Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley today signed into law five energy-related bills that aim to promote renewable power and accelerate the creation of green jobs across the state. A number of the new provisions are relevant — and helpful — to Maryland solar installations, which is music to our ears… Here’s an overview of the new legislation, [...]

Ah, what a difference a few weeks can make… For solar energy enthusiasts like us, there has been both good and bad news. Massive volatility in the market has left no sector of the economy untouched. Banks put the kybosh on lending. Otherwise-healthy companies found it harder and harder to raise funds by issuing debt. [...]

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

A closer look at the details of funding for HR 7060, the solar tax credit bill currently stalled in the Senate.

It appears as if the solar tax credit may not be doomed, after all. The Wall Street Journal reports that a bi-partisan effort is underway to push the credit in as part of a wider suite of legislation. This credit is crucial to nurturing the solar industry and allowing it to strengthen and expand itself [...]

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 [...]