Sunrun Sneezes, Florida Catches Rooftop Solar Fever
Leading rooftop solar company Sunrun just won clear rights to pack up its practically zero-down solar leasing program and take it to the sunny state of Florida.
Leading rooftop solar company Sunrun just won clear rights to pack up its practically zero-down solar leasing program and take it to the sunny state of Florida.
Solar jobs are rising nationwide despite fears over Trump’s new tariff on solar panels, but state-level policies can still throttle the solar industry.
Much has changed in the national solar market since an earlier analysis of the market and policy landscape in 2014. The solar market as a whole has continued to grow, and small-scale systems are proving to be better deals for communities than larger ones. So, compared with previous rankings of solar capacity, do states that allow third-party leases and power purchase agreements still dominate?
Schools are increasingly turning to solar as a pathway to embracing clean renewable energy.
Yale Environment 360 and Environment America are working to expand the amount of renewable energy in America and support the Paris climate accords at the local level.
Solar power is often seen as a form of electricity that only works in sunny, hot areas, but this view is not accurate at all. While it’s easy to understand why some of us hold such a belief, some solar critics rely on this bit of misinformation to try to dismiss solar power as something marginal.
The US solar PV market installed a total of 10.6 gigawatts of new capacity in 2017, according to a new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), which is down 10% from 2016 and exposing weaknesses in certain market segments and specific locations around the country.
The energy storage provider Blue Planet Energy recently deployed its Blue Ion energy storage systems to support the electrification efforts in Puerto Rico. These deployments took place in areas where there has not been reliable electricity since September of 2017, when Hurricane Maria struck.
If you’re looking to invest in your financial and our planetary future, there are more options than ever before for impact investing. One of the more exciting and widely discussed opportunities for sustainable investment is in solar. Learn why solar is such a promising investment opportunity, and how you can drive solar investment forward.
President Trump is pushing to slash spending on clean energy research, even as America’s chief economic rivals aim to double public funding for the same. In doing so, experts say, the president is threatening to undermine US competitiveness.