Get over it: We’re thinking that’s what the 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar plant would say to the solar power naysayers, if it could talk. The gigantic solar array, which sits on 2,400 acres of land in Arizona, has achieved “substantial completion” and is cranking up to speed according to the … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. The Governor of Oklahoma has just signed a bill making it possible for utilities to apply to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission so that rooftop solar owners can be billed at a higher base rate than regular customers. The justification is familiar, many utilities feel that solar customers … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. If you’re currently considering whether or not to go solar, and you live in an area serviced by OneRoof Energy, well, now may be the time! The solar services provider is now (during the months of April and May) offering qualified homeowners who switch to … [continued]
The installed capacity of solar energy across America jumped 418% from 2010 to 2014, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration.
Originally published on Planetsave. Internet and solar giants Google and SunPower announced a useful break for power customers (and a small climate change deterrent) yesterday by entering a $250 million partnership in clean US home energy for the future. A new fund ($100 million from Google and $150 million from … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. Can electricity generation companies live off two hours of demand a day? And what if utilities actually tried to slow down the rollout of rooftop solar? If these are questions energy utilities are asking themselves in the current market environment, they may not like investment … [continued]
Aora Solar’s TulipTM System is a groundbreaking technology that can provide clean power 24/7 with none of the intermittency of other large-scale solar developments. It’s also gorgeous. The technology is founded on reflecting mirrors that track the sun and concentrate the sun’s energy into the receiving tower: It’s a fairly … [continued]
Fort Huachuca’s lone wind turbine is about to get some solar company, and plenty of it. The Army has just announced that groundbreaking is set next week for a massive solar installation that will provide about 25 percent of the facility’s electricity needs when it is completed later this year. … [continued]
Originally published on Today in Energy. Natural gas-fired power plants accounted for just over 50% of new utility-scale generating capacity added in 2013. Solar provided nearly 22%, a jump up from less than 6% in 2012. Coal provided 11% and wind nearly 8%. Almost half of all capacity added in … [continued]
Originally published on Renewables International. By Craig Morris Did you know that Socrates gave lectures on solar architecture? But no, he’s not the one who invented it – that honor goes back at least to the Chinese, according to the update of John Perlin’s classic from the 1970s entitled “A … [continued]
