I remember attending the World’s Fair in Knoxville, TN, in 1982. Amidst the carnival rides, food booths, and international pavilions, the theme “Energy Turns Our World” was really compelling to me. I remember seeing an exhibit of a planned neighborhood of half a dozen or more homes, all of which … [continued]
Many renewable energy endeavors in Florida are slow to catch on. Thanks to utility investments in clean energy and other recent developments, though, significant solar growth may be on the horizon in the Sunshine State.
Anyone considering investing in solar panels will of course expect that it will be a while before they have paid for themselves by producing valuable electricity. How long it will take to reach breakeven depends on many factors: The initial price of the system, including full installation; the longevity of … [continued]
Nevada has long had a love/hate relationship with the rooftop solar industry. Despite having one of the highest insolation rates in the nation, its rooftop solar segment experienced a near-death experience when the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (NPUC) decided to eviscerate net metering at a December meeting in 2015.
CleanTechnica has written a series of articles about the deceptive wording on Florida’s Amendment 1, which is meant to slow the Sunshine State’s rooftop solar growth and even penalize it. A new press release from the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) suggests that the big utilities are playing hardball now to keep up the deception.
Habitat for Humanity homes are a remarkable support to families. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E), the leading utility with rooftop solar in the nation, deserves more praise for new support for Habitat for Humanity. In a news release, the utility announced its $1 million commitment to the installation of rooftop solar … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Low- to mid-income New York residents will find it a bit easier, financially-speaking, to get a home solar power system, thanks to the launch of a new program from NY-Sun called, aptly enough Affordable Solar. This program will effectively double the incentives for solar installations … [continued]
Carlos Jericho Petilla is the Secretary of Energy for the Philippines. He recently explained that rooftop solar panels are now cheaper than coal there. “As a simple example, the cost of electricity from a coal plant can run up to P5.50 per kilowatt hour, plus P6.50 for distribution and transmission, which amounts … [continued]
Rocky Mountain Institute. By Laurie Guevara-Stone. Here at RMI we love seeing electricity generated by the sun. And while it’s great to see large homes owned by the likes of Woody Harrelson and Will Ferrell being solar-powered, rooftop solar should be accessible to people across the socio-economic spectrum of the U.S., not … [continued]
Raising the capital to install a 657-kW solar PV system at the Pinnacle Charter School is the first joint project for D-Sun and Mosaic as they look to leverage their respective expertise and resources to scale up their online distributed solar energy financing platforms.
