General
Climate Change—The Time for Action is Now
With a 95 percent certainty of the main conclusion that mankind’s emissions are the leading cause for continued climate change, the debate around the science is now truly settled.
Lowering the Cost of Solar PV: Soft Costs with Hard Challenges (Part 2 of 2)
Why does Germany, a country with the same amount of sun on a yearly basis as Alaska, have residential solar costs half that of the U.S.? The answer is in the soft costs of solar PV—all the non-hardware-related costs of installing a solar PV system.
Lowering the Cost of Solar PV: Soft Costs with Hard Challenges (Part 1 of 2)
Why does Germany, a country with the same amount of sun on a yearly basis as Alaska, have residential solar costs half that of the U.S.? The answer is in the soft costs of solar PV—all the non-hardware-related costs of installing a solar PV system.
Solar Value: What’s It All About?
The type of collaboration and compromise seen in California recently will grow increasingly important even beyond the net-metering debate, which is one symptom of a larger systemic disruption that’s unfolding in the electricity industry: the decentralization of electricity service.
Overcoming the Tragedy of the Commons
It was a terrible tragedy caused by an extreme weather event, made worse by the wildfires that had plagued the area earlier this year. However, in the midst of the disaster I saw a community band together to overcome that tragedy.
