Solar Energy

What About Florida? Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, & Regulatory Backwardness In The Sunshine State —…

6 years ago Danny Parker 0 Comments

I’ll close the series by offering two small informational gifts to my patient readers. One is my thoughts on how the Florida Public Service Commission might provide the right signals to help us to make better progress in the Sunshine State. After all, the utilities are simply doing what they can to maximize their profits within the rules of being a regulated monopoly. The rules are the problem.

New Reports on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Show Healthy Residential Market

6 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Rooftop solar power prices have been dropping. Home energy storage prices have been dropping. New and increasingly compelling electric vehicles keep coming to market. These are cleantech topics that come up daily as these industries keep growing and growing. However, there are transformative elements of the cleantech world that stem from more nuanced business innovations and policies. One of those is Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing.

No Huge Energy Storage Breakthrough Needed For Renewable Energy To Flourish

6 years ago Jake Richardson 0 Comments

In the last couple of years, there has been a growing a number of news articles and blog posts published about energy storage, particularly in the form of battery systems. This interest is very reasonable and the news is exciting because these systems can fill in wind power and solar power electricity production gaps. In many places, they could replace gas-powered peaker plants.