Planning for Phasing Out Incentives

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Planning for Phasing Out Incentives The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/planning-phasing-incentives/ Over the next decade, solar electricity will let consumers get cheaper energy from their rooftop than from their utility. Among the upheaval in the electricity system, the coming of …

Energy Self-Reliant States: New Report! Minnesota’s Value of Solar

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

A busy week for democratic energy!  Last week we: Released a comprehensive explainer on Minnesota’s value of solar policy. Fired back at the biggest solar leasing companies in their war on value of solar with An Enormous Question for ‘Solar Choice’. Published a presentation I gave at Electrons on the Run, a …

John ?Jack? Schneider Joins Envision Solar International Board of Directors

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Disclaimer : Principals of Ethical Markets  are shareholders of ENVISION SOLAR John “Jack” Schneider, Former Managing Director of Allen & Co. Joins Envision Solar International Board of Directors Seasoned Advertising and Media executive to help grow the Company’s sustainable media and outdoor advertising business SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – April 10th, …

Video: Masdar – the City of the Future

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Community Development Solutions

Robert Llewellyn, host of the Fully Charged Show, visits Masdar City, a city fully sustainable on green energy. Masdar City is a project in Abu Dhabi, in the united arab emirates. Its core is a planned city, which is being built by the abu dhabi Future Energy Company, a subsidiary …

The Energy Collective: Coast to Coast, Legislation Protecting Communities Gains Momentum

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

    Coast to Coast, Legislation Protecting Communities Gains Momentum Posted: 22 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT Every day, communities across the country are taking action to protect themselves against the harms of industrial fracking. These efforts are illustrated by events like the string of successful bans and moratoria that …

Going With the Flow Battery

Jay OwenGreentech

New flow batteries provide just the right energy storage for intermittent renewables such as solar and wind to guarantee constant supply throughout the grid Prof Peter Saunders A fully referenced and illustrated version of this article is posted on ISIS members website and is otherwise available for download here Please circulate widely and repost, …

US Patent Awarded to Envision Solar for EnvisionTrak(TM)

Jay OwenGreentech

DISCLAIMER :    Full Disclosure :  Principals of Ethical Markets Media  are early –stage investors in Envision Solar  US Patent Awarded to Envision Solar for EnvisionTrak(TM) Unique Tracking Solution Enables Solar Tree(R) Structures to Track the Sun Without Impeding Traffic SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwired – February 13, 2014) – Envision Solar International, Inc., (EVSI) (“Envision …

EESI: 2013 Solar Industry Job Census Results

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

2013 Solar Industry Job Census Results *Includes release of new state-by-state job numbers* Tuesday, February 11, 2014  2:30 PM – 4:00 PM  2226 Rayburn House Office Building  Free and open to the public  Please RSVP to expedite check-in    A live webcast will be streamed at 2:30 pm EST, February 11, 2014 here      …

Global Atlas initiative: Unleashing West Africa’s renewable energy potential: Reports on solar and wind opportunities

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Earth Systems Science

Unleashing West Africa’s renewable energy potential: Reports on solar and wind opportunities The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) presents two reports demonstrating its ground-breaking renewable energy resource-assessment tool, concentrating on the region of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Together, these two reports from IRENA present the first …

Going Green: 2040 Talks At UNF Promote Solar Energy Investing

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Articles by Hazel Henderson

The event will explore how the First Coast can become a green, sustainable region by the year 2040. Hazel Henderson, author and founder of Ethical Markets Media, said the transition away from last century’s fossil-fuel based economy is shifting very rapidly toward solar energy. Henderson said the Council’s Green Transition …