Solar Permitting Site Gets More Data, New Features
Update: I just received a note from Clean Power Finance (CPF) that corrects and clarifies some important points I was not previously aware of. Here’s the full note from CPF: We are working jointly with...
View ArticleSolar Energy & Solar Power Facts
Need some solar facts? This page is aimed at becoming the best go-to source on the web for solar facts… if it isn’t already. The solar facts below are succinct and organized by categories and...
View ArticleHow Much Does Solar Power Cost? How Much Does Solar Power Save? (Infographic)
Reposted from Cost of Solar: As I noted on Monday, the cost of solar power is insanely lower than you probably think. But, in that post, I focused on the average cost of solar panels, not specific...
View ArticleCommunity Solar Gardens, “Selling” Solar, Crowdfunding Solar, & More...
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...
View ArticleSolar Power Benefits & Costs (Report)
The Rocky Mountain Institute’s eLab has created a new report on solar power benefits and costs (distributed solar PV benefits and costs, to be specific). This is a critical effort, and a very useful...
View ArticleNet Metering Primer From SEPA
Speaking of net metering, the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) recently released a report on “net energy metering” that is aimed at helping to provide a common understanding of net metering and...
View ArticleRepublicans Support Solar… By Putting It On Their Roofs
Polls have long shown that both Republicans and Democrats love solar power. Everyone loves solar (okay, nearly everyone). But it’s one thing to say you support something and another thing to put that...
View Article20.91 GW Of New Solar Approved In Japan Through May
Originally published on Lenz Blog. (embedded tweet added) やっと出ました！2013年5月末までのFIT設備認定および運転開始状況。H24年度中の運転開始は約2GW、設備認定は21GWに。再生可能エネルギー発電設備の導入状況を公表します(平成…20.91 GW Of New Solar Approved In Japan Through May...
View ArticleChina & Japan Solar Boom A Huge Turning Point For Solar PV Industry
A leading solar market research firm, NPD Solarbuzz, projects that the booming solar markets in China and Japan are turning this ship around (the broader solar industry ship). In other words, solar...
View ArticleWhy Sunrun Is For Net Metering, Not Feed-in Tariffs Or Value Of Solar Tariffs
[Important Update] Also see: Tax Threat To Solar Homeowners With Feed-in Tariffs or Value Of Solar Tariffs It’s well known that feed-in tariffs have supported most solar power growth across the world....
View ArticleTax Threat To Solar Homeowners With Feed-in Tariffs or Value Of Solar Tariffs
Quite a big deal for US solar policy, solar companies, and even many current solar PV system owners, a solar advocacy organization that is defending net metering in Arizona has discovered that feed-in...
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Solar Power Breaks World Record In Q1, IHS Raises 2014 Forecast To 46,000 MW
Solarbuzz recently reported that world solar PV power capacity grew by a record 9,000 megawatts (MW) in the 1st quarter of 2014. However, that record isn’t likely to last long. The solar market...
View ArticleIEA Solar Report Provides Wealth of Information (14 Charts)
The newest edition of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme report was recently released by the IEA — detailing a huge quantity of different aspects of the global solar PV market as well as country-...
View Article15,000 Jobs Created By Solar Power In California
According to a new report published by a center at UC-Berkeley 15,000 new jobs have been created in California by the solar industry in the last five years. That’s three thousand new jobs a year for...
View ArticleUS Solar Policy — #SolarChat Review
A couple weeks ago, I was the “featured journalist” on a massive #SolarChat on Twitter, the biggest yet. Senator Harry Reid joined in, as did the CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, Rhone...
View ArticleSolar Is Most Worth It In These States
State by state, the worth of going solar is influenced by much more than how much the state naturally enjoys sunshine throughout the year. Going solar, according to new research by the National...
View ArticleShared Solar: How To Get Community Solar To The Next Scale
Originally published on RMI Outlet. Download RMI’s report Bridges to New Solar Business Models: Opportunities to Increase and Capture the Value of Distributed Solar Photovoltaics What happens when you...
View ArticleReport: Solar Industry In North Carolina Boosting Overall Economy
The overall economy of North Carolina is being “boosted” significantly thanks to the state’s growing solar energy industry, according to a new report from Duke University. To be more specific, the...
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Make Cities Solar Hubs, Says Stanford Study
A Stamford study says America should make its cities solar hubs instead of creating massive solar farms hundreds of miles away from where it is needed Make Cities Solar Hubs, Says Stanford Study was...
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Net Metering Caps Put 1,000s of Solar Jobs at Risk
Calling on the Legislature to act quickly to raise net metering caps, the Mass Solar Coalition stated recently that thousands of solar-related jobs are in jeopardy due to the caps for public and...
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