
General Energy

FHA PowerSaver Solar Loans: The Best Deal Around?
What if you could get a 20-year, no-money-down loan for a home solar photovoltaic (“PV”) system costing up to $25,000 with only a 5 percent to 7 percent interest rate? And then pocket the 30 percent investment tax credit worth $7,500 or possibly more?

CGI America: Making Commitments Actionable
Last week, I participated in the Clinton Global Initiative America conference, (CGI America) in Chicago. Now in its second year, CGI America is an annual event focused on finding solutions that promote economic recovery in the United States.

Transforming America’s Industrial Sector
Today, U.S. industry generates more than 40 percent of the country’s GDP and employs almost 20 million people. In 2010, the sector consumed one-quarter of all U.S. energy in 2010, 91 percent of which came from fossil fuels.

PV for All: Low-Income Housing Residents Going Solar
Until recently, the low-income housing community has been a tough nut for the solar industry to crack.

RMI Takes the Volt For a Spin
For a week last month, RMI had an unexpected visitor to our Boulder office—a Chevy Volt courtesy of a Project Get Ready partner! Curious RMIers took this opportunity to take the car for a test drive. Here’s what they had to say about their driving experience.