They say nothing can get done in Washington, D.C. on the issue of clean energy, which has become a political lightening rod over the last year. With Congress at a high watermark of partisanship, accusations abound on Capitol Hill that American energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and the policies that support them are job killers and a money-wasting hoax on taxpayers

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Mission Critical: A Clean Energy Call to Arms

Free Hot Water often highlights California’s generous subsidies for solar hot water installations, but it’s not the only state committed to solar water heating. Arizona’s utilities all offer different — but valuable — solar hot water incentives for both residential and commercial installations. Of course, these are

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A Review of Arizona’s Generous Utility and State Subsidies for Solar Hot Water

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becoming greener at home: Solar Energy Information – Can Be Used …

In the choppy seas of American offshore wind development, calm waters are often followed by stormy skies.

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Offshore Wind: Making an American Industry, Part 2

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Recycling company wants to hire BPI workers

The world’s first solar-geothermal power plant was commissioned last week in Stillwater, Nevada with the completion of a 24-MW solar PV plant developed by Enel Green Power. It is strategically positioned next to Enel’s existing 60-MW geothermal plant to increase power production and resource predictability.

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Enel Flips Solar Switch at Cogeneration Plant, Starts Geothermal Work in Utah

When California funded the CSI Solar Thermal program in 2010, part of the funding included a carve-out for marketing the program and educating the public about solar hot water’s benefits to consumers and businesses.

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California Launches Solar Hot Water Public Awareness Campaign

Along the waterfront of the Charles River Basin, where rooftop access is scarce, solar panels rarely see the light of day.

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The Making of a ‘Living Lab’ for Solar and Efficiency

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Warmer climate having global ocean effect

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Study Hints at Greater Threat of Extreme Weather