Unfortunately, solar growth has not benefited everyone equally. A recently published a study in Nature Sustainability found a worrying trend: there are racial disparities found in rooftop solar PV deployment in the United States.
The solar industry is facing big changes. Many factors, including high cancellation rates of large purchases, indicate that consumers may not have been fully educated about all of their options before their purchase, and may be been subjected to high-pressure sales consultations. But Pick My Solar is working to change this model with a customer-first focus.
Google’s Project Sunroof, which provides consumers an easy-to-use way to determine the benefits of solar for their own rooftop, has finally spread its wings and headed overseas, thanks to a partnership between Google and German-based utility E.ON.
The new software program has determined that 80% of all US rooftops are “technically viable ” for rooftop solar. Some locations are more “viable” than others, of course. Houston, Texas is judged to be the best American city for rooftop solar power.
Google’s has announced that its revolutionary Project Sunroof tool is now able to provide a reliable estimate of how much sunlight a given rooftop might receive in all 50 US states, up from 42 states nearly a year ago.
Google’s revolutionary Project Sunroof has been announced as one of thirteen recipients of the United Nations ‘Momentum for Change’ climate change award winners. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced the thirteen recipients of its Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity Award on Thursday, which springs out of … [continued]
In an innocuous announcement last month, Google has expanded Project Sunroof to 42 states across the US, up from 10 states in December. We first heard of Google’s Project Sunroof nearly a year ago. At the time, it was simply the latest in a number of Google’s 20% projects. In … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. As we wrote months ago when it launched, Google has a free online service that uses its mapping information and partner offers from solar installers to provide fast estimates of how much a homeowner might save by investing in a solar power system. Dubbed “Project Sunroof,” … [continued]
A new 20% project from Google labeled ‘Project Sunroof’ will provide homeowners the opportunity to calculate the possible solar energy potential of their rooftops. Google allows its employees 20% of their paid work time to work on their own project, with the possibility that those projects will become part of … [continued]
