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CLEAN ENERGY
Forbes: Solar Power More Competitive Than Decision-Makers Or Consumers Realize – Are the decision-makers entrusted with determining the future of energy infrastructure operating under an outdated understanding of the cost-competitiveness of solar power? In many cases, the answer is yes, according to a paper released last week by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). [May 24, 2012]
Boston.com: Connecticut subsidies seen spurring home solar power – Installing solar panels could cost, on average, $35,000, according to a state energy agency spokesman. [May 20, 2012]
TreeHugger: Solar Backpacks to Charge Marines in the Field – In an effort to reduce the energy supply needs and lessen the risks of U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) forward deployed forces, researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have prototyped and are field-testing one solution: A mobile solar power pack, with high efficiency, flexible solar cells coupled to a high capacity rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack. [May 24, 2012]
Boston Herald: Obama calls for keeping production tax credit to save clean-energy jobs – From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said would save jobs in the field of clean-energy production. [May 24, 2012]
Huffington Post: Saudi Arabia Eyes Solar Power For Future – Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, may finally be getting serious about overcoming the technical and financial hurdles for tapping its other main resource: sunshine. [May 23, 2012]
Earth Techling: Robot To Wash Solar Panels Among Winning Student Inventions – Students took home $200,000 in prizes for green ideas at an awards ceremony recently held at California Institute of Technology for a Department of Energy competition. [May 19, 2012]
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
SmartPlanet: All-in-one ‘V-Pole’ charges electric cars, lights the street – Who says a street lamp should just light our city streets?… At the top of the pole there’s an LED street light, and built into the pole there’s Wi-Fi, technology to wirelessly charge your electric car, and cell phone infrastructure [May 25, 2012]
Los Angeles Times: Nissan Leaf’s U.S. sales may jump after production starts here – Nissan sold just 370 Leaf electric vehicles in the U.S. last month and only 2,103 so far this year. To put this in perspective, the U.S. auto industry has sold almost 4.7-million vehicles this year. But as Andy Palmer, executive vice president of Nissan’s Yokohama, Japan-based global operations, notes, the U.S. sales numbers don’t provide much of a marker for the success of the first mass-market electric car in several generations. [May 24, 2012]
New York Times: Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids – LIKE many college students, Katherine Bovee, a master’s degree candidate at Ohio State University in Columbus, struggled to find a focus for her undergraduate studies. Wanting to sample a broad range of possibilities, she enrolled in a mechanical engineering program. [May 18, 2012]
Los Angeles Times: Consumer Reports: Car buyers care most about fuel economy – Fuel economy is the top feature buyers consider when shopping for a new car, according to a recent survey by Consumer Reports. [May 22, 2012]
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
East Hampton-Portland Patch: Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge Rewards Resident for Early Action – Last week, the Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge performed a free LED lighting upgrade — worth more than $1,000 — for raffle winner and East Hampton resident Jamie Owen. [May 21, 2012]
SmartPower Program Assistant Daniel Francis (center) tours Priam Vineyards in Colchester, Conn., along with Neighbor to Neighbor Clean Energy Corps members Jeff Crawford (left) and Bijal Patel (right).
SmartPower’s Daniel Francis and Chandler Clay visited the Connecticut Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge office for a weeklong program strategy session, complete with evening canvassing and lighting visits. From Glastonbury to East Haddam, SmartPower was able to engage in the program’s aggressive outreach.
As an integral part of the program’s media plan, Daniel joined Lead Organizer Jessica Bergman in a local public access television appearance about Neighbor to Neighbor and the Home Energy Solutions visit. Be sure to check out the video here.
Meanwhile, Communications Manager Chandler Clay joined the Clean Energy Corps in an evening canvass as they successfully signed up more than 17 Glastonbury homes for the program’s free lighting visits. Chandler also attended a local lighting visit, helping two corps members replace 21 incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving bulbs at no cost. The exchange is expected to save the East Haddam home more than $100 per year in energy costs.
