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A Solar Panel on Every Roof? In U.S., Still a Distant Dream

By Yale Environment 360 on September 19, 2011 2 Comments California, cleantech, Climate Change, Dave Levitan, distributed solar power, global warming, green technology, Greentech Media Research, Michael Woodhouse, MJ Shiao, photovoltaic, renewable energy, residential solar, residential solar sector, rooftop solar, Santa Barbara, Solar City, solar energy, solar farms, solar panel, solar power, solar PV, Solar Renewable Energy Certificates, solar;, Sungevity, SunRun, utility scale solar power

A Solar Panel on Every Roof? In U.S., Still a Distant Dream

Daunted by high up-front costs, U.S. homeowners continue to shy away from residential solar power systems, even as utility-scale solar projects are taking off. But with do-it-yourself kits and other innovative installation approaches now on the market, residential solar is having modest growth.

Brown to Green: A New Use For Blighted Industrial Sites

By Yale Environment 360 on July 11, 2011 Comments Off on Brown to Green: A New Use For Blighted Industrial Sites Bethlehem Steel Mill, Brownfields, Chase Huntley, Cleanfields Act, Cleanfields Investment Act, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado Brownfields Foundation, Colorado Springs, concentrating solar photovoltaic array, Dave Levitan, energy, EPA, Fort Carson, Frank Lautenberg, Gail Mosey, global warming skeptics, green energy, hazardous waste, industrial waste, James Inhofe, Jesse Silverstein, Jr, Lackawanna, landfills, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lura Matthews, molybdenum, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, national renewable energy portfolio standard, Navy Yard solar array, New Mexico, New York, NREL, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Questa, Re-Powering America’s Land initiative, recycle, renewable energy sites, solar panels, solar photovoltaic, Stringfellow, Superfund, U.S. Army, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wilderness Society, Williams Agate, wind farm

Brown to Green: A New Use For Blighted Industrial Sites

Few places in the U.S. are as well suited to developing renewable energy as the contaminated sites known as “brownfields.” But as communities from Philadelphia to California are discovering, government support is critical to enable solar and wind entrepreneurs to make use of these abandoned lands.