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What About Florida? Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, & Regulatory Backwardness In The Sunshine State —…

For several years now, there have been increasing complaints from utilities about the resulting load shape from owners with solar systems. This is the so called “duck curve” which has gotten a lot of attention from utility alarmists. In some sense, it has been a way of claiming that rooftop solar is a profound problem for utilities. We will show here that this problem can be (and will be) solved.

Flexiwatts — Say What?

Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Titiaan Palazzi and Sam Ramirez We are accustomed to buying our electricity from utilities: they provide us with power; we pay for it. To reduce our utility bill, we can reduce our electricity demand with efficiency (these negawatts have considerable value), or install distributed generation … [continued]

Tesla Model X Hauling Trailer, 2016 Chevy Volt Pics, Solarizing Greece, + More (Cleantech Link…

In need of some more solar, Tesla, EV, wind, energy storage, energy efficiency, and other cleantech news & commentary? Check out the stories below from around the internet. Solar Gas2 Exclusive Interview: SunEdison & NASCAR Launch Hi-Tech Solar Partnership SkyPower To Gift Two Million Home Solar Kits To Kenya Solarizing Greece Is A Way Out … [continued]

Is Ohio Too Stupid For Solar?

Originally published on SolarWakeup. How is that every four years, we as a nation let Ohio decide the presidential election when they’re too dumb to recognize that solar power should fuel its future? For those of you who have lived under a rock for the past week, both the Ohio … [continued]