Originally published on the ECOreport. An installation was made in New Jersey last week and another system shipped off to San Diego. As a result of its alliance with Quick Mount PV, SolarWorld now distributes rail-free PV racking throughout the United States. Integrated Roof Mount & Racking System “Quick Mount PV’s patented Quick … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. A typical solar install, on an existing home, can cost homeowners an extra $2,500 for invasive and time-consuming panel upgrades. In some cases, these upgrades cost up to $10,000 — and that does not include structural impacts to walls, stucco, and landscaping. San Diego Gas … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. Sungevity cofounder Danny Kennedy will cease to be executive vice president on September 1st, and will officially become the company’s strategic consultant for the next six months. He will most likely continue to be an unofficial advisor for much longer than that. “Danny will always … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. Nancy Bepple isn’t a typical net-zero homeowner. She lives in an older home that wasn’t designed to be energy efficient. But Nancy happens to be one of those rare individuals who are very careful about their electricity usage. Consequently, 8 solar panels sufficed to meet her … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. HERO PACE has been approved in 328 communities, and is available to 76% of California’s population. As of last week, 38,568 homes have taken advantage of the opportunity to finance energy- and water-saving devices through their property taxes. As a result, HERO has offset 1.4 … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. England isn’t known to be a sunny country, and neither is Germany. Both nations are leaders of Europe’s renewable development and hosts to the partnership between Europe’s largest utility and one of the leading US solar companies, Sungevity. Now, E.ON’s collaboration with Sungevity enters a … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. The latest public attitude tracker released by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change showed that 75% of the population supports the use of renewables. Only 4% oppose them. The government survey did not contain specific questions about biomass, utility-scale solar farms, and all onshore … [continued]
Originally published on The ECOreport. Since the Clean LA program was launched in 2013, 14 projects, with a total of 7.1 MW of rooftop solar capacity, have been connected to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s grid. More than 2,000 people have been employed and an estimated 2.7 million tons … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. At least 2,015 North Carolinian homes and buildings have taken out permits to use vertical closed-loop geothermal systems. This is only one of several geothermal technologies used for heating and cooling purposes, and over 10,500 units have claimed the NC Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit. … [continued]
With Hillary Clinton leading the pack of US presidential hopefuls, the United States could increase its solar capacity by 700% by 2020. The latest CNN poll shows 44% of the voters respondents favourable to her. This is quite a lead over the two next-most-favoured candidates, Republicans Jeb Bush and Donald Trump … [continued]
