Department of Interior Finalizes Destructive Energy Policy
Posted In | By Shaun
The Department of Interior’s recently finalized Solar Energy Development Program will continue to permit the destruction of vast swaths of treasured desert landscapes, even though we can generate clean and sustainable energy in our cities or on already-disturbed lands.
Taxpayers, Ratepayers Will Fund California Solar Plants
Posted In | By Janine Blaeloch
Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2012
Tortoises Manhandled for Solar Splits Environmentalists
Posted In | By Janine Blaeloch
Bloomberg News, September 20, 2012
Final Programmatic EIS Released for Solar Development on Public Lands
Posted In | By Janine Blaeloch
The Interior and Energy departments have released their final plan for industrial-scale solar development on public lands. On some 285,000 acres in “solar zones” developers will be given special incentives through speedier permitting, while another 19 million acres of public land will remain open to solar plant applications. Representatives of the solar industry and of national environmental groups—NRDC, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and Audubon—issued a joint press release applauding the policy.
It’s Time To Strengthen California’s Solar Feed-in-Tariff
Posted In | By Shaun
California’s legislature asked the Public Utilities Commission to implement a feed-in-tariff that would properly compensate ratepayers for excess clean energy they feed to the grid from rooftop solar installations, but the Commission’s proposed policy to implement that legislation falls short and is unlikely to tap California’s full potential for local clean energy. The Clean Coalition and Sierra Club of California have filed a petition asking the Commission to strengthen the policy.
California Taking Steps to Promote Rooftop Solar
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California has installed over 1,200 megawatts of rooftop solar capacity as of June, and is pursuing rulings and legislation to keep that number climbing.
Environmentalists Feeling Burned By Rush to Build Solar Projects
Posted In | By Janine Blaeloch
Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2012
Solar Power Works Best When It Stays Small and Local
Posted In | By Janine Blaeloch
A column for the western syndicate Writers on the Range
Speak Up for Energy Democracy
Posted In | By Shaun
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is a critical gateway allowing individuals to finance energy efficiency and rooftop solar, lowering their own utility bills and contributing to a brighter future for all communities. Tell Washington it is time to remove the red tape from this necessary step into a local clean energy future.
Solar Done Right Frequently Asked Questions
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Answers to questions we hear a lot about industrial-scale solar and wind versus distributed generation.
Sign Solar Done Right’s Call To Action for Energy Democracy
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We encourage you as an individual or your organization to join in our Call to Action for Energy Democracy. This initiative will bring citizens together to demand a more cost-effective, faster, less damaging, and more democratic path to renewable energy. Our goal is to move renewable energy development away from our ecologically rich public lands and onto rooftops and already-developed areas.
Solar Done Right’s Latest Response to Programmatic Solar EIS
Posted In | By Janine Blaeloch
The BLM has published a supplement to its EIS for solar developments on desert public lands; Solar Done Right strongly opposes the program and offers alternative technologies and sites.
Distributed Generation Liberates Poorer Communities from an Expensive and Unreliable Grid
Posted In | By Shaun
A micro-loan program in India is giving residents access to a clean and reliable source of electricity—solar panels
Rooftop Solar Charges Ahead
Posted In | By Shaun
With the right policies in place, countries have installed solar panels on hundreds of thousands of homes. We have progress to make in the US, but rooftop solar has already established a strong presence, with at least 1,000 megawatts of clean energy generated on rooftops in California alone. We are abandoning the old energy paradigm of destroying public lands to meet our electricity demand.
Solar Done Better in Washington DC
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The facilities keepers at Washington DC’s FedEx Field have decided they can shade their parking spaces and generate power. In this post, we share a time-lapse video of the installation. It’s pretty impressive. If this can work in partly-cloudy DC, imagine how effective it will be in the cities of the Southwest!