As if the week wasn’t busy enough, Daniel spent his free time on Saturday touring the solar powered Priam Vineyards. The winery was established in 1998 and has been self-sufficient since 2010, when it became the first winery in New England to be completely solar powered. Daniel also toured a local solar home on Sunday, May 20, as part of Wilton Go Green’s 3-stop Green Homes Tour.
Between energy efficient lighting, Home Energy Solutions upgrades and increased solar development, Connecticut is well on its way to becoming a leader in sustainability. As always, SmartPower is happy to do its part.
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CLEAN ENERGY
Bloomberg: Solar Power Prices More Competitive Than Thought – Power from solar panels is much closer to price competitiveness with fossil fuel-generated electricity than many policy-makers and investors realize, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. [May 16, 2012]
Reuters: Asia to overtake Europe as global solar power grows – The world’s solar power generating capacity will grow by between 200 and 400 percent over the next five years, with Asia and other emerging markets overtaking leadership from Europe, a European industry association said on Monday. [May 7, 2012]
Forbes: Saudi Arabia Plans $109 Billion Boost for Solar Power – Saudi Arabia is seeking investors for a $109 billion plan to create a solar industry that generates a third of the nation’s electricity by 2032, according to officials at the agency developing the plan. [May 11, 2012]
Reuters: Mexican wind energy boom plays out on gusty shores – On an arid plain where sudden gusts of wind can rip roofs off buildings and knock over tractor trailers, Mexico is building a new engine for its energy future. [May 14, 2012]
Forbes: Sean Tufts: Ex-NFL Linebacker now Tackling Wind Energy Projects – Remote sites for potential wind farms are not exactly the types of fields you picture a retired NFL linebacker scouting. But Sean Tufts is not your typical retired football player. Nor is he your classic promoter of wind energy as the nation’s primary source of renewable energy. [May 15, 2012]
AOL Energy: Geothermal, Solar Power Unite In First Of Its Kind Facility – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu earlier this month heralded the creation of a new geothermal-solar power plant in Fallon, Nevada, which he said was “the first of its kind in the world.” [May 16, 2012]
Boston.com: Walmart to install solar panels on 27 stores in Mass. – Retail giant Walmart said it plans to install solar panels on top of about half of its roughly 50 Massachusetts stores as early as August as part of an expansion of solar power in the state. [May 15, 2012]
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Forbes: The Global Electric Vehicle Movement: Best Practices From 16 Cities – Global leaders want to have 20 million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road worldwide by 2020. Last year, some 40,000 EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) were sold around the world. [May 11, 2012]
Bloomberg: Ferrari Plans to Replace Iconic Enzo With Super Hybrid –Ferrari SpA will turn to fuel-saving hybrid technology to create its most powerful and expensive model, showing that even elite performance cars are under pressure to get greener. [May 14, 2012]
Business Insider via Houston Chronicle: Ford Is Finally Putting A Focus On Electric Cars – After test-driving the soon-to-go-on-sale Ford Focus Electric at a promotional event downtown on Thursday, Matt Hrna was impressed with its quick acceleration. [May 15, 2012]
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Daily Pound Ridge: Program Aims to Make Pound Ridge a Little Greener – Homeowners in Pound Ridge now have opportunity to make their houses more energy-efficient and save some money on their utility bills, all while making the town a little greener. [May 13, 2012]
Fox Business: Gadgets that Zap Energy Wasters in Your Home – Common problems like leaky windows, drafty doors and power-hogging appliances can waste energy in your home and lead to unnecessarily-high utility bills. [May 16, 2012]
TBD: Washington, D.C. now sports 1,360 LED street lights in its alleyways – Mayor Vince Gray will venture into a Columbia Heights alleyway to replace the last of about 1,360 old alley street lights with newer energy-efficient LED lights expected to save 591,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year as well as reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 719 tons. [May 14, 2012]
FRIENDS OF SMARTPOWER
Hartford Courant: Keri Marries Kerry After A Long, Adventurous Friendship – Check out this story about Former SmartPower employee Keri Enright! [May 13, 2012]
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. – The Connecticut Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge is helping Connecticut residents save money and reduce energy use in their communities by exchanging incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) at no cost. Neighbor to Neighbor is now urging residents to take advantage of its free CFL lighting installation program before supplies run out in June.
