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March 2010 Connecting to the Grid Newsletter
WHAT’S NEW AS OF MARCH 2010?
Note from the Editor: Investor-Owned Utilities: Going Solar and Staying Profitable
Last month I posted an article about some of the constraints that electric cooperatives face when considering more renewable-friendly policies. Investor-owned utilities (IOUs) confront a somewhat different array of challenges because they are generally privately owned and state-regulated. According to ... Read More
State & Stakeholder Newsletter, March 10, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Volume #9, Issue #5
Editor: Jane Pulaski
The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter is a foremost resource for current information on workforce training, credentialing programs, state activities and best practices on renewable energy and energy efficiency. This free newsletter is distributed semi-monthly to email subscribers and published on IREC’s website. If you have comments ... Read More
Arizona Western College Announces Historic Solar Array Installation, Curriculum, Partnerships
According to the “Guinness Book of World Records”, Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest place on earth. In the next eleven months, Arizona Western College (AWC) in Yuma, in collaboration with PPA Partners Arizona, LLC (PPA) and Arizona Public Service (APS) will capitalize on that by installing the single largest solar array on any U.S. college ... Read More
Solar San Francisco: Pursuing innovative financing options despite City (and State) economic strains
I love San Francisco. It’s indescribably beautiful, culturally alive in its mix of posh and quirky neighborhoods. People are unusually courteous and friendly, I believe, because they love living in San Francisco. My own personal consumption of coffee baked goods and ice cream increases by several orders of magnitude when I’m there. It’s a ... Read More
Charting Your Solar Course in April/May issue of Home Power Magazine
Charting Your Solar Course, in the April/May 2010 issue of Home Power Magazine, is a one of the most comprehensive, easy-to-understand articles about renewable energy training I’ve seen. Don’t be intimidated by the 11-page article; consider it the preface as you begin to learn what a quality renewable energy training program should look like.
The article ... Read More
New EPA Report: Assessing the Multiple Benefits of Clean Energy: A Resource for States
New from the EPA, this report is designed to help state energy, environmental and economic policy makers identify and quantify the many benefits of clean energy to support the development and implementation of cost effective clean energy initiatives.
Assessing the Multiple Benefits of Clean Energy: A Resource for States provides an overview of:
The multiple benefits of ... Read More
10 Women Leaders in Solar and Wind Energy
In 1978, women’s history month started out as ‘women’s history week’ in Sonoma County. In 1981, thanks to a congressional resolution, it became a national event. Finally, in 1987, Congress expanded the celebration to a month, officially declaring March as Women’s History Month.
The Green Economy Post, a blog portal that provides site visitors with green ... Read More
Solar Foundation’s ‘Wednesday Webinar’ Series Topics Through April
Since February, the Solar Foundation has been hosting weekly Wednesday webinars (2-3 pm ET) on timely issues impacting the solar industry from finance, workforce training, current policies, utility interaction and tariffs, permitting, technology innovation and aesthetics, purchase process streamlining, insurance issues and more. The webinars are free, but you must register to attend. You ... Read More
News from DSIRE: week of March 8, 2010
CALIFORNIA – New Law Raises Roof for Net Metering
After running out time at the end of the 2009 session to increase the aggregate capacity of net metering, the California State Legislature fast-tracked Assembly Bill 510 at the start of the 2010 session. This bill, enacted at the end of February, raises the aggregate cap on ... Read More
Varnado, Fox, featured in March 2010 Solar Today on Community Solar
The March 2010 issue of Solar Today features two articles about community solar.
Investing in Solar as a Community, co-authored by the North Carolina Solar Center’s Laurel Varnado, Network for New Energy Choice’s James Rose, and Pace Energy and Climate Center’s Dana Hall, the article talks about the emergence of community solar ownership where homeowners and ... Read More
