Institute for Local Self-Reliance talks about how renewable energy can only grow as fast as Wall Street tax equity, noting it will remain difficult to have locally-owned renewable energy projects.

Many of renewable energy’s negative side-effects vanish if we develop it locally instead of centrally, says the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance says the story of a proposed Minnesota wind project shows that “community wind” can’t just be a legal masquerade.

Institute for Local Self Reliance asks the question of what it would be like in America if we could pay $2.24 per watt for solar, which is one option Germans may be paying after clean energy policy revisions.

Institute for Local Self Reliance looks at community choice energy aggregation as an alternative to electricity deregulation, allowing residential and commercial customers to choose a different electricity provider.

Institute for Local Self Reliance’s John Farrell talks how about time of use pricing for energy could act as an incentive to go solar, because solar panels tend to operate best during summer.

Institute for Local Self Reliance’s John Farrell offers up some healthy skepticism on solar thermal power’s storage potential, saying it may have only a marginal impact.

Institute for Local Self Reliance’s John Farrell talks about how solar power, despite getting cheaper, is not seeing the same cost reductions in different market segments.

Solar grid parity is considered the tipping point for solar power, when installing solar power will cost less than buying electricity from the grid. What does that mean?

Building a clean energy future on a foundation of tax credits and deductions means significant inefficiency, reduced opportunity for the public sector, and handcuffing clean energy deployments.