Tag: Solar Energy

Energy and Environment

Illinois putting $30m of solar into energy mix

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 8:11 pm

General Motors adding solar power to plants

Washington Examiner · June 24, 2014 2:13 pm

The little discussed reality is that renewable energy cannot function without heavy subsidies in the form of producer and consumer tax credits, purchase mandates, and large loan guarantees to companies like the now-bankrupt Solyndra. (iStock Photo)

Examiner Editorial: Admit it, greens — renewables can’t power U.S. economy

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2014 9:00 pm

German test pilot Markus Scherdel steers the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft for its maiden flight at its base in Payerne, Switzerland Monday, June 2, 2014. The aircraft is the second solar plane of the Solar Impulse project. The main goal of the project is to circumnavigate the world with an aircraft, powered only by solar energy. (AP Photo/Denis Balibouse,Pool)

Swiss-made solar plane makes maiden flight

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2014 10:23 am

Members of Congress have said it over and over again: The United States needs an all-of-the-above strategy for our energy future. But what does that actually mean? (Thinkstock Image)

Energy and Environment

Solar and wind energy deserve same tax break as oil and gas

Chris Coons · May 23, 2014 2:00 pm

Inside the Portland control center at Iberdrola Renewables. (Submitted photo.)

Energy and Environment

Keeping the lights on used to be so simple

Zack Colman · May 23, 2014 2:00 pm

Solar farm planned for East St. Louis

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2014 5:41 pm

The White House is shown in the photo above.

Let the sun shine in _ on White House solar panels

Josh Lederman · May 10, 2014 1:41 pm

Angelita Rodriguez protests outside a Walmart store in Paramount, Calif., on Nov. 23, 2012. ( AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Beltway Confidential

Walmart cozies up to White House, annoying unions

Sean Higgins · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

Solar panels on the roof of the building supplying energy to the AirTrain at Newark Liberty International Airport are seen as the train rolls by.

Energy and Environment

Obama announces new energy efficiency, renewable energy measures

Zack Colman · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

The executive actions, the administration says, include commitments from more than 300 public- and private-sector partners to create new jobs in the energy-efficiency industry and reduce carbon pollution. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

New York Times: Obama’s new executive actions won’t have much of an impact on global warming

Ashe Schow · May 9, 2014 4:00 am

In this April 30, 2014 photo, Qazvin Azad University students assemble the Havin-2, or Brilliant Sun, for a test drive in Qazvin, Iran. A group of Iranian students and their teachers geared up for a summer road trip through the American heartland, fueled only by the sun and their hopes to shine in what will be a first for the Islamic Republic. The flat, rectangular Havin-2, drove for tests alongside slightly larger gas-powered motor vehicles outside the capital, Tehran, ahead of the eight-day, 1,700-mile (2,700-kilometer) race that will take it from Austin, Texas, to Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran students gear up solar car for US challenge

Nasser Karimi · May 8, 2014 6:43 am