Solar companies promise that residential consumers can save thousands with rooftop solar installations. Commercial customers may in fact be able to save even more.
This Constellation Energy video is directed at large business owners with at least 2.5 acres of available land or a 100,000 square foot roof and an annual electrical usage of 1 – 1.5 million kwH. Keep reading →
The end of the summer brings with it the sense, if not always the reality, of the western world returning to work.
For a lot of people in the US today, there simply is no work, as unemployment numbers and straggling economic growth continue to make clear. President Obama gathered Congress together to announce his own plan for the war on unemployment, and his suggestions met with mixed response from the energy industry. In previous speeches, Obama has singled out the energy business as a major provider of jobs; in this one, with the exception of a passing reference to an Infrastructure Bank, he largely avoided the subject. Keep reading →
Can’t afford the upfront costs of rooftop solar panels, but really want them anyway? No problem, especially if you live in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio or Pennsylvania and get your power from Constellation Energy.
The electric company announced on Wednesday a new residential solar leasing program to customers in those states with a choice of a low down payment or a 20-year prepaid lease. Customers will also be able to choose the solar module that best fits their needs and budget. Keep reading →
Despite three recent bankruptcies, the US solar manufacturing industry is doing just fine, according to Mark Riedy, founder and general counsel to American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and a partner at the Mintz Levin law firm.
“I’m not worried about it and I’ve been in the renewables space since 1975, year in and year out,” Riedy said. Keep reading →
The chief executive of the world’s largest shale-gas producer on Wednesday hit back at opponents of hydraulic fracturing, accusing them of fear-mongering and lies as protesters demonstrated against the practice.
Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, told an industry conference that people and the press have a constitutional right to express their views on the controversial gas-extraction process but not to spread untruths. Keep reading →
A Colorado program to convert coal-fired power plants to natural gas could lead the way in increasing the use of the abundant, cleaner-burning fossil fuel for generation in the US, a top shale-gas executive said on Wednesday.
“Colorado is the best model for converting coal-fired plants to natural gas,” chief executive of Range Resources John Pinkerton told reporters after a speech to Shale Gas Insight, an industry conference organized by the Marcellus Shale Coalition. The coalition is an industry group representing energy companies active in the major Northeast US shale play. Keep reading →
With job creation taking center stage in American politics, the oil industry Wednesday made a pitch for drilling more widely. With looser restrictions, the industry says it could deliver 1.4 million new jobs, boost tax rolls by $800 billion, and increase domestic energy production almost 50%.
To hit those numbers, the industry would need to drill off the East and West Coasts, in waters off Florida’s Gulf Coast, in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and on most federal public land that’s not a national park. These areas are currently off limits to drilling, except for some public land in these regions. Keep reading →
A spate of bankruptcies in US solar manufacturers is not a sign of imminent industry collapse, but the inevitable result of competition in a new and evolving market, according to industry representatives.
Solar manufacturer Solyndra announced its intention to file for bankruptcy on the final day of August, following bankruptcy filings by Evergreen Solar on August 15 and SpectraWatt on August 19. The three firms’ failures prompted a flurry of commentary about the challenges facing US solar manufacturing, and prospects for the sector’s survival. Keep reading →
News flash: Halliburton exec becomes (presumably) world’s first fracking-fluid imbiber.
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