This article was originally published on Solar Love. I recently participated in one of the Twitter #SolarChat events that @EcoOutfitters organizes. It was a real blast — fun and informative. The general focus was community solar gardens, but that was of course linked to many other solar issues. Numerous useful … [continued]
Here are some top solar energy, wind energy, and energy efficiency stories we think are worth a read (after you’ve read our own stories on these topics, of course. :D). There are links on each of the titles below — click through to read more! Solar Purple Solar Panels Building … [continued]
More energy storage, energy efficiency, and climate news for your reading pleasure: Energy Storage News Hokkaido To Utilize 60 MWh Vanadium Flow Battery For Grid Storage Outback Power Releases Cost-Effective Energy Storage Solution Energy Efficiency News One Design Award After Another For Nest Save The Environment & More! Lessons In … [continued]
Many of our most popular articles of the year concern the “fight” between solar power beneficiaries and utilities*. The distributed solar revolution is afoot, and talk of war, fighting, revolution, and the death of utilities is hot. Sometimes it seems to go a little further than is warranted, but I … [continued]
Naturally, be sure to check out the hottest solar energy news and wind energy news of the past week — the stories we already covered. But for even a bit more, check out the 21 solar and wind energy stories below. Solar Energy + Wind Energy Congress Calls For Colony … [continued]
With the cost of solar continuing to fall rapidly (50% in the past five years) and electricity prices rising steadily, if slowly, the approach of solar grid parity is near. The following chart illustrates the trajectory of solar cost and electricity price, hinting at the coming intersection.1 The chart compares … [continued]
Below is an excellent guest post about one of the most exciting yet underacknowledged opportunities of our time. I hope you enjoy it and share it with others so that we can get this dream moving! By Jasmine Shepard and Linda Barrera If “eating is an agricultural act,” as Wendell … [continued]
Are people more inclined to take action on an issue (one of the major consumer issues of today — energy consumption) when they think other people are doing better than they are? Alex Laskey and his company, Opower, believe so. Matter of fact, Lasky and Opower allied with utility companies … [continued]
The folks over at Solar Power Rocks have gone through the solar policies of all 50 US states in order to rank them all. Solar Power Rocks’ overall grades for each state are based 60% on solar incentives (overal solar system payback time based on all incentives, feed-in tariffs, tax … [continued]
Utilities + solar — it’s a hot topic. And it’s not always a peaceful topic. Today, we’ll lighten things up a bit with a couple of positive utilities + solar lists in this Solar Love repost. The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) recently released its latest SEPA Utility Solar Rankings. Of … [continued]
