LISTEN to the story https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/media.alleghenyfront.org/AF011725_JG_Communitysolar.mp3 When Deborah Lewis moved from Silicon Valley back to her parents’ house in Hough, on the east side of Cleveland, one issue she thought about a lot was climate change: the increase in temperatures, drought, and wildfires. “Fossil fuels will make us fossils,” she […] Click here to view original […]

Credit: U.S. Department of Energy Blue Lake Rancheria installed its first microgrid in 2016 as part of a project to increase tribal sovereignty and energy stability. Now, it’s poised to greatly expand its microgrid system. In expanding its microgrid capacity, Blue Lake Rancheria is not alone. Across the United […] Click here to view original

Federal reservoirs could generate enough solar energy to power 100 million homes annually, offering significant potential for hybrid solar-hydropower systems despite logistical and environmental challenges. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com A new study reveals that federally managed reservoirs have the potential to generate enough energy to supply power to around […] Click here to view original

"Let’s make a dump trip!" In my little boy days I would love hearing my Dad say that. It meant jumping into the back of his pickup truck. He fished lobster in those days as a living and his truck had that scent of the sea. We’d load stuff, […] Click here to view original

The threat of tariffs on rooftop solar components will lead to price increases for consumers, but likely won’t slow overall adoption. Donald Trump has pledged to increase tariffs on all kinds of products, and that could include solar panels. Higher tariffs will likely lead to higher prices for consumers. […] Click here to view original

Foley & Lardner LLP Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) and Department of the Treasury issued the highly anticipated final regulations for the Clean Electricity Production Tax Credit set forth in Section 45Y of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) […] Click here to view original