David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...
Of course, questions remain as to how exactly this rule will be implemented under utility tariffs and, potentially, through net metering contracts with competitive suppliers. Some notable examples: ...
The world's largest solar-powered battery and storage facility in Parrish. Credit: Arielle Stevenson/WMNF. A major Florida power company wrote and hand-delivered legislation aimed at preventing ...
If you have solar panels installed on your roof, you likely aren't using up all of the energy that they're generating each month. All that excess is sent to the grid, joining your utility's supply of ...
Policy issues can be complicated in our increasingly technical world. A timely example is the proposed changes to net-metering for rooftop solar in Florida. While it is true that rooftop solar ...
After much discussion, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted on Dec. 15, 2022 to revise the net metering policy in California. The revision, which goes into effect on April 15, ...
Homeowners with an interest in adopting solar are usually swayed when they learn that their solar-paneled home is its own power-generating entity. Like a smaller version of Con Ed. During the day, ...
The public thinks that electricity is all about what generates it. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, wind, solar or biomass, heated discussions have focused on costs, carbon and reliability. Few know ...
WASHINGTON ― Net metering practices should be revised to reflect the value that distributed electricity generation ― for example, electricity generated by rooftop solar panels ― can provide to society ...
Two major Dutch research institutes, CE Delft and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), have conducted a study for several renewable energy associations to assess the ...
The Dutch senate (Eerste Kamer) has rejected a proposal to phase out the country's net-metering scheme from 2025. The Tweede Kamer, the Dutch lower chamber of parliament, had approved the proposal by ...
If Pakistan is to ensure long-term grid stability, equitable cost-sharing, and a sustainable solar transition, further policy ...