During his weekly address to the nation last Friday, President Obama announced the allocation of $2 billion in loan guarantees to two solar companies with big projects planned or underway in the United States. Abengoa Solar Inc., a Spanish firm, will build a large solar thermal electric power plant in Arizona, and Abound Solar will [...]

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Sometimes, the best laid plans fall apart. It seems that may be the case for wildly popular PACE financing programs in cities and states across the nation. The programs, which allow homeowners to borrow municipal loans for renewable energy systems and pay them back through a voluntary property tax increase, are under attack from Fannie [...]

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It looks like men are not the only ones who love technology, welding, batteries and electric motors. After presenting the example of Eva Håkansson, who plans on building an electric motorcycle, I stumbled upon the story of another girl, Jennifer Holt, from Columbus, Ohio, who built her own electric bike.

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