech Pioneers

    Updated: 2012-03-21 13:45:35
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Wednesday , 21 March 2012 13:45 California Companies Dominate Bloomberg’s Top Ten Clean Tech Pioneers Four of Bloomberg’s newly minted Top

  • Tell the PSC to restart the Focus renewable incentives

    Updated: 2012-03-20 19:53:44
    Spring is here, but the Focus on Energy Renewable Energy Incentives are not! Wisconsin used to give incentives, as directed by state law, to people, organizations, and businesses that installed renewable energy systems – solar, wind, biodigesters, and more – through Focus on Energy, which the Public Service Commission oversees. Not any more! Last June [...]

  • From “the expected to the controversial” at Solar Energy Forum

    Updated: 2012-03-20 17:08:56
    A report on the Solar Energy Forum by Carl Siegrist, Renewable Energy Strategist, https://twitter.com/CarlSiegrist: We had a very lively discussion during the Solar Energy Forum at the 9th Annual Green Energy Summit in Milwaukee on March 7. The topic was Solar Energy Opportunities: Transitioning to a Mature Solar Market. The exchange of ideas ranged from [...]

  • RENEW Cheers End of Wind Siting Impasse

    Updated: 2012-03-16 15:08:59
    More information Michael Vickerman Director, Program and Policy 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org RENEW Cheers End of Wind Siting Impasse Improved Regulatory Climate Will Attract New Projects Capping a bitter four-year struggle, the Legislature cleared the path for wind energy development to resume in Wisconsin under clear and consistent rules. By adjourning without passage of bills restricting wind [...]

  • Report: Bay Area Smart Energy 2020

    Updated: 2012-03-15 21:26:06
    : Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Thursday , 15 March 2012 21:26 Report : Bay Area Smart Energy 2020 If all available energy technologies and policy tools were fully

  • Legislators ask for financial report on Focus on Energy

    Updated: 2012-03-15 15:25:03
    A letter to Public Service Commissioner Ellen Nowak from State Representatives Brett Hulsey, Kelda Roys, Louis Molepske, Terese Berceau, and Senator Fred Risser: March 13, 2012 Commissioner Ellen Nowak Public Service Commission 610 North Whitney Way, 3rd Floor Post Office Box 7854 Madison, WI  53707-7854 Dear Commissioner Nowak: The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau conducted an [...]

  • Op-Ed: Mayors on BACC 3rd Anniversary

    Updated: 2012-03-09 18:11:26
    : Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Friday , 09 March 2012 18:11 Op-Ed : Mayors on BACC 3rd Anniversary Building the Bridge to the Clean Economy By : Mayors Ed Lee , Jean

  • GOP bid to block wind power rules fails

    Updated: 2012-03-08 20:48:32
    To steal a line from Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride, the bill is mostly dead, but not completely dead. In other words, it’s possible that the bill could again come to the floor for another attempt to pass it, but it’s very, very unlikely. From a story by Patrick Marley and Lee Bergquist of [...]

  • Palo Alto Approves Renewable Energy Program

    Updated: 2012-03-06 23:48:03
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Tuesday , 06 March 2012 23:48 Palo Alto Approves Renewable Energy Program The Palo Alto City Council has approved the Clean Local Energy

  • ACTION ALERT! Wisconsin Senate set to vote on overturning wind-siting rule

    Updated: 2012-03-06 20:01:10
    URGENT NEED FOR ACTION TODAY! The Wisconsin Legislature is scheduled to wrap up its regular session calendar on March 15th. With the end of session approaching, there has been a lot of legislative activity, as lawmakers attempt to push through legislation before time runs out. Unfortunately, it comes as great concern that Senate leadership has [...]

  • Loss of Focus on Energy incentives hurts businesses, owners say

    Updated: 2012-02-29 21:14:50
    From a story by Liz Welter in the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune: Local businesses making gains in renewable energy might be damaged seriously if the Focus on Energy incentives for customer-sited renewable energy systems aren’t reinstated. Several central Wisconsin-area business owners have appealed to the state Public Service Commission to restore full funding for the renewable [...]

  • RENEW Wisconsin Sets 2012 Energy Policy Action Plan

    Updated: 2012-02-29 17:22:50
    RENEW Wisconsin affirms that the road to a sustainable economy in Wisconsin runs through the state’s own clean renewable energy sources. Integrating locally available renewables into our economy engages a vast supply chain of local manufacturers, distributors and installers, farmers, builders, entrepreneurs, and related professional workers. Local renewables secure relatively clean, risk-free and low-maintenance energy [...]

  • SolarCity, Shea Homes Plan “No Electric Bill” Developments for California, Elsewhere

    Updated: 2012-02-27 17:02:34
    , , Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Monday , 27 February 2012 17:02 SolarCity , Shea Homes Plan No Electric Bill” Developments for California , Elsewhere The San

  • San Francisco Lands Top Honors for “Green” Building

    Updated: 2012-02-22 21:48:08
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Wednesday , 22 February 2012 21:48 San Francisco Lands Top Honors for Green” Building San Francisco has come out on top of the Green

  • California Leads Nation in Green-Tech Venture Funding

    Updated: 2012-02-21 19:34:53
    Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Tuesday , 21 February 2012 19:34 California Leads Nation in Green-Tech Venture Funding California eclipsed other states last year in

  • EPRI's faster, cheaper EV charging system

    Updated: 2012-02-16 21:28:11
    , Home Vision Overview Compact Approach Partners Impact Next-Gen Streetlight Initiative Bridge to Clean Economy SunShares Electric Vehicles EV Guidelines EV Fleet Project EV Fleet Working Group 2010 EV Workshop Best Practices Green Building Guidance Green Building Assessment Permitting Guidelines 2010 Sustainable Cities About Overview Director Program Manager Program Associates Diana Chou Eleanor Hughes Opportunities Media Blog Contact Blog Topics BACC Partners Carbon Capture Climate Impacts Adaptation Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Finance Investment Green Building Green Jobs Oil Solar Renewables Transportation BACC Organization Share BACC Editor on Thursday , 16 February 2012 21:28 EPRI's faster , cheaper EV charging system Palo Alto-based EPRI will demonstrate a prototype for fast

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