The Neighbor to Neighbor Free Lighting Program, helps Connecticut residents transition to more energy efficient bulbs as new federal lighting standards limit the types of incandescent light bulbs available on the market. The program gives residents a head start finding the most efficient light bulbs that work best for their homes. It‘s a simple first step for homeowners who want to reduce energy consumption and start saving money on monthly electricity bills.
Estimates show that the average home’s lighting accounts for 10 to 15 percent of electricity consumption, and by switching to energy efficient bulbs, families can save an average of $125 per year. Some residents have even seen savings of more than $300 per year. Upgrading to energy efficient light bulbs greatly reduces the amount of energy wasted through the use of outdated incandescent light bulbs.
“The Free Lighting program has been instrumental across the state in engaging residents to address their energy needs. It serves a critical first step in helping homeowners understand the many ways they can save money through our program,” said Kerry O’Neill, Program Manager of the Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge. “Why wouldn’t you sign up? It’s free and can cut costs on your home energy bills.”
Since launching in December 2010, Neighbor to Neighbor has completed hundreds of free lighting visits around the state, replacing 5,000 incandescent light bulbs with efficient compact fluorescent bulbs and avoiding 181,382 pounds of C02 emissions. The lifetime impact of these efforts is more than $50,000 in energy cost savings. In addition, the program has saved 600 megawatt hours of electricity — enough to power more than 50 homes each year.
The Neighbor to Neighbor Clean Energy Corps, a team of eight young lighting professionals, install up to 25 free compact fluorescent light bulbs and educate homeowners on efficient lighting technology. Corps members received residential lighting certificates after completing a course from the Lighting Research Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
While funding for the Neighbor to Neighbor Lighting Program will end in June 2012, the program will continue offering its many other services through 2013. Residents can sign up for their free in-home lighting visit at www.CTEnergyChallenge.com/lighting or call 860-372-4406.
This was a big week in general news, but it was just as big of a week in green news! This is our longest SmartReads to date, so we hope you’ll find plenty of great reads, from improvements in solar financing to the top green gifts for Mother’s Day. Share your favorite green articles with us on Twitter using the hashtag #SmartReads.
CLEAN ENERGY
New York Times: Solar Installers Offer Deals, Gaining Converts – Jay Nuzzi, a New Jersey state trooper, had put off installing solar panels on his home here for years, deterred by the $70,000 it could cost. Then on a trip to Home Depot, he stumbled across a booth for Roof Diagnostics, which offered him a solar system at a price he couldn’t refuse: free. [May 9, 2012]
AOL Energy: Shining a Light on the Cost of Solar Installations – As the number of US solar installations soars, installers and developers are seeking opportunities to provide the clean power to institutional clients at rates that will attract financing, supply electricity at below retail rates, and still make a profit. [May 10, 2012]
New York Times: Few Seize on a U.S. Bond Program Backing Green Energy – With the country reeling in 2008 from the financial crisis, Congress created a special program to help struggling local governments finance clean energy projects. Under the initiative, cities and counties could sell bonds to pay for a new wind farm or energy efficient windows at City Hall, and the federal government would help pick up the tab. [May 7, 2012]
Washington Post: U.S., India glimpse a bright future together in solar power – There are few places in the world where the opportunity for solar power is more blindingly obvious than India. There are also few industries where the possibility of collaboration between India and the United States is more tantalizing. [May 10, 2012]
