Whilst the future of Ohio’s clean energy standards might lie in the hands of governor John Kasich, recent research by watchdog industry group Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) reveals that fossil fuel and utility interests have been pulling the strings behind the freeze on Ohio’s clean energy standards.
An amendment to the US Senate Energy Bill aimed at protecting residential net metering, proposed by two senators, including one in Nevada, has been backed by solar industry groups.
French firm Engie, formerly GDF Suez, the largest independent power producer in the world, will announce a strategy for its transition away from fossil fuels in the coming weeks.
The clean energy industry has received a stark warning that it needs to commit more resources to lobbying to counter the efforts of a failing fossil fuel industry.
SolarCity has produced commercials that “reframe” the debate between fossil fuels and renewables in “deliberately practical terms”, comparing the complexity of generating and delivering power from fossil fuel plants against the immediacy of rooftop PV.