Renewable Energy

Going for Solar Another Way – Solar Leasing

March 15, 2012

While we purchased our solar installation outright, there are other effective ways to get solar on your home. Here is a guest post by our friend and fellow solar enthusiast Bob Paine.

Achieving green energy, one homeowner at a time
by Bob Pai…

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Global Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011

March 14, 2012

Wind energy developers installed a record 41,000 megawatts of electricity-generating capacity in 2011, bringing the world total to 238,000 megawatts. With more than 80 countries now harnessing the wind, there is enough installed wind power capacity worldwide to meet the residential electricity needs of 380 million people at the European level of consumption.
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Solar Thermal Around Boston

March 6, 2012

Today I spent the day at one of the full day workshops kicking off NESEA’s (North East Sustainable Energy Association) Building Energy 12 Conference. I went to Solar Thermal Best Practices and Performance Data organized by the Mass Clean En…

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Renewable Energy: UK versus USA

February 26, 2012

Previously both the UK and USA sat high in the PEW Research Centres annual report on investment in renewable energy. However, last year both countries dropped down the pecking order. What went wrong and with the latest report just around the corner does it look as though their standings will improve?

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Photo Montage from Renewable Sales – A Solar Mecca!

February 18, 2012

On Thursday, I attended “Understanding Risks and Rewards: A Conversation on Community Solar” organized by the North East Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) as a pre-event to their Building Energy 12 Conference in Boston next month. The session …

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Renewable Energy, Solar and the Ultimate Power of the Sun

February 18, 2012

Image by Mike Behnken / Creative Commons I have seen a number of posts recently pertaining to famous quotes on a variety of different topics. One post I haven’t seen, however, is something about renewable energy, solar and the power … Continue reading →

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The State of Solar Incentives in the UK – The Story So Far

February 14, 2012

Back in April 2010, the UK’s Feed-in Tariff scheme was introduced by the government, which aimed to increase the level of renewable energy in accordance with the legal commitment to produce at least 15% of the country’s total energy from renewables by 2020. After nearly two years, how well is the system working?
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For-Profit Solar Group Sets Sights on Churches, Schools

January 31, 2012

In University of Maryland, the roof of the Church of the Brethren is adorned not with religious symbols, but with solar panels.

The group responsible for the solar panel installation, the for-profit University Park Solar, includes members of the church’s congregation like Don Monroe. “In this church,” Monroe said, “there’s a real sort of consciousness of what we call ‘care for creation,’” adding that solar energy “very much fits into that idea.”

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Going for Solar – The First Year

January 19, 2012

Happy New Year!

View from under our Solar PV Awning

In our first full year with our solar awning, we generated 5,816 kWh of solar energy, which is 16% more than we expected. I’m not sure if that is a normal fluctuation in the amount of sunny …

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Wind Power Facts: Emissions Through the Lifecycle

January 9, 2012

A recent scholarly paper decided to tackle the problem of the emissions of wind power, wishing to quantify the actual emissions so as to make accurate comparisons between wind power and other sources of electrical power generations.
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