Rooftop Solar

The full potential of geothermal energy can be realized through creation of new well technologies and retrofitting of existing wells, hybridization with other renewables, novel power-generation resources and technologies, and community-based heating, cooling, and resilience. Graphic by Al Hicks, NREL.

Changing The Narrative About Clean Energy — Dollars, Not Policies

2 months Steve Hanley 0 Comments

Clean energy may be the ultimate no-brainer, but how it is presented often gets in the way of the message. These groups want to change that.

Vertical Solar PV? Yes, Says Vancouver

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A snowy country like Norway is going to approach solar power in a different way from a place like the Bahamas. It’s not surprising to find out, then, that a company in Norway has developed a “vertical PV” system designed to help deal with very snowy conditions. Now that company … [continued]

Image courtesy of Cynthia Shahan

10 Massachusetts Nonprofits Get Solar Grants

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The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has just awarded 10 grants to nonprofit organizations in the state for more rooftop solar power deployment. This is the third round of grants from the department’s Low-Income Services Solar Program (LISSP). This round of grants totals $2.4 million. The rooftop solar systems will … [continued]

onsite solar NY state The “Largest Rooftop Solar Project In New York State,” image by Powerflex.

New York Now at 8 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Power

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New York has just reached 8 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar power capacity in the “distributed” solar market — rooftops and small-scale installations. The state has a target of reaching 10 GW by 2030, and this new milestone puts them ahead of schedule. The state was at 6 GW in … [continued]

Hero graphic of a modern home with rooftop solar, battery storage, EV charging, heat pump and flexible loads, showing residential electricity shifting from simple exports to paid grid flexibility. The home is becoming a grid resource as solar, storage, EV charging and flexible loads replace simple export credits.

BC Hydro’s Net Metering Change Points Past Export Credits

2 months Michael Barnard 0 Comments

BC Hydro’s change to net metering looks, at first glance, like another rooftop solar fight. The old Rate Schedule 1289 is closing to new customers on July 1, 2026, and new self-generation customers will move to Rate Schedule 2289, where excess generation is paid at 10¢/kWh in the billing cycle … [continued]

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Mount Sinai School District To Get Energy Upgrades, Including Solar Power

2 months Jake Richardson 0 Comments

Leading energy infrastructure solutions provider Ameresco recently announced a comprehensive energy project with Mount Sinai School District in New York. Rooftop solar PV arrays will be installed at the schools, along with other measures such as replacing old lights with LEDs and replacing existing transformers. The new energy equipment will … [continued]

Left to Rright: Association Professor Huadong Mo (UNSW), Jason Yat-Sen Li (NSW MP), Robert Gordon (TRaCE), Steve Doyle (Voltval), Mathew Wilkinson (DoE), and Jason Jiangang Xiao (JT Solar). Image courtesy of Isabella Wild.

Exploring How to Get More Solar & Batteries at Apartment Buildings

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There’s no doubt about it — one of the toughest places to increase cleantech adoption is apartment buildings. Well, maybe. The problem is that people living in apartments don’t have the roof space for installing solar, often don’t have the ownership incentives to do so, and also often don’t have … [continued]

The smarter E Europe. The smarter E Europe. Photo by Larry Evans

InterSolar Europe 2026 Key Takeaways

2 months Larry Evans 0 Comments

The smarter E Europe 2026 happened this week in Munich, with the lead event of InterSolar Europe co-located with ess Europe, Power2Drive and EM-Power. Regardless of the intended organization of the conference and exhibitions, the lines between them have increasingly blurred, as solar is combined with storage, EV charging and … [continued]