CleanTechnica » California Solar http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels… Again (+ Other Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2014 13:33:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76869 Here’s more solar fun for some lazy Sunday (or Monday after Christmas) reading. Enjoy! Solar $$ Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels For New Chilean Projects? UK Solar Installations Still Offer Excellent ROI Peer-to-Peer Financing For Residential Solar Rolled Out In Arizona Living the EV/PV Dream: How I Chose to Pair My Solar System With an Electric

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/28/solar-cheaper-fossil-fuels-solar-news/feed/ 0 Solar & Wind Power Are Changing Net Load Shapes In California http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/solar-wind-power-changing-net-load-shapes-ca/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/solar-wind-power-changing-net-load-shapes-ca/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2014 06:00:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76203 Originally published on EIA. As more solar and wind electric generating capacity is added in California, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the electric grid operator for most of the state, is facing an increasingly different net load shape. Net load—the total electric demand in the system minus wind and solar generation—represents the demand that

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/11/solar-wind-power-changing-net-load-shapes-ca/feed/ 33 Solar News: Home Energy Storage Market To Explode, Vivint Solar CEO Says Republican Congress Could Be Good, Renewable Energy In Germany (In Charts)… http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/18/home-storage-market-explode-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/18/home-storage-market-explode-solar-news/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:08:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75133 Here are some more great solar stories from around the interwebs, to complement our own solar stories: For Consumers 1. Going Solar Made Easier By Online Shopping Site and Staples Gift Cards 2. New Financing Models to Drive Demand for Commercial Solar 3. Crowdfunding Solar Power for the World’s Poorest People 4. This Social Network Connects Solar Homeowners 5. US

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/18/home-storage-market-explode-solar-news/feed/ 0 Top Solar Policy States (+ Other Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/top-solar-policy-states-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/top-solar-policy-states-solar-news/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:07:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74774 Looking for some more good solar news? Aside from our wonderful solar energy stories, below are some top solar news stories I’d recommend. Top solar policy states, Patagonia’s solar power push in Hawaii, a Mercedes solar concept car, and more goodies. Enjoy! Solar Policy & Politics News Anti-Solar Campaign Exposed Top Solar Policy States In America The

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/10/top-solar-policy-states-solar-news/feed/ 0 SolarCity Introducing First-Of-Its-Kind “MyPower” Solar Financing Option http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-introducing-first-kind-mypower-solar-financing-option/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-introducing-first-kind-mypower-solar-financing-option/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:21:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73176 A new, first-of-its-kind solar financing option based around a combination of low upfront costs and personal ownership has just been unveiled by SolarCity. The new financing option — which has been dubbed “MyPower” — works by allowing SolarCity customers to pay for their solar loan in a similar way to the way that they’d pay for

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/solarcity-introducing-first-kind-mypower-solar-financing-option/feed/ 37 500 MW Palen CSP Project In California Cancelled http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/05/500-mw-palen-csp-project-california-cancelled/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/05/500-mw-palen-csp-project-california-cancelled/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:38:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72912 The 500 MW Palen concentrating solar power project that had been in the early stages of development in California for years has now been, more or less, scrapped. The planning application for the project was withdrawn recently — less than a week after development authorities let the developers know that the project would have to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/05/500-mw-palen-csp-project-california-cancelled/feed/ 17 New California Solar Record, Solarboxes In London… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:47:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72904 Here’s some top solar news from around the internet for your weekend reading pleasure. London telephone boxes are being turned into “solarboxes.” (Planetsave) California solar has hit a new power output record, and pretty late in the year! (Solar Love) The state of New York is providing $750 million for a large solar factory from

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/feed/ 1 Sunrun Expanding, Plans To Enter New Markets + Add 800 New Employees http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/sunrun-expanding-plans-expand-new-markets-add-800-new-employees/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/sunrun-expanding-plans-expand-new-markets-add-800-new-employees/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2014 11:20:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72579 The US-based solar leasing giant Sunrun is planning a major expansion throughout the country, with the aim to enter a number of new markets and to add over 800 new employees, according to recent reports. The plans call for the expansion and opening of new offices in the Arizonan, Nevadan, Californian, and Hawaiian markets, as

