Headlines

"...on how the utility can more effectively run its solar power rebate program...."

Nov. 13, 2009 News Feature

Why Can't Others Communicate as Clearly as Barbaro

"...subsequently be used to cleanly generate on-demand electricity using solar power. Here is a hint about how this would..."

Sept. 28, 2009 Postmarks

Fruits of Their Labor

How labor-related bills have fared this session

"...as for Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, for his solar-power incentives in SB 545. Although that fell victim to..."

May 29, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Brewster's Big (Pre-)Announcement

Place 5 council member to confirm mayoral run Monday

"...will be making his anouncement at the offices of solar energy firm Heliovolt at noon Monday (btw, he's also..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...and policy challenges to the use of wind and solar power on a municipal scale. Solutions will be shared..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature

Pickens in the Wind

Texas oil man trying to make green energy presidential issue

"...Of course, Pickens is heavily invested in wind power and gas-powered transportation: So is he just trying to..."

July 10, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Green With Ambition

Why we need a master developer – not a project developer – to mastermind Seaholm East

"...Turn the entire Seaholm East District into a giant solar power plant by cladding the buildings in photovoltaic panels?..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

May 16, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...senior living included by those at Trammell Crow? The solar-power generation promised by the Simmons Vedder Partners team? The..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature

Ghosts in the Machine

The Police conclude their North American tour in San Antonio

"...During the second hottest solar flair-up of the evening last night at the AT&T..."

Nov. 21, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

The bottles and cans keep piling up, but two venues catch green-building fever; a local pirate plunders the music business; and Kelly Clarkson now employs the entire Austin music scene in some capacity

"...they'd like to convert one or both stages to solar power...."

May 25, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

"...through renewable resources by 2020 (including 100 megawatts of solar power), making all new single-family homes zero-net-energy capable by..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

Beside the Point

City Council takes up arms and definitions over the charter amendments

"...amendment: that it would adversely affect water quality, prevent solar power rebates (i.e., "incentives"), and even block affordable housing..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...away from better renewable-energy sources such as wind and solar power. A Baxter aide says her boss' experiences confronting..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature

2002 Summer Camps

"...sort of expression-centered work that puts the pow! in empowerment. Participants will transform their creative autobiography into a public..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Solar power was popular in Florida in the Twenties and..."

July 26, 1996 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...by 2020, Austin Energy will get 30% of its power from renewable sources, while reducing energy consumption enough to..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

There Goes the Sun

Will a new study cause the sun to set on Austin's solar program?

"...The city's solar ambitions have long been predicated on an Austin Energy-commissioned..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Keeping Busy

Armendariz moves from the EPA to the Sierra Club, still defending the environment

"...endeavor that includes helping move Austin beyond the Fayette Power Project, a goal set by City Council with passage..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Twisting in the Wind

Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done

"...Energy's troubles selling its latest batch of GreenChoice wind power, the utility announced plans to significantly lower the price,..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Sun Rises (Finally) for AE

The utility's $5 / watt solar rebate program is – this time for sure – ready to go

"...be ready to go June 1 on its long-anticipated solar rebate program, offering a $5/watt incentive "to encourage its..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Green Energy Stars Get Their Props

Companies and utilities recognized for commitment to renewable energy

"...muscles before a national audience. Only now, an increasingly renewable-powered city is good-looking – not simply for environmental or..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...represented not only the environmental advantages of wind and solar, but the growing economic muscle of the once "alternative"..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

So You Want to Make Your Own Energy...

"...You Can Install Solar Systems ... If you want to generate your own..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature

AE's Coal Conundrum

Energy planners and the fight over Fayette

"...we do need to ultimately close down those coal-fired power plants, but first we need to build the bridge..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Austin Energy's Strategic Plan

The details of the utility's 50-year vision for the future

"...Holly Power Plant Close it by 2007. The plan does not..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Top 10 Environmental Stories

"...council a 20-year, $2.3 billion deal for a waste-wood-burning power plant. The Nacogdoches-area plant would provide about 75,000 homes..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Affordability Key to Climate Plan Goals

City task force makes its recommendations for 2024 climate change protection goals

"...aspirations. As the Chronicle reported two weeks ago ("AE's Solar Deal: 'Game Changer,' " July 4), one reason for..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Then There's This: Excuse My Biomass

Revisiting the city's decision to hook up with a chip-burning plant

"...summer, officially joining Austin Energy's alternative energy portfolio of solar and wind power...."

April 6, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

News Roundup: Endings and Beginnings

Out with the old City Council, in with the new

"...Developing 600 megawatts of AE solar and additional local “rooftop” solar (AE currently contracts for..."

Dec. 15, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

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