
A solar energy firm has quit the UK after complaining it doesn’t receive enough taxpayer-funded subsidies. Zep Solar UK, which is backed by billionaire inventor Elon Musk, accused the government of not doing enough to support the industry A spokesman
by Nick Hallett17 Oct 2015, 8:05 AM PST0

Vice President Joe Biden made an earnest plea to the world–and the GOP debate–to take climate change seriously on Wednesday, calling it “absurd” that there was a debate over man-made global warming.
by Charlie Spiering16 Sep 2015, 2:31 PM PST0

On Tuesday, the White House announced a new plan to subsidize the expansion of solar panels for low-income homes in Baltimore.
by Warner Todd Huston7 Jul 2015, 2:34 PM PST0

When Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk unveiled a line of home and commercial battery packs a week ago, he said Tesla was “trying to change the fundamental energy infrastructure of the world.” Although the system Musk announced was better than the competition, the cost was assumed to be too expensive except for home solar systems. But now it turns out that Tesla’s new batteries do not even make economic sense to back-up rooftop solar systems–at least not yet.
by Chriss W. Street11 May 2015, 12:25 PM PST0

The year 2015 may go down as when support for renewable energy flipped. Policy adjustments—whether for electricity generation or transportation fuels—are in the works on both the state and federal levels.
by Marita Noon28 Apr 2015, 5:58 AM PST0