The stimulus package at the center of the Obama administration’s legislative efforts looks like it might do the trick for renewable energy. The New York Times’ Green Blog reports that stimulus money is assisting the solar (and wind) industries in weathering the economic downturn. This is fantastic news. We knew the package, which we followed [...]

Heartening news today from Capitol Hill, as Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority leader, proposed a way for the federal government to encourage the growth of renewable energy. Reid envisions the federal government stepping in to provide power lines for renewable energy sources that are in out-of-the-way locations.
This is great news for every [...]

The stimulus package recently signed into law by President Obama provided a fascinating union of state and national concerns; the ongoing debates over the acceptance of federal funds that contain strict conditions still reflects this synergy. With the package’s legislative battles mostly fading into the horizon, however, the next big landmarks for solar are going [...]

On Tuesday, to our immense relief as solar advocates, President Obama signed into law a stimulus package with healthy provisions for clean energy, including solar.
All technical discussion aside, the San Francisco Chronicle has a great story about the assist the stimulus will lend to residential solar. Solar in the home will be a big growth [...]

If California isn’t the most important state for solar, then it’s surely among the top few. That’s why it’s very, very troubling to see that California is undergoing a massive fiscal crisis. The state is quite literally running out of money. To give you a sense of the comparative scale, as the Times points out, [...]

With the stimulus package having passed the House, the package is coming closer to a legislative reality. The Center for American Progress takes a look at what that means for clean energy, and they find a lot to like.
To be sure, from a solar perspective, this isn’t an ideal bill, but it was never going [...]

The New York Times, among others, is reporting that a deal has been reached that will almost certainly pass both the House and Senate on its way to the White House. This leaner version of the package, $789 billion, marks a reduction from the fluctuating $800-900 billion range we were seeing in prior negotiations.
The [...]

Yesterday, we took a look at energy provisions of the stimulus package that a group of moderate Senators recommended to be cut as part of $100 billion in reductions to the bill. Today, with the full text of the current Senate bill available, we’ll look at those parts of the stimulus package remaining – for [...]

Right now in Washington there is a vicious debate going on over one of the largest pieces of legislation in the country’s history. Strong Republican opposition to the size and shape of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – the cornerstone “stimulus” package of the incoming Obama administration and Democratic caucus – has [...]

The first week of the new administration has provoked a flurry of speculation about the status and future of American energy policy, from the efficacy of a carbon tax to the structure of new clean energy incentives. It is certainly an exciting time for the world of renewables, solar in particular.
It is worth nothing, however, [...]