Following up on Margaret’s post, I’m still holding to my cautious optimism that worries over the solar bill are over-stated; there’s still a lot of time left for this measure to pass, especially when legislators realize the huge damage of letting the bill lapse. Southwestern and Western Senators, at a minimum, are not going to [...]

你好 (ni hao) from Beijing, home to the eponymous duck dish, a treasure trove of cultural sites and relics, and a blanket of smog that would put Los Angeles to shame! Week two of my stay in the “Middle Kingdom” has almost passed, and already I have been surprised by: 1) how many people can [...]

Yesterday, SCHOTT released the results of a poll , conducted by Kelton Research, asking Americans what they think about the role of solar energy in this country. Turns out, pretty much everyone thinks it’s integral to our future. I’m going to quote some results directly from SCHOTT’s site:
• 98% of Independents, 97% of Democrats, [...]

Four packed days of the American Wind Energy Association’s annual conference and trade show are wrapping up today in Texas. Windpower 2008 drew about 800 exhibitors to its trade show, more than 12,000 attendees and over 300 speakers, and was able to provide over 50 discrete sessions on different aspects of the wind energy: where [...]

Germany’s slash of solar subsidies, more and more clearly, is one of the bigger stories in recent history for the solar market. The obvious predictions, which should probably pan out - drastically reduced market growth, financial trouble for smaller companies, and large implications for the world market - also carry with them some uncertainties: will [...]

Last week, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC–the folks behind LEED certification) sent representatives, including their Senior Vice-President, Michelle Moore, to explain to the Congressional Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming that green building is integral to our country’s future strategy for addressing climate change, and to energy independence.
What the USGBC [...]

So, as a follow-up to a subject I spoke about in February - “A True Solar Dilemma” - another case has come up in Canada that touches upon most of the same issues. A family installed solar for their roof, and then new construction on an adjacent lot interfered with the available sunlight, rendering their [...]

The New Republic’s “Environment and Energy” Blog is rapidly becoming my favorite source on the web for green, clean energy, clean-tech, and renewables news - these guys write short, excellent pieces, and I hope they continue doing what they’re doing. In a post today called “Here Comes the Silicon”, the blog writers rightfully [...]

Yesterday was the 39th observance of Earth Day. Go Earth! We at GetSolar.com put up a special post in honor of it. The post is a chance to see, in it’s entirety, a 1975 National Geographic article talking about the bright future of wind energy in this country. In 1975, this country was in the [...]

Seth Godin has written a characteristically efficient post on his blog about “The (stupid) diet”. He talks about the silliness of a diet where you eat all you want five days a week, and fast on weekends. He highlights how this has an obvious parallel with marketing.
I think you can push the parallel further, [...]