Electricity
Congress Just Extended the PTC and ITC: What You Need to Know
Late last week, Congress passed a bill that extends the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and Investment Tax Credit (ITC) that have benefited wind and solar, respectively. This is big news for the U.S. renewable energy industry. According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the net result could be 37…
What If Congress Threw a Keystone XL Party and Nobody Came?
The energy gods relish ironic humor. Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is an economic and national-security loser, craved by Alaskan politicians but by no major oil company. Higher oil prices and better technologies only made it relatively less attractive. Yet whenever Congress nonetheless gets close to approving this…
A Caribbean Island Says Goodbye Diesel and Hello 100% Renewable Electricity
For the residents of Bonaire, the switch from fossil-fueled to renewable energy systems has made a world of difference.
Top 10 Clean Energy Developments of 2014
2014 was an exciting year for clean energy. There were many remarkable clean energy developments that are helping bring us closer to a clean, prosperous, and secure energy future. Based on an informal poll of the RMI staff we list our top 10.
You’ll Shoot the Climate’s Eye Out
Christmas is just a few days away, and with it, also TBS’s annual marathon of A Christmas Story. Readers of a certain generation will remember it as the classic movie from 1983 in which Ralphie Parker, the central character, pines for an airsoft Red Ryder BB gun, only to be rebuffed, “You’ll shoot your eye out.”