From Solar Austin - Solar Austin Happy Hour - Perspectives on Utilities: Where Does Solar Fit In? As solar, storage, demand response, and energy efficiency continue their ascent, new utility business models are emerging that align utilities’ financial incentives with increasing distributed energy resources (DERs) . What...
From Solar Austin - Texas has the most solar energy potential of any state in the U.S., but has been slow to adopt solar technology. Now that's changing and all kinds of entities - wholesale electric providers, retail electric providers, businesses and individuals - are looking...
From Solar Austin - An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur race to lead the clean energy future. But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century? Through the stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the...
From Solar Austin - Plan to be inspired by the solar opportunity within the Living Building Challenge™. LBC is the built environment's most rigorous performance standard. It calls for the creation of building projects at all scales that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature's architecture. The certification process...
From Solar Austin - Solar is booming, but the share of electricity coming from solar is still very small. As that changes, it will be important to find ways to integrate larger amounts of solar energy in ways that keep the grid stable. As has already...
From Solar Austin - Solar On-Bill Financing at Pedernales Electric Co-op The Pedernales Electric Cooperative is taking steps to encourage more of its customers to go solar - including the recent kick off on an on-bill financing program for customer-owned solar installations and battery storage. This is...
Nestled 25 miles north of Austin in conservative Williamson County sits the first city in the United States to officially make the switch to 100 percent renewable energy. Georgetown, with a population of roughly 55,000 people, announced in spring of 2015 that its city-owned utility...
All You Need to Know About This Green Week in Austin AEN Editor Amy Stansbury runs down the list of great green events going on this week in Austin. Give it a listen! MP3 Link...
[Happy Hour] Friday, January 22nd from 5pm to 7pm the Austin Area Tree Huggers are having a happy hour at the Roaring Fork on Stonelake Boulevard. All tree lovers are welcome to attend for a night of networking and fun. More info>> [Tree Giveaway] Saturday, January 23rd from 9am to noon TreeFolks is...
From Solar Austin - Our first happy hour of the year is going to be one you won't want to miss. Georgetown will soon be powered by 100% renewable energy. How is it achieving this goal so much more rapidly than Austin and most other cities?...