Climate Change California is throttling back record levels of solar—and that’s bad news for climate goals Without big changes, the oversupply of renewables will stall efforts to overhaul the power sector. by James Temple 2018-05-24T10:18:00-04:00
Future of Work Job of the future: Wind farmer Wind energy is booming, making maintenance work on turbines one of the fastest-growing jobs in the US. by Erin Winick 2018-01-23T16:20:00-05:00
News Solar City and Tesla Hatch a Plan to Lower the Cost of Solar Power Tesla and Solar City say their vast manufacturing operations will make solar the cheapest source of electricity in the United States. by Kevin Bullis 2014-09-19T12:19:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Elon Musk Needs a Very Big Factory for His New Solar Technology Solar City’s acquisition of a solar-panel startup could help it lower installation costs and produce inexpensive solar power, but it’ll need more production capacity. by Kevin Bullis 2014-06-18T17:05:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Self-Driving Car Tech Could Help Make Solar Powered EVs Practical At CES, Ford shows a concept for increasing the amount of solar power a car can generate. by Kevin Bullis 2014-01-02T09:01:46-05:00
Sustainable Energy Should Energy Startups Be Funded as Charities? Investments in energy start-ups can count as charitable grants. Could this funding approach help get new technologies to market? by Kevin Bullis 2013-12-17T09:35:24-05:00
Sustainable Energy Building Solar in Spain Instead of Germany Could Save Billions Building solar and wind projects in the wrong place is wasting billions of dollars in Europe. by Kevin Bullis 2013-05-17T10:58:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Obama Wants Far More Money for Existing Technologies than for Developing New Ones Does it make sense to spend so much on already commercialized technology? by Kevin Bullis 2013-04-12T09:54:43-04:00
Sustainable Energy We Need Nuclear-Powered Airplanes, Not Solar-Powered Ones Making liquid fuels from low-carbon sources is better than mounting solar panels on planes. by Kevin Bullis 2013-03-29T10:53:20-04:00
Sustainable Energy Why the Bankruptcy of Suntech Matters The Chinese government is allowing major solar companies to fail, and that’s a good thing. by Kevin Bullis 2013-03-21T16:00:03-04:00