Colleen Kettles is the Executive Director of Florida Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation (FlaSEREF). She formerly served as the Associate General Counsel and Director of Institutional Affairs for the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). With more than 25 years of legal and policy research, program development and implementation in the ... Read More
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) is now accepting applications from both the public and private sector for the 2008 Beyond GreenTM High-Performance Building Awards. The Awards recognize the initiatives that shape, inform and catalyze the market for high-performance buildings, as well as the real-world application of high-performance design and construction practices.
All ... Read More
John Hoffner has joined CH2M HILL, an engineering, procurement, construction and operations firm, as a renewable energy project manager and senior client services manager. He has more than 25 years of experience in the design, engineering and management of solar, wind and biomass projects, and his career accomplishments include overseeing the design of 130 solar ... Read More
DOE’s funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the FY 2008 State Energy Program Competitive Activities (DE-PS26-08NT00319) has been released. Approximately $7.5 million is expected to be made available for new grant awards under this FOA, with a ceiling of $500,000 of DOE share per award.
Applications from States are due by July 10, 2008 at 11:59 ... Read More
Glen Kizer is one of those people who never seems to tire or fatigue from his work. A native Ohioan, Glen spent four years practicing law in the Office of the Ohio Attorney General, and 10 in private practice. Since 1993, he’s been the President of the Foundation for Environmental Education, a ... Read More
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) intends to install 15 Megawatts of onsite renewable energy by 2012 and it is expected that the vast majority of this will be achieved with photovoltaic (PV) systems. LAUSD has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for companies that would be interested in providing PV systems for ... Read More
The Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study, produced by clean-tech research and publishing firm Clean Edge and green-economy nonprofit Co-op America, provides a comprehensive roadmap for utilities, solar companies, and regulators to reach 10% solar in the U.S. by 2025.
The study finds that significantly scaling solar power in the U.S. will require the active ... Read More
The City of Tucson is one of 25 Solar America cities, a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and a select group of cities across the country committed to accelerating the adoption of solar energy technologies at the local level. The goal of the Solar America Initiative is to make electricity from ... Read More
Mention Austin Energy to a group of locals, Texans, or energy professionals and it’s likely you’ll get a general nod of agreement that it’s a national leader in progressive and innovative energy programs. This, in large measure, is due to the kind of community that is Austin: a community that places a high value on ... Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy released its Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2007. This report, authored primarily by Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provides a
comprehensive overview of trends in the U.S. wind power market, with a
particular focus on 2007.
The need for such ... Read More
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