Solar Power
California Mandates 100 Percent Renewable Energy By 2045
The state's top-down approach to energy issues will only raise rates on consumers.
California Regulators Want to Add $10,500 to the Price of a New Home With a Solar Panel Mandate
But they swear the new regulations will actually save homeowners money.
Trump's 'America First' Plan Is Naked Special-Interest Policymaking
When anyone says, "I'm for free trade, but it must be fair trade," they are really saying: "I am not for free trade."
Trump Launches Solar Panel Trade War with China
Will the economic and social benefits of the solar panel tariffs outweigh their costs? Not likely.
Trump Combines His Worst Ideas Into a Solar-Power Border Wall
The idea is sadly gaining steam.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Orders Regulators to Figure Out How to Keep Renewables from Crashing the Electric Power Grid
New energy market distortions to fix old energy market distortions
Two Solar Companies Got Big Subsidies From Obama. Now They Want Protective Tariffs From Trump.
A bankrupt Chinese-owned taxpayer-subsidized company that's asking for protection against Chinese imports.
St. Petersburg Wants to Force You To Put Solar Panels On Your House
There are no downsides, say proponents.
Powering U.S. Using 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is a Total Fantasy
New research debunks a study claiming there's a low-cost way to power America using only wind, solar, and hydropower.
The Coming German Energy Crisis
An overcommitment to renewables has already had negative consequences.
Obama: Clean Energy Future Is Irreversible and Will Outlast Trump
Still, it is always good to have some idea of what tradeoffs proposed policies would impose.
New Proposed Nevada Solar Power Plant Would Cost Six Times More Than the Hoover Dam
While supposedly delivering about the same amount of electricity.
Solar and Wind Power Won't Work Without Natural Gas as a Back-Up, Says New Study
To be against fracking is to be against renewable energy.
Hillary's Solar Scheme Is Central Planning at its Worst
Why privilege solar over all the other technologies, including some that may not even be invented yet?
"The End of Doom": Ron Bailey on Why The Future Looks Pretty Damn Great
Advances in technology will address climate change before calamity strikes.
Anti-Fracking Activism Sacrifices Nature for Ideology, Correctly Argues USA Today Op/Ed
Reason warned back in 2011 that environmentalists would oppose cheap natural gas
The Energy Market Faces Creative Destruction
As more people get their power via solar, public utilities are threatened because the cost of the old energy system will fall on a diminishing number of people
Debunking John Kerry's Claim That Climate Change Is a Great Investment Opportunity
If renewable, new nuclear, or even fusion energy is actually becoming cheaper than conventional fossil fuels, why would the world need an international treaty at all?
What We Saw at the People's Climate March
Hundreds of thousands of protesters crowd the streets of New York City.
How State Solar Policies Hurt America's Poor
Government-sponsored sweetheart deals for the solar industry are increasing energy costs for low-income Americans.
Massive Subsidized Solar Project in Calif. Desert Opens
Funded by federal loan guarantees
US Files WTO Complaint About India's Solar Energy Rules
Accused of keeping foreigners out of industry
Obama Seems to Want it Both Ways in Energy Development
Promotes both solar and fracking in State of the Union speech
SolarCity to Offer Direct Securities Investments
Would you like to bet on rooftop solar's future?
Latest Ford Concept Car a Solar-Powered Hybrid
Supposed to be parked below a special solar concentrator
Reason Foundation Study Details Depths of Green Energy Crony Capitalism
Not an investment in the future but in people who know the right politicians
If You Liked ObamaCare, You'll Love ClimateCare*
Wrecking both health care and energy as a presidential legacy
Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Renewable Energy Technology
Model T energy tech is no way to address climate change.
Unlikely Alliances Develop to Fight Solar Power Problems
United by bad government policies
Spaniards Rebel Against New Solar Taxes
Instituted by decree, and huge fines for those who don't pay
Installation of Solar Panels on the White House Has Begun
Obama pledged in 2010 that he would have the panels installed