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Chart of the Day: How Does Solyndra Loan Compare to Actual 'Military Boondoggles'?

... guarantee given to the now-bankrupt solar manufacturer... results. But when a solar company goes bankrupt... the Pentagon’s “biggest boondoogles” [click on that link...

Published on September 19, 2011

Military-Industrial Complex Policy

... tank needs to run off solar panels, or, to use... prestige goes up, the Pentagon’s leadership...

Published on November 01, 2010

On Clean Energy, The Military’s Biggest Fight Is With Congress

...Edison is constructing the massive 350 MW Oro Verde solar PV plant...Power is preparing for the October opening of a 14.8 MW solar plant... at the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake. And Solar...

Published on August 12, 2012

Energy and Global Warming News for September 9th: Salazar says U.S. climate bill remains high on agenda; Boxer vows to introduce bill by months end; First Solar to build 2000 Megawatt plant in China

... efforts to expand solar, wind and other alternative... will marry it,” she said. First Solar To Build 2...-Gigawatt Solar Power Plant in China Solar-panel maker...

Published on September 09, 2009

June 16 news: U.S. Solar Installations Rose 66% in Q1; Pentagon Rolls Out Energy Plans

... post other stories below. U.S. Solar Installations... Rose 66% in First Quarter The amount of solar energy... released today by the Washington-based Solar Energy...

Published on June 16, 2011

Energy and Global Warming News for June 1: Ford revamps shuttered plant for clean economy; Lots of activity in world solar markets

... in newly acquired solar-panel business Panasonic Corp.... is banking on the solar-panel business that it gained... solar generation products, being offered in Japan...

Published on June 01, 2010

Energy and Global Warming News for September 15th: States are climate battlegrounds; Turning everyday garbage into gasoline

...-Income Homes Bask in Solar Power Solar power arrived... Affordable Solar Housing, or MASH. A slice of the $3....2 billion California Solar Initiative (CSI), MASH plans...

Published on September 15, 2010

Energy and Global Warming News for 11/12/09: Germany to help develop Moroccan solar-thermal energy projects; Clinton calls Copenhagen "steppingstone"; Military's growing thirst for oil is costing lives -- report

... Germany to Help Develop Moroccan Solar... using solar power as part of a larger program... nation. Funding and specifics of the solar accord...

Published on November 12, 2009

Marine Corps Commandant Supports 'Great Green Fleet': 'I'm A Big Believer In Alternative Energy'

..., citing the Marine Corps’ use of solar and wind... for the Pentagon’s use of biofuels. Amos isn’t the first...

Published on September 05, 2012

Energy and global warming news for January 10, 2011: GOP plans to kill EPA carbon regs with Congressional Review Act may not fly; Pentagon must 'buy American,' barring Chinese solar panels

... the clock. Pentagon Must ‘Buy American,’... Barring Chinese Solar Panels The military authorization... for the Defense Department purchases of solar panels...

Published on January 10, 2011

Energy and global warming news for January 27, 2011: Steven Chu outlines clean energy spending plan; House Democrats introduce oil spill reform bill

... solar electricity cost-competitive with fossil sources... of wind and solar equipment. Communist leaders... technologies. There’s a concentrated solar array whose...

Published on January 27, 2011

The Value of Sustainability to the Military: "Preventing Wars is as Important as Winning Them, and Far Less Costly"

.... Welcome to the age of the Solar Soldier, where... to help the Pentagon remove the barriers it encounters... from finite fuels to solar, wind and biomass...

Published on August 09, 2011

Newt Gingrich On Blackout And Record Heat Wave: Forget Climate, Let’s Worry About Electromagnetic Pulses

... or a major solar storm. It is almost unthinkable, yet... Agency, an arm of the Pentagon that maintains...

Published on July 13, 2012

Newark Star Ledger Editorial Board -- "Face facts: Climate change is unfolding as predicted"

.... Pentagon planners are preparing for wars and instability... subsidizing clean energy sources such as wind and solar...

Published on September 06, 2010

Energy and Global Warming News for July 21st: American Meteorological Society endorses geoengineering research

... still has to go. In 2006 alone, the Pentagon bought... that it claims uses no water and requires less energy. Solar... environmental benefits, solar energy is frequently touted...

Published on July 21, 2009

The good, the bad and the ugly of the Gang-of-10 drilling deal, Part 2: Something for nothing?

... solar baseload, are a serious supply option....] Assuming this includes the solar investment tax credit... but insure that wind, solar PV, and solar baseload see...

Published on August 17, 2008

Tom Friedman on why the military is going green

... of even the most conservative Pentagon planner, which... the Marines that they can’t buy the solar power... out of these two wars with a Pentagon-led green...

Published on December 20, 2010

Energy and Global Warming News for May 7: Recovery Act boosts clean energy; Q1 cleantech investment up sharply; Are lithium-air battery coming?

..., the Pentagon’s advanced research arm is exploring nuclear..., according to a report provided by the Pentagon... with wind, solar, hydropower and other renewable energy...

Published on May 07, 2010

U.S. forces find energy efficiency saves lives

... conservative Pentagon planner when one of your most... efficiency gains. Another program is testing solar power... base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The biggest solar power...

Published on December 18, 2008

The U.S. Military Leads the Charge on Renewables, Efficiency and Energy Security

... and Lisbeth Kaufman have the details of how the Pentagon has... to reduce fuel costs at the Pentagon, but more... online in China Lake, California, 100 MW of solar...

Published on June 14, 2011
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