Payback is a relatively simple concept. If caulking costs $ 100 and allows you to save $ 100 / year in fuel costs, has a recovery period of one year. If insulation work costing $ 1,000 and save $ 200 / year in fuel costs, it has a recovery period Read more…
After a surprise primary victory Tuesday over 10-term incumbent Representative Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just became the leading Democrat on fighting climate change. Ocasio-Cortez, a 28 year old Democratic Socialist, is now likely to win November’s general election in the historically Democratic district that stretches Read more…
Lithium ion batteries are becoming increasingly cheaper. Since 2010, lithium ion battery prices have dropped 80% and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) analysts have predicted that it will drop another 66% in the next 12 years. The greatest impact this will have is on solar and wind energy. The Read more…
MidAmerican Energy has announced a large-scale wind energy project called the “Wind XII”. It is a 2 gigawatt portfolio worth $3.6 billion and the largest economic development project development is Iowa’s history. The successful completion of Wind XII would ensure that all energy supplied to the company’s customers was sourced Read more…
Governor Phil Murphy signed a legislation last May that boosts the state’s zero-emission energy generation portfolio including nuclear, solar, wind and storage, citing climate change at the top of the new bill. New bill SB 2500 creates a Zero Emission Certificate program and allows nuclear powered electricity plants to apply Read more…