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Monday, August 1st, 2016

Clean Energy Is Booming in Historically Red States—and It’s Splitting Conservatives Apart

Author:     Jeremy Deaton
Source:     Alternet
Publication Date:     July 25, 2016
 Link: Clean Energy Is Booming in Historically Red States—and It’s Splitting Conservatives Apart
Stephan:   One of the interesting things about trends is that once you pick them up you realize there are all sorts of unexpected consequences. Here is an example of what I mean, and I take it as good news.
The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Facility in Nevada is the first utility-scale concentrating solar plant that can provide electricity whenever it's needed most, even after dark. Credit: SolarReserve

The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Facility in Nevada is the first utility-scale concentrating solar plant that can provide electricity whenever it’s needed most, even after dark.
Credit: SolarReserve

The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas just became the new home of the country’s largest rooftop solar installation, a sprawling 26,000-panel array smack dab in the middle of Sin City. The project is just the latest jewel in the crown for Nevada solar energy geeks. Just down the road on Interstate 15 sits the Ivanpah solar power station, the world’s largest solar thermal plant.

Despite Nevada’s emergence as a national leader on clean energy, Silver State legislators have intervened on behalf of power utilities to slow the growth of solar. In doing so, they have exposed a divide among conservatives when it comes to clean energy.

Recent policy fights have pitted right-wing grassroots activists against […]

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