Theoretically, subsidies shouldn’t last forever – they should stimulate certain behavior and last long enough to do so but not so long as to suck cash away from taxpayers without purpose. Unfortunately, that’s often not how things work. Fossil fuels, whose use should be discouraged at this point, continue to … [continued]
The online solar marketplace Pick My Solar has released its own report on the California solar market after finding “large discrepancies” with the data from the California Solar Initiative (CSI). According to Pick My Solar, the average cost-per-watt data from CSI is off by 39%, at least partly due to … [continued]
The California Solar Initiative installed a record 391MW of new solar on utility customer rooftops in 2012. The program has now installed 1,629MW of rooftop solar, enough to power 150,000 homes, and is years ahead of program target goals.
On Monday, February 9th 2009, California received 11 Megawatts worth of Non-Residential Reservation Requests for installations from California businesses. This is the highest MW total in one day that PG&E has seen in the rebates it administers for the California Solar Incentives program.
One day after California approved a new policy that mandates rooftop solar on most new residential buildings by 2020, Fox News has created a hit piece decrying the move as more “nanny state” policies.
California achieved a major milestone when it crossed 1 GW of installed solar power capacity through the California Solar Initiative (CSI) recently, the state regulators have just reported. The initiative accounts for about 50% of the total solar power capacity installed in California. According to the state regulators, San … [continued]
California, which has often led the nation in emissions reductions and environmental initiatives, is not the standard bearer in producing renewable energy today. If you consider all forms of renewable energy — solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal, then California isn’t at the top in total production, and as a percentage … [continued]
California utility PG&E has been a reluctant investor in renewable energy — until now. The utility announced yesterday a five-year plan to produce 500 MW of solar energy from a collection of midsize projects located in Northern and Central California. That’s enough power for 150,000 homes and 1.3 percent of … [continued]
San Francisco-based 1 Block Off the Grid (1BOG) announced today that it is teaming up with Real Goods Solar for a 100-home solar campaign in the city. 1 Block Off the Grid is an initiative that promotes residential renewable energy systems through education, private finance, and community purchase programs. Essentially, … [continued]
The space solar race is on, as research teams in the US, the UK and elsewhere around the world take a wacky idea and make it real.
