JA Solar Announces New Arizona PV Factory
JA Solar announces plans to invest $60 million in a new Phoenix solar panel plant that will create more than 600 new jobs.
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Solar Power To Propel Small But Mighty Water-Cleaning Robot
Solar power is sending robots off to duty on harbor clean-up and other environmental chores.
Bootiful Halloween Deals on BLUETTI Portable Solar Generators
This Halloween, trick-or-treaters can fill their bags with more than free candy. BLUETTI, a portable power station leader, decides to give them a “Boo” before they become power-starved or their houses are haunted by blackouts. From up to $700 discount and $299 freebie, BLUETTI offers a slew of special deals … [continued]
Electrify America Adds MEGA Battery Backup to Charging Stations
There’s more than one way to skin a grid.
GM Gets Into the Energy Business
The EV revolution isn’t about new vehicles, it’s about a new kind of energy — and GM is starting to get it!
Hymer Puts Venture S Solar-powered RV Into Production
If you work hard and save money, you too can live in a van down by the river.
Story Time: How I Got Into The Solar Power Industry
How did I get into solar power? In 2015, during my Postdoc in Pretoria, I traveled to Zimbabwe and spent a few weeks there. That was the time when Zimbabwe was experiencing its worst ever period of electricity rationing, which is infamously known as load-shedding in this part of the … [continued]
The Scientific Reason Why Air-Dried Laundry Smells so Good
I’m a big evangelist for hang-drying laundry. It’s the original form of solar energy, in which you use the sun to dry your clothes instead of an energy hungry dryer. Dryers account for something like 3% of all electricity usage (equivalent to all the solar panels currently installed) in the … [continued]
Small-Scale Solar is Changing Hourly Utility Electricity Demand in New England
An increase in electricity generation from small-scale, customer-sited photovoltaic (PV) solar in New England is changing the hourly pattern of metered electricity demand during the spring (March–May), which you can see in our Hourly Electric Grid Monitor. Small-scale solar PV are systems with less than 1 megawatt (MW) of generating capacity … [continued]
Sunrun Installs 700,000 Solar Roofs — Partners With Ford For More!
Solar power + electric cars = the perfect combination!
