photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. If you want a birds-eye view of the future of power, scramble up to the roof of a 562,089-square-foot warehouse in Ontario...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/11/08/why-the-green-energy-revolution-needs-the-smart-grid/
photo: White House In Wednesday’s New York Times, I have an exlusive about Silicon Valley solar startup Solyndra’s move to shutter a factory and lay off workers just weeks after it opened a s...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/11/02/china-syndrome-californias-solyndra-to-close-solar-factory/
photo: Todd Woody In a follow up to my story in Friday’s New York Times on the beginning of a solar building boom in the desert Southwest, I take a look at California regulators’ approval of ...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/10/29/megawatt-mania-california-approves-seventh-big-solar-farm/
photo: Todd Woody In Friday’s New York Times, I write about the beginning of the long-awaited solar boom in the Mojave Desert and how it may well be short-lived if crucial federal incentives fo...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/10/28/desert-solar-boom-begins-may-be-short-lived/
photo of desert tortoise tagged with a radio transmitter at the Ivanpah solar farm site: Todd Woody In Yale Environment 360 on Wednesday, I interview John Woolard, chief executive of BrightSource...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/10/27/ground-broken-on-u-s-first-big-solar-power-plant-in-20-years/
photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The United States is on the verge of a solar boom that could provide 4.3 percent of the nation’s electricity by 2020, ac...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/10/27/recipe-for-u-s-solar-boom-policy-money-a-little-sunshine/
photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times Green blog on Wednesday, I follow up on my print story about the impact of low-cost Chinese solar manufacturers on high-tech Silicon Valley startups: In an...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/10/13/silicon-valleys-solar-strategy-to-compete-with-china/
photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday gave the green light to the first two big solar power plants to be built on fede...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/10/06/first-solar-projects-on-federal-land-approved/
photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times on Friday, I write about a report showing venture capital investment in green technology companies nose-dived in the third quarter of 2010, with California...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/10/01/green-tech-investment-plummets-california-hit-hard/
photo: GE I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. General Electric on Wednesday gave a jump-start to Better Place, the Silicon Valley startup developing an electric car infrastruct...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/22/ge-plugs-into-better-place-sharp-buys-u-s-solar-developer/
Photo: WorldWater & Solar Technologies I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Carbon neutral jumbo jets may be a long way off but some airports are making strides in cutting their...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/17/chinese-solar-firm-lands-big-airport-deal/
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Talk about sporting greens: On Wednesday, all of the United States’ professional sports leagues said they would distribute a guide on how ...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/09/professional-sports-leagues-team-with-enviros-to-push-solar/
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Want to help solve the global water crisis? Step away from your laptop and let it join millions of other computers being used by scientists ...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/08/scientists-to-tap-1-5-million-pcs-to-solve-water-problems/
photo: Better Place In The New York Times on Monday, I wrote about the challenges of developing electric car batteries that will match the range of gasoline-powered vehicles: Silicon Valley may b...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/07/the-electric-car-battery-conundrum/
photo: Southern California Edison I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The California Legislature started out the week in the green by passing the nation’s first energy storag...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/03/california-bags-the-plastic-bag-ban-but-makes-solar-leap/
On Thursday in The New York Times, I write about an independent report that finds that PG&E’s smart meters are not responsible for higher utility bills incurred by some customers: After Pacific...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/02/report-pge-smart-meters-not-to-blame-for-high-bills/
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The California Legislature has passed the nation’s first energy storage bill, which could result in the state’s utilities being required...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/09/01/california-legislature-passes-energy-storage-bill/
Photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. With the campaign season revving up, even more money is starting to flow into the campaign to defeat Proposition 23. Prop ...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/08/25/anti-prop-23-forces-tap-big-donors-in-california-climate-fight/
photo: FuelCell Energy I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. It’s been a crappy week — and I mean that in a good way. On Wednesday, I wrote about the California egg farm that...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/08/24/flush-away-greenhouse-gases/
photo: U.S. Navy In The New York Times on Tuesday, I write about Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’ plans to green the Navy and Marine Corps and help build a market for new technologies: Want to stimula...
http://thegreenwombat.com/2010/08/17/greening-the-navy-by-building-the-priuses-of-the-air-and-sea/