Access to energy is an enabling, even liberating objective. In the 1970s, the concept of “The Iron Law” emerged. Daniel Yergin in his book, “The Prize, The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power” explains:…

In the broadest possible terms, high growth economic sectors appear to emerge every thirty or so years. Think of them like trains, except their journeys run long enough to capture a significant portion of the…

  Sioma High School in Zambia has gone solar. In the grand scheme of things, this may be a small step. However, if you have eyes to see and ears to hear, this is a…

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  Value of listed clean tech firms soars 18 per cent in 2013  

SolarPlaza is an excellent compendium of solar and renewable energy projects throughout the world. In response to a recent post by Paul Van Der Linden (http://blog.solarplaza.com), I asked …  Would SolarPlaza be interested in inviting…

It is worth paying attention to United States utility industry revenue growth the  and comparing it with how much product (kilowatt hours) they actually deliver. According to the United States Energy Information Administration, between the…

The Small Businesses Benefits of “Going Solar” Note: This article discusses the impact solar has on “meter spin” costs only, but does not address the costs associated with demand. In days of old, miners took…

Announcing an Energy Cost Breakthrough – It now costs less to generate your own power using Solar PV than to buy it from Rocky Mountain Power!  Savvy homeowners pay attention to the money they spend…

A recent article in Breaking Energy claims that it is difficult if not impossible to induce homeowners to make energy decisions based on efficiency and saving. Difficult, yes. Impossible, no.  While it is certainly true…