RPS

Pattern Energy Group LP has set another wind energy precedent with its announcement that it has secured financing for a 75 MW wind farm in Puerto Rico.

In some of the best news of an otherwise dismal week, California’s SBX1-2 has gotten the approval it needed from both the State Assembly (the equivalent of the Legislature) and t

Calls for the U.S. to institute a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) have come from corporations, politicians, and trade associations alike.  However the RES proposed in legislation introduced in the Senate yesterday was not necessarily what these advocates had in mind.

The California Energy Commission has approved the Abengoa solar thermal plant slated for the desert outside San Bernardino, California.

Solar Power Rocks, an online solar power resource for everyone interested in solar energy, from professionals to neophytes, recently released it 2010 Report Card, in living color, in graph form, with so many rating

Colorado recently instituted a very aggressive renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which makes the state's renewable energy growth potential monstrous.

Last month the Colorado State Senate passed a bill increasing the Colorado's RPS to 30% by 2020.  Currently, the state only generates 6% of its electricity from renewable energy sources. 

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the first comprehensive list of 244 proposed renewable energy projects that could produce up to 70,000 megawatts (MW) of clean energy annually, building on California’s aggressive renewable energy goals.

For those who are interested in renewable energy for its money making potential, there are signs which point to a growing and more settled market.

Earlier this week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an Executive Order directing the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to adopt regulations increasing California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to 33 percent by 2020.

The renewable energy industry has received massive political and financial support from the U.S. government in the past year, and now it is  looking to secure more.