$5.4 Billion in Solar: California Goes All In
“The government support — which includes loan guarantees, cash grants and contracts that require electric customers to pay higher rates — largely eliminated the risk to the private investors and almost...
View ArticleBig Solar: Big Gas (Ivanpah’s ‘dirty power’)
“It has been lauded as the world’s largest solar power plant, but the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) could also be called the world’s largest gas-fired power plant (largest in...
View ArticleSolar Land Blues: The Eco Reality of Dilute Energy
“As citizens, we need to call on our leaders to make thoughtful choices about where to site industrial-scale development and renewable energy projects, and to create a legacy for our national parks and...
View ArticleCalifornia Wineries Don’t Need Pricey ‘Green’ Power (1.6 or 7.1 cent/kWh?)
Bill Roberts, economist for the Bay Area Economic Forum, warned in a 2007 study on the municipalization of local power purchases and generation in California: If Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)...
View ArticleBird Vaporization at Ivanpah: Solar Enters Wind Territory
“After several studies, the conclusion for why birds are drawn to the searing beams of the solar field goes like this: Insects are attracted to the bright light of the reflecting mirrors, much as moths...
View ArticleSolar PV Subsidies: Criticism Mounts (U.C. Berkeley’s Borenstein has had enough)
“[T]he evidence is clear that Increased Block Pricing is a key driver behind the distributed solar PV movement in California… The first step to rationalizing California’s electricity rates is to...
View ArticleCronyism vs. Kids: High School Solar in Georgia ($7.5+ million for $3.5 million)
“The $3.7 million system is projected to reduce power bills by $3.5 million over the 25-year lease agreement. Unfortunately, as PSC Commissioner Stan Wise pointed out, ‘By the end of the agreement,...
View ArticleNREL to Universities on Solar PPAs: The Whole Story?
“‘Green’ to ‘nongreen’ cost-shifting is legal under current laws and regulations. Whether the actions of the purchasers — not to mention the promotion of the schemes by DOE, EPA and NREL officials — is...
View ArticleQuestioning “The Secret Dirty War to Stop Solar Power”
“American taxpayers spent an average of $39 billion a year over the past five years financing grants, subsidizing tax credits, guaranteeing loans, bailing out failed solar energy boondoggles and...
View ArticleTexas Solar Tax Abatement: Will the Texas Gravy Train Slow?
“Though big businesses and local governments–especially those that want to build more solar and wind farms–will spend millions on lobbyists to overcome opposition to their handouts, those in charge of...
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