Tag: Solar Energy

Department letter explained that it is conducting an agency-wide review of all grant programs and cooperative agreements over $100,000 as a result of the agency's changing budget situation (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Energy and Environment

Energy outlook: Coal ‘collapses’ by 2040, placing damper on Trump’s agenda

John Siciliano · June 15, 2017 12:00 pm

The Solar Power Market Is Under Threat‐‐From One of Its Own

Ike Brannon · June 9, 2017 6:05 pm

Energy and Environment

Grid watchdog raises alarm over solar panel problems

John Siciliano · June 8, 2017 5:06 pm

According to Axios, Trump told those present at the White House meeting that they could talk about the solar-paneled wall only if they accredited the idea to him. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Trump proposes border wall covered in solar panels to GOP leaders: Report

Matthew Trunko · June 6, 2017 10:51 pm

The potential imposition of protective tariffs on solar panels would actually help foreign-owned companies and hurt U.S. workers and consumers. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Crony capitalism masquerading as trade protectionism in the solar panel industry

Horace Cooper · June 5, 2017 4:10 pm

If implemented, the duties sought in the petition would roughly double the price of solar, leaving the U.S. with the highest priced solar in the world. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

A solar energy trade war may be looming

Clark Packard · June 1, 2017 2:24 pm

Federal watchdogs are investigating nearly a billion dollars in loans to finance solar farms and a hydroelectric dam in Chile, according to a report. (PRNewsFoto/SunEdison)

You’re subsidizing a ‘five-star’ empty shell in Kabul and a failing solar farm in Chile

Timothy P. Carney · May 31, 2017 12:44 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry hit a raw nerve in Washington recently when he announced his department will undertake a study of the possible impact that federal regulations have had on U.S. electric grid reliability. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Energy and Environment

Energy Department right to study impact of regulations on U.S. power grid

Luke Popovich · May 15, 2017 4:01 am

today's most productive energy workers are in coal and natural gas, not solar. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Beltway Confidential

Today’s most productive energy workers are in coal and gas, not solar

Mark J. Perry · May 3, 2017 7:19 pm

"Diversity" may be the word that best characterizes America's energy system in the 21st century. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

‘Alternative energy’ is now mainstream

david-hart · April 22, 2017 12:00 pm

The exact savings from rolling back the Clean Power Plan depend on the analysis. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s repeal of Clean Power Plan could mean billions in savings

Philip Wegmann · March 10, 2017 7:57 pm

If Trump wants to promote the energy industry, he should be encouraged by this bipartisan effort and begin removing the regulatory barriers to renewable energy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Trump should deregulate renewable energy instead of subsidizing it

Jonathan Nelson · February 24, 2017 1:00 am