Susan Spencer sees potential for the Rochester region to lead on technology that could prevent the acceleration of climate change. In particular, she says she sees promise in the solar cell research and development work happening across the area, especially at Eastman Business Park. And that makes sense: Spencer is a Ph.D. candidate at Rochester […]
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The park and resurrection
Rochester scored a win a couple of years ago when New Jersey-based Natcore Technologies moved its solar cell research and development work to Eastman Business Park. Eastman, which is the former Kodak Park, beat out several competitors in the company’s nationwide site search. And recently, state and Natcore officials announced that the company plans to […]
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WSJ corrects the record on renewables
The Wall Street Journal is getting attention for yesterday’s Energy section cover piece, “Six Myths About Renewable Energy.” The article takes six common claims for or against renewable energy and sets the record straight. For example, it tackles the claim that renewables don’t contribute much power to the United States’ grid and explains, point by […]
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Solar’s odd couples
There’s an old trope that politics makes strange bedfellows, and that’s apparently true with solar power subsidies. Yale Environment 360 published an article yesterday that details the fights over solar power subsidies in some states, Arizona in particular. The article says that the opposition in these states has come from fossil fuel interests, including utility […]
