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Want solar on my roof? Go ahead and pay me for it. Seriously. Here’s how.
In recent years, companies have made great strides in offering third-party financing to bring solar and energy efficiency to residential consumers with little or no money down. What if they paid you to put solar on your roof?
Affordable Housing with Unaffordable Energy Bills
A terrible irony: affordable housing saddled with unaffordable energy bills that burden low-income families and the public housing agencies that assist them.
Separating Fact from Fiction In Accounts of Germany’s Renewables Revolution
I recently wrote about—and debunked—the renewables “disinformation campaign” that spreads misinformed and falsely negative stories about the growth of renewable energy. A special focus…
The Future of Mobility
As the cost of owning a car and environmental concerns continue to rise, and transportation options continue to grow, people are realizing we don’t necessarily need to own cars, we just need to get where we want to go efficiently.
A High-Renewables Tomorrow Today: King Island, Tasmania
Halfway between the island state of Tasmania and mainland Australia, tiny King Island is becoming a big leader in electricity generation, demonstrating that a high-renewables future is possible.