#SPICon 2019: Know Before You Go
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PART 3 – UNDERSTANDING UTAH’S CLEAN ENERGY LANDSCAPE When people think of Utah, they think of mountains, deserts, National Parks, the Salt Lake, weak beer, and maybe even the state’s complex relationship with polygamy as depicted in shows like Big Love! If they know much about natural resources, they might think about coal mining (we…
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PART 2: OUT ON THE TOWN Our Salt Lake City office is back with more tips and facts to prepare you for your trip to Utah in September for Solar Power International 2019. In this post, Joey Marquart, senior vice president, is tackling everything you need to know before you touch down from restaurants to…
#SPICon 2019: Know Before You Go
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Part 1: How to Get Around in Utah If you’re going to Solar Power International this September, that means you’re going to Utah! The state has a quirky reputation, but Utah is a fantastic place to 1) attend a conference and 2) do business with local companies in the clean energy field. Silverline, the leading…
We are five weeks out from North America Smart Energy Week, which means over 20,000 members of the clean technology industry will be touching down in Salt Lake City to attend the industry’s biggest events. If you’ve looked at the schedule, you know its jam packed with networking opportunities, educational sessions, informative panels and most…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is considered to be the Superman of the climate change movement. He has a clear campaign message to address climate change that maps out a sustainable future and how we can save a sinking ship. “We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the…
Summer can be a sleepy time for businesses, but not the cleantech industry. We maintain a Twitter list of journalists covering the energy sector, and between the Democratic debates, the Clean Power Plan repeal, record-shattering extreme weather and news out of the U.K. about clean energy becoming a dominant source of energy, the list is…
If you listened closely to the debates this week, you may have heard the Democratic candidates for president mention electric vehicles, a carbon tax and something about solar and wind. But these were fleeting moments. Over the course of four hours over two days in a city beset by rising sea-levels, millions of viewers tuned…
Why Tech and Renewables Go Hand-in-Hand
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It is said the only time you notice electricity is when it’s out. Soon, we’ll live in a world where the same can be said for the Internet—you only notice it when you’re not connected to it. Today, Axios wrote an update on Google’s efforts to go 100% renewable for all of its electricity needs.…
View The Energy Business in the USA (Chinese) PDF By Greg Merritt, President, New Dominion Group The business of energy depends upon a global supply chain. The needed equipment is produced around the world, and most energy projects contain products from multiple companies and countries. This is especially true of clean energy, as rapid advances…
This week milestone legislation was passed in California by Gov. Jerry Brown, who signed into law S.B. 100, which requires the state to source 100 percent of its energy from carbon-free resources by 2045. The bill also requires the state to generate 60 percent of its electricity from renewable energy resources by 2030. While this…
