According to research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, worldwide investment in clean energy dropped to its lowest level in four years during the first three months of this year. Total investment, which includes renewables,...more
4/26/2013
- Clean Energy Clean Tech Investors Production Tax Credit
The Las Vegas Sun reported yesterday on NV Energy's proposal to begin decommissioning its existing coal-fired power plants and to accelerate its investments in renewable energy and natural gas generating capacity....more
4/4/2013
Suntech announced last week that it will be closing its Goodyear, AZ panel manufacturing facility in April. The company blamed the closure on hefty tariffs imposed on Chinese solar cells by the U.S. International Trade...more
3/19/2013
- China Goodyear Solar Energy Suntech Tariffs
In his second inaugural speech yesterday, President Obama mentioned climate change and promised a response....more
1/23/2013
- Climate Change
A book by Oxford Economics Professor, Dieter Helm, is highly critical of the methods being used by European countries to reduce their carbon emissions in an attempt to mitigate the impacts of global climate change....more
10/30/2012
- Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions Kyoto Protocol
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Chevron's petition for certiorari from a decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Chevron had asked the federal courts for an injunction barring the enforcement of a $18...more
10/12/2012
Last Friday, the Ninth Circuit dismissed the last climate change lawsuit still pending in the federal courts to the best of my knowledge. Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp. was a lawsuit by a small Alaskan village...more
9/28/2012
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a $15 million grant to the Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) led by ASU. ...more
9/17/2012
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday that it will invest $5 million over the next five years on research to improve the molten salt-based heat transfer fluids used in concentrating solar projects (CSP),...more
8/30/2012
The Obama Administration announced last week "that seven nationally and regionally significant solar and wind energy projects will be expedited" through the applicable federal permitting and review processes. The two Arizona...more
8/15/2012
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a series of lawsuits challenging EPA's recently promulgated greenhouse gas (GHG) rules. You can read the full opinion here. The lawsuits...more
7/5/2012
Since the U.S. Commerce Department's decision to impose anti-dumping tariffs against solar cells manufactured in China, there has been considerable disagreement about the effectiveness of the tariffs, in addition to debate...more
6/25/2012
Yesterday, the U.S. Commerce Department proposed tariffs of at least 31% on solar panels imported from China. The preliminary ruling found that Chinese manufacturers have been illegally "dumping" solar panels on the U.S....more
5/21/2012
The Arizona Legislature adjourned last week without a Senate floor vote on Rep. Lesko's (R-Glendale) controversial House Bill 2789. This bill, as amended in the Senate, would have prohibited the State from increasing its...more
5/10/2012
Rep. Lesko's (R-Glendale) energy bill -- HB 2789 -- was passed yesterday by the Government Reform Committee of the Arizona Senate. The bill was subject to a "strike everything" amendment that replaced the version of the bill...more
3/15/2012
The Arizona House of Representatives voted today to pass Rep. Lesko's HB 2789. This is the bill that would require the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to get legislative approval of "all rules or amendments to existing...more
3/6/2012
Earlier today, the Rules Committee of the Arizona House of Representatives passed Rep. Lesko's (R-Glendale) HB 2789 despite an opinion issued by the Arizona Legislative Council on Monday concluding that the bill is...more
2/29/2012
In a letter to the Commissioners last week, Janice Alward, Chief Counsel for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), analyzed a bill currently pending in the Arizona Legislature and concluded that it is unconstitutional. ...more
2/24/2012
The dasHaus Tour, an exhibit of advanced technologies for building construction and solar energy use, will be in Tempe from Jan. 21-30 as the third stop on its North American tour. "Das haus" means "the house" in German and...more
1/18/2012
Last week, North Carolina-based Duke Energy announced the purchase of two photovoltaic (PV) solar projects in Arizona with a combined generating capacity of 20 megawatts (MWs). The two projects are the 5 MW Ajo Solar Project...more
12/19/2011
Without comment, the Arizona Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear an appeal of the Court of Appeals' decision in the legal battle over the state's Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff (REST) rules. The appeal was sought...more
9/21/2011
