Check out this solar news if you need more of a “solar news fix” post COP21. Also, there’s a token wind energy stpry at the very end (and a few stories are broad solar + wind stories). The Future Of PV: Consume All You Capture Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission recently approved two … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Allowing customers to learn about and explore solar power options at their convenience, a new online application helps utility customers learn the answer to many solar power-related questions, including, “Is solar power right for me?” Newly launched by Clean Power Research, the new “WattPlan” online … [continued]
Clean Power Research — a solar research, consultation, and software development firm — recently won the Innovative Solar Partner of the Year Award for its work cooperating with utilities to bring distributed solar interconnection processes online via proprietary software. By bringing said processes online, some of the “soft costs” associated … [continued]
By Brian Orion Utilities across the country have been fighting to curtail net energy metering (NEM) programs in favor of value of solar tariff (VOST) programs, claiming that NEM results in a cost-shift to non-solar customers. However, NEM programs may actually undercompensate solar customers for the true value their systems … [continued]
As with electric vehicle news, there’s simply too much big solar energy and energy efficiency news for CleanTechnica to cover it all. So I’m back to doing some news roundups so that I can at least share with all of you all of the big or interesting stories I see. Enjoy! … [continued]
This article originally appeared on Solar Love. Update: I just received a note from Clean Power Finance (CPF) that corrects and clarifies some important points I was not previously aware of. Here’s the full note from CPF: We are working jointly with ProjectPermit.org, as they are pulling a subset of … [continued]
We’ve been covering this issue for awhile now. It’s a big deal. It’s nice to see the Ivy Leagues are now dedicating a bit of ink for this story, and it’s even better to see such a high-level group pulled together to discuss such an important topic in an open … [continued]
Reposted from Clean Power Research (with minor edits, including the questionable pun in the title): You’ve likely heard about the partnerships springing up between electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and solar (PV) system providers. Most recently, Honda and SolarCity announced a plan that allows Honda customers to install solar with a low upfront … [continued]
Reposted from Clean Power Research: By Richard Perez As effective as FiT programs have been in promoting solar in countries such as Germany and Spain, they have sometimes become victims of their own success, leading to boom/bust cycles and political targeting. The SmartFiT is an alternative solution that has the potential … [continued]
Check out the staggering solar facts in this Clean Power Research video: http://youtu.be/irn14JEYX2s Time to go solar, much?