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/sunrun-expanding-plans-expand-new-markets-add-800-new-employees/feed/ 2 Off-Grid Solar Naive, Says SunPower CEO; Net Metering Needs To Go, Says Warren Buffet’s Energy Co…. (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/25/off-grid-solar-naive-sunpower-warren-buffet-net-metering-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/25/off-grid-solar-naive-sunpower-warren-buffet-net-metering-solar-news/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:31:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71047 Time for another solar news roundup. Enjoy! Drop other hot stories that we haven’t covered in the comments! SunPower’s CEO, Tom Werner, has voiced his opinion that off-grid solar is naive. Simply put: the grid is helpful and even needed. (Solar Love) California has hit a new solar output record. (Planetsave) Warren Buffet’s energy company,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/25/off-grid-solar-naive-sunpower-warren-buffet-net-metering-solar-news/feed/ 37 Solar Energy News Buffet http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:00:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69875 As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and following the birth of a sweet little cleantech lover. Inevitably, “roundup articles” of important or interesting cleantech news we didn’t cover dropped off as a result. With a big backlog of stories I wanted to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/feed/ 5 AB 2188 Would Make California’s Solar More Affordable http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/27/ab-2188-make-californias-solar-affordable/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/27/ab-2188-make-californias-solar-affordable/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:20:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68736 Originally Published in the ECOreport A very promising solar bill is making its way through the California Legislature. AB 2188 calls for a streamlining of the permitting process, and Sunrun has issued a report stating it could deliver an additional $5 billion into the state’s coffers. This bill has already been passed by the Assembly (58-8)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/27/ab-2188-make-californias-solar-affordable/feed/ 5 How To Invest In Solar Projects http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/06/invest-solar-projects/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/06/invest-solar-projects/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:10:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67869 By Tam Hunt, owner of Community Renewable Solutions LLC The solar market is booming in the US. We recently surpassed ten gigawatts of installed capacity, just a year after we surpassed five gigawatts. The future is equally bright. With this boom in solar we’re seeing new ways for investors to become involved in this exciting business. California is considered

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/06/invest-solar-projects/feed/ 0 Is California’s “Monopoly Protection Act” Just A Revamp Of Prop 16? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/19/californias-monopoly-protection-act-just-revamp-prop-16/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/19/californias-monopoly-protection-act-just-revamp-prop-16/#comments Mon, 19 May 2014 22:04:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67096 Originally published in the ECOreport. A member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245, Hunter Stern, recently sent Marin County residents an email supporting state Assembly Bill 2145, popularly called the “Monopoly Protection Act.” According to the PACIFIC SUN, it is “filled with misinformation” – but the real problem is that it may

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/19/californias-monopoly-protection-act-just-revamp-prop-16/feed/ 2 Solar Leasing & PPAs On the Downswing? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/solar-leasing-ppas-downswing/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/solar-leasing-ppas-downswing/#comments Mon, 12 May 2014 23:00:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66745 Originally published on Solar Love. Are Solar Leasing & PPAs Going To Suffer From Maturing Solar Market? (via Solar Love) A representative of Soligent recently passed along an interesting note regarding a US movement away from solar PPAs and leases. Basically, as solar costs have dropped and banks have warmed up to solar, it has become

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/12/solar-leasing-ppas-downswing/feed/ 13 SunPower Solar Systems To Save Five Schools In Pajaro Valley, California $380,000 Annually http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/sunpower-solar-systems-installed-five-schools-pajaro-valley-california/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/sunpower-solar-systems-installed-five-schools-pajaro-valley-california/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:50:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65968 Five schools in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District will soon be home to high-efficiency SunPower solar power systems, according to recent reports. In total, the planned installations will make up about 1.2 MW of new solar capacity. The school district estimates that — based on its current utility rates — the solar energy generated

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/sunpower-solar-systems-installed-five-schools-pajaro-valley-california/feed/ 1 US Solar Energy Capacity Grew An Astounding 418% From 2010-2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/24/us-solar-energy-capacity-grew-an-astounding-418-from-2010-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/24/us-solar-energy-capacity-grew-an-astounding-418-from-2010-2014/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:51:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65889 The installed capacity of solar energy across America jumped 418% from 2010 to 2014, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/24/us-solar-energy-capacity-grew-an-astounding-418-from-2010-2014/feed/ 26 Residential PACE Comes To Rural San Diego http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/residential-pace-comes-rural-san-diego/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/residential-pace-comes-rural-san-diego/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:50:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65511 Originally published in the ECOreport. As a result of recent Californian legislation, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has approved the residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. Though commercial PACE is available throughout San Diego, up until now only cities that opted to go on their own have offered residential programs. Now Home

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/31/california-grandfathers-existing-solar-arrays-rates-wont-change-20-years/feed/ 3 California’s Grid Sets Two New Solar Energy Records in Two Days http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/13/californias-grid-sets-two-new-solar-energy-records-in-two-days/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/13/californias-grid-sets-two-new-solar-energy-records-in-two-days/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:05:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63835 California's grid operator announced the state set two new records for solar energy output by integrating 4.1GW of solar energy late last week

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/13/californias-grid-sets-two-new-solar-energy-records-in-two-days/feed/ 15 Solar Power Leaders — 10 Metro Areas Leading The Way In Solar Power Per Capita http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/solar-power-leaders-10-metro-areas-leading-way-solar-power-per-capita/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/solar-power-leaders-10-metro-areas-leading-way-solar-power-per-capita/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:00:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63557 Editor’s note: Absolute rankings give far too much credit to big cities, countries, and companies. Absolute numbers are important for some purposes, but if you really want to see who is taking the lead on a specific technology, relative metrics are what you want. That’s why I put together rankings of the top solar power

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