Department of the Interior: Salazar ‘Flips the Switch’ on First Large-Scale Solar Energy Project on Public Lands to Provide Power to the Grid – As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to energy, today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar “flipped the switch” on the Enbridge Silver State North solar project, the first large-scale solar energy facility on U.S. public lands to deliver power to American consumers. [May 7, 2012]
Baltimore Business Journal: Johns Hopkins University adds solar panels on seven buildings – Johns Hopkins University has launched its first solar energy initiative, adding about 2,900 solar panels on seven buildings across its Baltimore campuses. [May 7, 2012]
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
The Hill: Republican to revive lightbulb war – A House Republican is planning in the coming weeks to revive the GOP offensive against federal lightbulb efficiency standards. [May 7, 2012]
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
USA Today: U.S., German makers agree on electric-car charging – Major U.S. and German automakers have agreed on a common electric-car charging standard that will speed the recharging of batteries in as little as 20 minutes. [May 7, 2012]
The Detroit News: Tesla to deliver first Model S electric by June – Tesla Motors Inc. said Wednesday it is on schedule to deliver its first Model S electric vehicle by next month — and disclosed it will exhaust its $465 million Energy Department loan within six months. [May 9, 2012]
New York Times: The Battery-Driven Car Just Got a Lot More Normal – CRITICS of electric vehicles say they are too expensive and lack sufficient driving range. But I wonder if those gripes would disappear if the E.V.’s on sale weren’t so — let’s not mince words — homely. I adore my all-electric Nissan Leaf, but its wide rear end, bulging headlights and odd proportions evoke a Japanese gizmo aesthetic that doesn’t necessarily appeal to mainstream American car buyers. [May 6, 2012]
New York Times: Thoughts From a Week in the Ford Focus Electric – Driving the 2012 Ford Focus Electric for a week gave me an opportunity to mull some questions about how a purely electric vehicle ought to behave and look. [May 4, 2012]
GENERAL GREEN
SmartPress: Green Green Gifts For Mother’s Day – Since we did Green Gadgets For Dad on Father’s Day, we thought it only fair to provide some green gift ideas for Mom this Mother’s Day. Share your own green gift ideas with us on Facebook! [May 8, 2012]
Since we did Green Gadgets For Dad on Father’s Day, we thought it only fair to provide some green gift ideas for Mom this Mother’s Day. Share your own green gift ideas with us on Facebook!
1. Cook your mom breakfast in bed, lunch on the patio or a candlelight dinner using only local and organic ingredients, ensuring a flavorful and healthy meal with a minimal carbon footprint.
2. Give Mom a good green read. Pre-order Green Is Good: Save Money, Make Money, and Help Your Community Profit from Clean Energy on Amazon today!
3. Help out around the house with a green spring cleaning. Replace old incandescent bulbs with CFLs, install smart powerstrips and set up recycling cans throughout the house. Mom will be especially happy when she sees the reduced energy bills!
Find more green spring cleaning tips here.
4. Replace one of mom’s old appliances with an Energy Star appliance. From kitchen goods to electronics, Energy Star offers the latest technology in durable, energy-saving appliances.
5. Pamper her. With certified organic argon oil, Aveda’s Green Science line provides natural and healthy care for your mom’s skin.
6. Spend the day outdoors. Take mom on a hike, go for a bike ride, plant a garden or take a trip to the farmer’s market. For mothers who appreciate a good glass of wine, consider taking her to a nearby tasting of local organic wines.
