If you haven’t noticed, I fancy solar power and electric cars quite a bit. (For some history, I founded SolarLove.org and ElectricLove.org… but then changed ElectricLove.org to EVObsession.com when the owner of another “Electric Love” wasn’t too fond of my entrance into the EV blog space.) So, what do I … [continued]
What a lovely sight to see the sheep among the solar panels. Modern farming is becoming dual purpose. The land between and underneath rows of PV models is accessible for grazing of small livestock, such as sheep and free-ranging poultry. Simultaneous farming results in ecological and economic benefits. Home-grown power … [continued]
A coalition of Florida’s top electric utilities recently began grouping up with each other for the apparent intention of crushing the state’s still-nascent solar industry. To be more specific, the utilities have begun working to crush the work of the solar advocacy group Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) — currently … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. By Sophie Vorrath Construction of the world’s largest single-axis tracking solar PV plants – the 206 MW Mount Signal Solar farm in southeast California – has been completed and is ready to generate enough electricity to power 72,000 households in San Diego and surrounds. The project … [continued]
Originally published on SolarWakeup. By Yann Brandt Residential solar is the fastest growing part of the solar market and some of the major players in the sector have been making big moves. Recently, Sunrun acquired the residential division of REC Solar including AEE Solar and SnapNrack while also announcing a partnership … [continued]
The North African nation of Algeria is aiming high with regards to solar energy development, as its recent launch of an impressive feed-in tariff (FiT) program for large-scale PV power plants shows. The new program — which will offer two separate FiT rates, one for projects 1–5 MW in size, … [continued]
Fresh on the heels of recent ALEC defeats in Utah and Washington, the solar industry today declares victory in Kansas. Across the country, many utilities are attacking the solar industry (and the utilities’ own customers) by attempting to eliminate net metering. Net metering allows rooftop solar customers to use clean … [continued]
95.9 MW worth of new solar PV projects were connected to the grid in Chile during the month of January — boosting the country’s total grid-connected capacity substantially, bringing it up to 102.6 MW. Considering that at the end of December the country only possessed 6.7 MW of grid-connected solar, … [continued]
There are a handful of major players in the residential solar business — SolarCity, Vivint Solar, Sungevity, and of course Sunrun. In the past year, we’ve seen several major acquisitions by some of these top players. Late yesterday, Sunrun announced a big one — actually, 3 all at once. The … [continued]
Mosaic has just launched a very cool campaign for the holiday season — “The Gift of Solar.” We were going to cover the campaign anyway, but Mosaic actually reached out to us about a personalized offering for our readers. Any of you who decide to sign up for a free investment account … [continued]
