U.S. Wind Power Industry Celebrates The Extension of the Tax Credit
The wind production tax credit was extended by the U.S. Congress. According to the trade group- American Wind Association Energy, this extension saves 75,000...
Obama Administration Fast-Tracks Large Solar Plants, Ignores Small Ones
Large-scale solar plants have been fast-tracked under the Obama Administration. Instigated by government-guaranteed, low-interest loans, sometimes covering up to 80% of the construction costs,...
Record Breaking Solar Cell Efficiency of 44% Achieved at NREL
The world record for energy efficiency of photovoltaic cells has been broken again. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), together with their partner Solar...
Nissan’s New Battery Policy Could Increase EV Adoption
Here at The Green Optimistic, we firmly believe in electric vehicles as the cleanest transportation available and most certainly the future of transportation...
Major Comeback of Building-Integrated Solar Panels by 2017
A new report, released by Pike Research, shows that the market for solar panels built into building roofs and walls will grow from 400MW...
New Technology by Apple Generates Electricity From Wind Power
Apple has developed a new technique that allows storing of wind energy directly from the wind turbine in the form of heat, which is...
Nation’s Largest Community-Owned Solar Facility Now Available
Clean Energy Collective together with San Miguel Power Association makes available clean energy produced locally for anyone in the area with a 1.1 MW...
CalTech Idea Could Double Solar Panel Efficiency
Light from the sun is made up of a number of different wavelengths ranging from 1 nanometer to 1 millimeter. Solar cells aren't reactive...
Japan’s Nuclear Program Still on Hold
On March 11, 2011, an earthquake in Northeastern Japan sparked a cascade of failures at the Fukishima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Three of the...
Cost of German Solar Installations Markedly Lower than US
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have determined that solar installations cost more in the US than in Germany. They verified the total amount...