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CLEAN & RENEWABLE ENERGY
SEIA: New Study Shows US Solar Energy Could Employ Hundreds of Thousands of Americans by 2020 – A new independent research report released today by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, found that solar energy is following the same path to commercialization as other traditional energy sources spurred by federal incentives. [May 1, 2012]
Think Progress: Three Charts That Illustrate Why Solar Has Hit A True Tipping Point – A new report from the prominent global consulting firm McKinsey shows why solar photovoltaics have hit a tipping point. [April 30, 2012]
Forbes: Morgan Stanley Backs $300 Million Fund To Install Residential Solar – Clean Power Finance – a San Francisco startup that offers software tools and financing to solar installers – Morgan Stanley’s MS Solar Solutions Corp, Zions Bancorporation and solar installer Main Street will create MySolar, a lease program to finance up to $300 million of rooftop solar arrays for homeowners in California and Arizona. [May 3, 2012]
Los Angeles Times: SolarCity makes IPO plans – SolarCity Corp., a Bay Area solar panel developer and installer whose chairman heads Tesla Motors Inc., is planning an IPO. The San Mateo company’s intention to go public come as other alternative energy firms are backing away from similar growth plans, even after the industry reported record growth last year. [April 30, 2012]
AWEA: AWEA U.S. Wind Industry First Quarter 2012 Market Report – During the first quarter of 2012, the U.S. wind industry installed 1,695 megawatts (MW) across 17 states. This brings cumulative U.S. wind power capacity installations to 48,611 MW through the end of March 2012. [May 3, 2012]
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Green Biz: How EVs are changing driver behavior: 7 lessons from 24 million miles – In the world of electric vehicles, nothing attracts as much speculation or disagreement as the debate over exactly how EV drivers behave. [May 1, 2012]
AOL Energy: Ford Powers into Electric Car Business – If it’s true that it takes a crisis to force change then the US car manufacturing sector understands this better than anyone. Detroit has undergone a renaissance in the wake of the global economic and financial meltdown, broadening their offerings to include more fuel efficient passenger vehicles, hybrid models and electric cars. [April 30, 2012]
GENERAL GREEN
KEYT: America’s Next Eco-Star Has Roots in Santa Barbara – A Santa Barbara woman receives a major, national title and comes back home to share her success story, and her vision for the next generation. Katie Romanov won the title of ‘America’s Next Eco-Star’ in a contest sponsored by SmartPower, a non-profit in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Energy Department. [April 28, 2012]
National Defense Industrial Association: Panetta Touts Pentagon Investments in Green Energy – The Defense Department sees climate change and rising oil prices as national security concerns, and intends to play a leading role in the nation’s energy future, said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta. [May 3, 2012]
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CLEAN & RENEWABLE ENERGY
Huffington Post: Earth Day Energy Quiz Yields Alarming Results – Rather than telling people how to be more energy efficient this Earth Day, SmartPower decided to test consumers’ knowledge of energy efficiency with a 10-question quiz. Instead of receiving the varied results we expected, we noticed that there were some surprisingly common incorrect answers. [April 25, 2012]
Market Watch: New Data Shows 97% of Americans Overestimate the Cost of Installing Solar Panels – Sunrun, the nation’s largest home solar company, today announced results of a nationwide poll assessing Americans’ beliefs about the desirability and costs of installing a home solar system. Among the results is data indicating 97% of Americans overestimate the cost of going solar, while nearly 8 out of 10 of those who do not already have solar panels say they would install solar if cost were not a factor. [April 25, 2012]
CNN: Turning up the heat to drive down carbon emissions and energy bills – It’s an illuminating idea which its creators hope will help drive up energy efficiency and bring down buildings’ carbon emissions. Mixing the idea of Google’s Street View with multi-spectral thermal camera technology, Massachusetts-based startup Essess is building a giant database mapping residential and commercial properties in the U.S. [April 24, 2012]
Phoenix Business Journal: APS listed as top solar energy developer – Arizona Public Service Co. landed third on a list of the nation’s top ten utility developers of solar power in 2011, according to a report by the Solar Electric Power Association. [April 22, 2012]
Yahoo!: NRG Energy, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Celebrate 100 MW Milestone for 290 MW Agua Caliente Solar Project – Representatives from NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG - News), MidAmerican Solar and First Solar, Inc. (FSLR - News) gathered with federal and local officials today at the 290 megawatt (AC) Agua Caliente solar project in Yuma County, Ariz., to celebrate the project’s first 100 megawatts (MW) being delivered to the grid, making it North America’s largest photovoltaic (PV) power plant in operation. [April 25, 2012]
