Expanding Access to Solar Financing in Connecticut

With the CT Solar Lease program, the Connecticut Green Bank continues to develop innovative financing solutions to advance solar and other clean energy technologies.

US DOE, Sandia, CEG/CESA collaborate to provide municipal energy storage procurement guidance

Although many municipalities have gained some limited experience in the area of distributed energy resources, mostly due to the success of the distributed solar industry, adding energy storage and islanding capability to the mix raises a whole new set of questions.

The Many Benefits of Oregon’s Irrigation Modernization Initiative

Energy Trust of Oregon, working with the nonprofit Farmers Conservation Alliance, has developed a coordinated and comprehensive program to help irrigation districts and the farmers they serve to develop modern irrigation systems.
Androscoggin Valley Hospital Biomass Boiler and Emissions Reduction System PHOTO CREDIT: New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Sustainable Energy Division

New Hampshire’s Groundbreaking Renewable Thermal Program

In 2012, New Hampshire became the first and only state to add a carve-out for renewable thermal technologies to its renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse speaks at the Solarize Tiverton and Solarize Little Compton kickoff event. Photo Credit: Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources

Exploring the Benefits of Distributed Solar in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources developed a pilot project to explore how distributed solar could provide value to Rhode Island’s electric grid.

Report from BOEM’s New York Auction Seminar and Public Hearing

Strong winds, advanced offshore wind technology, and a large market all come together in New York where the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management recently designated 81,130 acres as a commercial wind energy area.

NYSERDA Sailing Forward On Offshore Wind

NYSERDA's announcement that it will participate in the BOEM auction of the New York Wind Energy Area is an exciting and potentially significant opportunity for offshore wind development.

From Oil to Offshore Wind

If U.S. oil companies stop drilling for more oil, as climate activists want, what would they do to keep their shareholders happy and solvent? Maybe they could repower the American electric industry with offshore wind.

State Clean Energy Programs Honored for Efforts to Transform U.S. Markets

The Clean Energy States Alliance is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards.

Can Reforms Shift California Program from Controversy to Energy Storage Incentive Model?

The California Public Utilities Commission recently proposed a few changes to California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) that may begin to reshape the program into a national model for incentivizing energy storage deployment.