The cost of solar panels has plummeted more than 70 percent since 2010 and the number of new installations is more…
The week of Nov. 10 was a big one for solar energy news. A climate deal between the US and China means demand for…
Solar advocates celebrated last week when staff at the Arizona Corporation Commission recommended that the state’s…
Right now solar panels provide less than 1 percent of the energy needs in the United States. But all indications…
If utility companies start installing rooftop solar panels, does it make them…
Now that any ordinary person with $1,000 can invest in SolarCity’s solar bonds, the already-strong company could…
SolarCity launched a new loan program this week that didn’t make big headlines, but that could be big news for the…
Solar panels on the roof of your house – of course. Solar panels on the roof of your car – makes…
President Barack Obama made several announcements about programs designed to increase solar energy generation and…
Rooftop solar panels in North America face south. That’s just the way we do it. But…
Hawaii Electric Companies proposed a plan this week to triple rooftop solar on the islands it serves by 2030 and…
If you ask people who don’t follow the politics or news about the solar industry which US states they think have…
It’s not exactly Earth-shattering news that states with more progressive solar policies have more solar energy…
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
That seems to be the latest strategy of utility company Arizona Public…
There’s been surprisingly little press about the eight solar-powered cars driving from Austin, Texas to…
Utilities lost a little more ground in their ongoing battle with the solar industry last week when the Iowa…
Battery storage paired with residential rooftop solar arrays are not a thing of the distant future. It’s happening…
As most major US utility companies, in their concern over self-preservation, try in vain to squash net metering…
The solar leasing model, which is widely believed to have made rooftop solar installations more mainstream and…
There has been a lot of discussion lately about when solar will be more affordable than grid power. What if…
US solar industry leaders are campaigning against a likely policy change that will increase import tariffs on…
The writing is on the wall for electricity generation as we know it.
This week, three major news items…
Rooftop solar panels are proving profitable when homeowners sell, according to a recent study from the Lawrence…
A group of 29 students at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez are trying to…
The most famous house in the country goes solar!..finally.