At 11:00pm, EST, November 4, Barack Obama was officially declared the presumptive 44th President of the United States of America. Congratulations, Senator Obama! There’s no way of knowing what the four years of his term will bring to the nation, or the world, or really even to the solar industry: but during his campaign, the [...]

Congress passes the emergency bailout plan, belatedly bundling in extensions of renewable energy tax credits.

For this week and next week, the news services will focus on the Democratic and Republican conventions, respectively. From now until Election Day, observers can expect to see discussion of climate change policies and technologies attached firmly to discussion of the relative merits of Barack Obama and John McCain’s energy proposals.
In one of the [...]

In the same week, a report tells us we can achieve 10% of our energy from solar by 2025, and the Senate turns down the renewable energy tax credit. Again.

I’ll admit it: I thought McCain was a shoe-in. And sure, he came out ahead in yesterday’s grand slam of primaries, but he got a run for his money from Romney and even, in some states, from the dark horse Huckabee.
Let’s be honest. We were all more on tenterhooks about the outcome of the Democratic [...]