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South Dakota Lagging on Solar Power Development

South Dakota has some innovators taking advantage of solar power, but we're still behind the rest of the country in squeezing electricity from all that free nuclear fusion from heaven. Nerd Wallet ranks states for residential solar energy based on…

South Dakotans Making Solar Power Work

It's not a power revolution yet, but South Dakotans are showing that solar power isn't just for sunny California and Arizona. First, near Pierre, one family traded propane for solar-boosted electric heat: ...one customer with a larger array of 15…

Solar Powers All New U.S. Electricity in March

Spring hasn't felt terribly sunny here in South Dakota, but it has for the solar power industry. The Solar Energy Industries Association notes with pride that every megawatt of new electricity generation capacity built in March comes from solar energy.…

New Power in September All Wind and Solar

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the United States added 433 megawatts of new electrical production capacity last month. Every erg-per-second of that juice came from renewable energy installations. 300 megawatts of wind power, 133 megawatts of solar power—all green.…

Romney Energy Plan: Burn Everything for Big Oil Profits

I can think of only two logical explanations for Mitt Romney's reiteration of the GOP's Drill Baby Drill energy plan: He just got some big donations from Big Oil executives. He's a catastrophic millennialist: Jesus is coming, so why save…

NREL Report Shows 1000 Times More Solar Power in South Dakota Than We Need

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released an analysis of how much renewable energy we could produce in each state if we really tried. According to the data, the U.S. could generate over 450,000 terawatt-hours of renewable electricity. Compare that…