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
POLITICO: Chevy Volt a charged issue – About 15 months after the Volt and Nissan Leaf hit the market, dealers have reported selling about 23,300 cars of both models. By comparison, it took Toyota five years to reach the same figure with its Prius in the U.S. [April 24, 2012]
GENERAL GREEN
The Atlantic Cities: Green Infrastructure Could Save Cities Billions – Compared to canvas grocery bags or CFL light bulbs or even solar panels, larger “green infrastructure” projects such as roof gardens or permeable streets can be hugely expensive. It turns out, however, that they’re actually not that expensive when compared to the costs of building more traditional infrastructure, and can even save money. [April 24, 2012]
Earth Techling: eBay Adds More Renewable Energy To Power Data Center – You probably don’t think about all that email you have saved in your inbox. But all of those correspondences, not to mention documents, pictures and videos are being saved thanks to the help of data centers located all over the United States. And those data centers are energy hogs. [April 21, 2012]
USA Today: Family takes long, winding road to their ‘green’ house – Some people love cars, the faster the better. Others indulge in food, fashion or football. I like houses, always have. And lucky me, I got the chance to build my dream home. [April 23, 2012]
Los Angeles Times: Public split over elimination of U.S. energy subsidies, poll finds – The American public is divided about whether to eliminate federal subsidies for any form of energy and is giving less support to nuclear power and U.S. funding of renewable energy, a new poll has found. [April 26, 2012]
USA Today: ‘Green’ schools that go beyond basics: One Indiana school is not only drilling its students on academics, but it’s also drilling holes in its campus to tap geothermal energy. A Vermont college is into burning wood chips as a way to save money. [April 20, 2012]
Rather than telling people how to be more energy efficient this Earth Day, SmartPower decided to test consumers’ knowledge of energy efficiency with a 10-question quiz. Instead of receiving the varied results we expected, we noticed that there were some surprisingly common incorrect answers.
For example, when asked Where do houses leak the most energy? a) windows and doors; b) ducts; c) plumbing; or d) ceilings, walls and floors; seven out of 10 people answered a) windows and doors. Only one in ten people answered correctly: d) ceilings, walls and floors.
This is alarming, as houses are an even larger source of carbon dioxide than cars — another commonly missed quiz question — making it extremely important that homeowners understand not only how much energy their homes are wasting, but also where they are wasting energy.
Department of Energy Better Buildings program across the country are trying to educate homeowners on just this.
Energize New York offers the services of an Energy Coach — a home energy specialist who visits the house to give homeowners some personally tailored advice before they commit to a comprehensive assessment. This way, the homeowners are geared with the best possible knowledge to ask the best possible questions and get the best possible results.
A video of Energy Coach Dick Kornbluth meeting with a North Castle resident provides the perfect snapshot of how common misconceptions about home energy efficiency can turn into money drains, as the featured homeowner was pleasantly surprised to find that window replacements were not listed among her recommended upgrades. Rather, replacing the insulation in her walls proved to be a much less costly and much more effective means of making her home more comfortable and efficient.
If more homeowners took advantage of highly incentivized programs like Energize New York, they could be saving hundreds of dollars on their energy bills each month thanks to better-insulated ceilings, walls and floors.
Another blaring misconception from the Earth Day Energy Quiz was that four in five people assumed that an Advanced Controlling Power Strip results in 53 percent energy savings or lower. In reality they save, on average, 73 percent of energy compared to standard power strips.
Advanced Controlling Power Strips are capable of generating such big savings because their improved technology allows them to sense and automatically cut off the electricity supply to devices not in use. With smart energy gadgets like these, it’s possible for homes to stop wasting energy bill dollars on idle electronics.
Before I give away all the answers, I’d encourage you to take the Earth Day Energy Quiz to see if you’re any more energy savvy than our previous test takers. Once you finish the quiz and compare your answers to the correct ones, think about what you can do to be more energy efficient at home and beyond, keeping in mind that changes as simple as turning the faucet off while brushing your teeth can save loads on your energy bill.
Good Luck! And I hope to see all perfect scores on next year’s Earth Day Energy Quiz!