(APN) ATLANTA — Georgia Power’s 2016 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), released on Friday, January 29, 2016, continues to keep renewables on a slow track. The company files an IRP every three years to outline how it can best meet Georgia’s changing energy needs for the next twenty years. Georgia Power talks about the benefits of renewables, but the […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held a press conference Monday, November 23, 2015 at Atlanta City Hall to announce that the City is launching Solar Atlanta, its first solar energy program. The program will allow solar panels to be installed on the roofs of 28 municipal buildings in Atlanta. This is the first program of […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — After years of inaction because solar panels were deemed unfeasible, the City of Atlanta appears on the verge of possibly implementing a new solar power plan. Former State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield (D-Atlanta), director of Atlanta’s Office of Sustainability, told Atlanta Progressive News that she’s working with various departments to finalize a plan to install solar […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/crowdfunding-gives-boost-to-renewables-in-u-s/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 29 2013 (IPS) – A U.S. company called Mosaic has unveiled a new way for citizens to use the Internet to invest in specific solar energy projects around the country. In the style of such websites as Kiva, which raises money for microloans for small businesses in […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/10/southern-u-s-states-inch-towards-renewable-energy/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 29 2012 (IPS) – With the U.S. East Coast virtually shutting down Monday with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, the broader debate over transitioning to cleaner energy sources and slowing, if not halting, climate change is taking on ever greater urgency. While some parts of the […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/u-s-government-and-industry-partner-to-promote-electric-cars/ ATLANTA, Aug 29 2012 (IPS) – A 120-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to the nationwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Project aims to promote and expand the use of electric vehicles in the United States. The EV Project has a goal of handing out 14,000 free electric vehicle […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107625. ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30, 2012 (IPS) – As the United Nations and countries around the world look at cooperatives as an alternative economic model for the production of energy, rural energy cooperatives have thrived for over eight decades in the U.S., and citizens in some parts of the country […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Senate Bill 401 is a new, bipartisan bill introduced in Georgia’s State Senate would encourage private investment in solar power, stimulate the economic growth of Georgia, and enhance the continued diversification of the energy resources. The bill would overturn two existing laws which are standing in the way of meaningful development of solar power alternatives in Georgia. […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website here: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105977. ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 27, 2011 (IPS) – In the western desert state of Arizona, a company called EnviroMission is planning to build a new solar tower, the first of its kind, an ambitious new way to produce energy with heat from the sun. When completed in 2015, the tower, located […]
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