SB X 1-2 and California’s New Energy Future
05/10/11 - David Nahai - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
This law, called the California Renewable Energy Resources Act, obligates all California electricity providers to obtain at least 33% of their energy from renewable resources by the year 2020. This requirement constitutes the most aggressive renewable portfolio standard in the country.

Renewable Energy Home Design
04/14/11 - Don Harmon - LiFeBATT
My premise is that we need a new Model for Housing, as the older homes will not hold their value by today’s Renewable Energy standards, and the next generation buyers will quickly be drawn to a more energy efficient model. These new buyers are also looking for different designs than older homes typically offer for their lifestyle choices.

The Battle for Energy
08/26/11 - Florian Ion Petrescu , Relly Victoria Petrescu - Bucharest Polytechnic University
The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 18%, with 15% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewables. This paper aims to disseminate new methods of obtaining energy.

Mechanical ventilation and heat recovery System with integral heat pump
05/10/11 - John Perry - Redoak
This article explains: some background to our bungalow design, why we had the original mechanical ventilation and heat recovery system installed; why we chose the latest system and our experience with both systems.

Echo Captures More Untapped Solar Energy
05/10/11 - EchoFirst
This is an interesting use of existing technologies combined to build a viable solution.

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The Solar Decathlon
07/31/11 - Bob Hetherington - AltEnergyMag
This is the first of 4 articles covering all the entriesin the 2011 Solar Decathlon for your interest and enjoyment. These students have earned the support of us all. Thanks for giving us your view of the future! Links to the rest of the articles are in the article.

Energy Storage Solutions
08/17/11 - Interview with Michael Lippert - Saft Batteries
Energy storage is set to play a vital role in ensuring the economic viability of renewable energy by addressing its intermittency issues to make it available on demand. Equally, energy storage can play an important political role in the change to a low carbon economy by ensuring that the lights always stay on.

Understanding Solar Power Purchase Agreements
A Guide to Hosting a Solar Energy System
10/13/11
Under the terms of a solar PPA, a solar services provider installs solar equipment at a host business, government site, university, or other organization, and the host agrees to buy the solar electricity generated by the system for a fixed price and term, usually 5-20 years.

Feed in Tariffs - the proven road NOT taken…Why?
11/16/11, Peter Lynch, SunSeries.net
Complacency is always a barrier to change. Just as the Captain and crew of the Titanic became complacent when the ship was deemed “unsinkable” we must not become complacent and not do what is proven and obvious – Feed in Tariffs.

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