Community Solar For Low-Income Families, Yoga In A Solar Airplane… (Clean Electricity Link Drop)

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Here are some more interesting stories on clean electricity options. Enjoy! But note that several of these, published yesterday, may have been relevant only on April 1, if you know what I mean.

Solar

1. Community Solar For Low-Income Families
2. Going Solar Is Easy. Getting Connected Is Hard
3. Solar Finance Now Offered by Mitsubishi Electric US
4. Si2 Pilots Do Yoga Inside Solar Plane
5. Hanergy Opens 60 Stores In China To Sell Thin-Film Solar Panels
6. Hawaii Solar: Public-Private Partnership Brings $100M in Solar Financing to Nonprofits & Businesses
7. Hawaii’s Utility Is Approving a Backlog of More Than 3,000 Solar Installations
8. When It Comes To Solar Resources, 2014 Was Anything But Average
9. Solar + Storage In Hawaii: Making Cents Of Time-Of-Use Economics
10. Why It’s Okay To Hate Solar
11. Egypt’s Solar Industry at Forefront of Economic Renaissance
12. Here’s How US Commercial Solar Can Bounce Back in 2015
13. How Apple Is Making Money Off Of Its Landmark Solar Deal
14. Can Solar Be The Backbone Of India’s Energy System By 2035?
15. SunEdison Launches Energy Saver Plan In The UK
16. Canadian Solar Completes the Acquisition of Recurrent Energy from Sharp Corporation

17. JA Solar PV Modules Pass TUV Double Standard Class 6 Salt Mist Corrosion Test
18. Better Shelter From IKEA For Refugees
19. Faith Groups Work To Provide Affordable Community Solar In Minnesota
20. Solar Moves Beyond Early Adopters Among Upper Midwest Farmers
21. Who Has the Edge? 3 Reasons to Pick Enphase over SolarEdge
22. Solar Speaks: Conergy’s CEO Shares Business Advice & Solar Industry Insight
23. Dr. Billy J. Stanbery Becomes President of Siva Power
24. First Solar And UQ Launch Australia’s Largest Solar Photovoltaic Systems Research Facility

Storage

1. Battery Innovation Center Will Focus On Home Electricity Storage
2. Tesla Stationary Storage Investors Thread
3. Sharp Electronics SmartStorage Energy Solution Installed in California

 

LEDs

1. Smart Bulbs Lining up to March into the Smart Home says Strategy Analytics

2. Arsenal to Unveil Musco Lighting’s Innovative LED Lighting Solution
3. Larson Electronics Donates Rechargeable LED Spotlights to Lion Guardians in Africa
4. Philips Set to Offload Majority of LED Business for £1.8bn
5. Energy Efficient, Long-Lasting Graphene LED Bulb Hits the Market

Other

1. 9 Keys to Building a Healthy Home
2. Everything You Need To Know (And Likely Didn’t) About Indoor Air Pollution
3. The Zero-Emission Mobile Juice Bar: Herb-N-Juice
4. Straw Bale Buildings Are Carbon Neutral
5. Net Zero Case Study: Bullitt Center – Changing the Status Quo
6. Ekotrope Program Designs Energy Efficient Homes
7. 41 California Jurisdictions Launch Hero Pace Program To Help Homeowners Invest In Home-Efficiency Improvements, Save Money On Energy And Water Bills
8. Global Wind Power Breaks Records

9. The Myth Of Expensive Offshore Wind: It’s Already Cheaper Than Gas-Fired And Nuclear
10. UN Green Climate Fund Can Be Spent On Coal-Fired Power Generation
11. German CO2 Emissions Fall For First Time In Three Years
12. Study: Direct Evidence That Global Warming Causes More Global Warming
13. Florida’s Climate Denial Could Cause Catastrophic Recession
14. Government Cuts Don’t Spell the End for Green Initiatives
15. Fraunhofer IAO patent analysis finds China leading in Industry 4.0
16. My Last Year as Head of Greenpeace
17. Bill Gates and Elon Musk (3/29/15)