By Robert Ddamulira, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION “The racial wealth gap in the United States is shocking, the average wealth of a white American family is $170,000, nearly 10 times that of the average wealth African-American family,” observes Kedra Newsom Reeves, consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Climate change impacts are posed to tilt that imbalance even further. More […]
Read More »Environmental Justice and Renewable Energy
By Thomas S. Benson According to a March 2022 survey by the Pew Research Center, a majority of Americans favor the U.S. taking steps to become carbon neutral by 2050, with 69% calling for the U.S. to prioritize the development of alternative energy, such as wind and solar, and 31% calling for the U.S. to […]
Read More »Electricity Disconnections: Pursuing the Goal of 100% access to electricity in the United States
By Dr. Kathleen Saul World Bank data assure us that 100% of people in the United States have access to electricity.[1] Yet, as the Center for Biological Diversity reports, families in this country have had their electricity turned off more than 3.6 million times since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] And that figure only […]
Read More »Seoul 1 GWp ‘Solar City’ Highlighted at Mayors Forum
The 2019 Mayors Forum (part of IREC held in Seoul in October) featured Seoul’s 1 GWp Solar City Initiative. FREE helped the City to design this ambitious program as part of the FREE-Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Dr. Byrne delivered the keynote at the Forum, which drew 37 mayors from 25 countries. […]
Read More »California’s Bold Solar Energy Vision
By Joseph Nyangon How California’s New Rooftop Solar Mandate Will Build Additional Value for Its Customers The boldest new plan yet to increase electricity generation from noncarbon-producing sources has been announced by California. Highly regarded as a trendsetter and vanguard of progressive energy policies, California became the first state to require solar power installed on all […]
Read More »FREE Facilitates Tour by the Seoul Energy Corporation of U.S. Energy Innovations
FREE facilitated a coast-to-coast tour of innovative energy applications for a delegation from the Seoul Energy Corporation (SEC). Spearheaded by CEO Jin Sub Park, the visiting team included: Jung Min Yu, Chang Woo Cho, and Yong Dae Kim. SEC is responsible for the supervision of and investment in energy policy programs in South Korea’s capital […]
Read More »Sustainable Energy Utilities and ESCO Financing Can Save Money and Reduce Carbon Footprints
By Kathleen Saul – Master of Environmental Studies Faculty at The Evergreen State College Reprinted with permission from: https://www.evergreen.edu/sustainableinfrastructure “The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.” —Will Rogers William Penn Adair, aka Will Rogers, lived at a time before the spread of electric lights, before highways […]
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