Silicon Ranch’s holistic approach to solar development
January 9, 2023Update from the What’s Working Department: As reported by Canary Media’s Julian Spector, Tennessee-based solar energy pioneer Silicon Ranch raised another $600 million in equity investment to further its holistic brand of solar development. The company, which was launched in 2011, remains independent despite the industry trend toward consolidation. Silicon Ranch takes a capital-intensive approach to development, purchasing,…
How To Electrify Everything
April 19, 2022As humanity blindly bolsters its addiction to burning fossil fuels in the face of climate disaster, it can be easy to look away and give up hope. What, after all, can one person do? Our need for energy is fundamental and deeply intertwined in every aspect of our lives. As a civilization, how can we…
Coming together to fight climate change
August 17, 2016A recent AP piece argues that climate change is the most polarizing current social issue because it stimulates our intuitive tendencies toward collective action or individualism. The logic makes sense but that isn’t what happened in WWII. The country came together and galvanized its resources to fight a global threat. In The New Republic Bill McKibben…