Tag Archive for "Renewable Energy Standard"

The year 2012 will go down as a very good year for renewable energy, with both the wind and solar industries experiencing record development. What will it take to continue the momentum in 2013? In this new blog series — Ramping Up Renewables: Clean Energy Policies to Watch in 2013 — UCS energy experts will discuss some of the most important policies that President Obama, Congress, and state policy makers can focus on in the coming months to further the clean energy transition this year and beyond. Read More

Categories: Energy

Tags: clean energy, clean energy transition, climate-change, Global warming, policy, PTC, Ramping up Renewables, renewable electricity standards, Renewable energy, Renewable Energy Standard, solar, wind power

Michigan’s two largest electric service providers—Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy—seem to prefer sending billions of ratepayer dollars out of state to pay for coal imports rather than investing more in homegrown renewable energy that will provide help to the local economy. Michigan voters will get an opportunity to change that this November by supporting Prop 3, a ballot initiative that would require the state to get 25 percent of its power from renewable energy sources like the wind and sun by 2025. Read More

Categories: Energy

Tags: 25% by 2025, clean energy, coal, Coal Imports, Coal Plants, Consumers Energy, Detroit Edison, Michigan, Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs, Proposal 3, Renewable energy, Renewable Energy Standard, RES, wind power