Investment in rooftop solar along the East Coast is soaring, in part, because of popular solarize programs.
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January 15, 2015
Going 100 percent renewable sounds like something that…
January 05, 2015
Solar panels are beautiful in their own way, but when a building is architecturally significant, it doesn’t work…
December 22, 2014
Those working in the solar industry believe solar plus storage is our energy future and the market trends suggest…
December 15, 2014
Telephone companies, cable companies, video rental services, taxi cab drivers, hotel operators, auto manufacturers…
December 04, 2014
The west side is the best side of the roof for solar panels, according to new data analysis from…
November 25, 2014
The cost of solar panels has plummeted more than 70 percent since 2010 and the number of new installations is more…
November 14, 2014
The week of Nov. 10 was a big one for solar energy news. A climate deal between the US and China means demand for…
November 10, 2014
Solar advocates celebrated last week when staff at the Arizona Corporation Commission recommended that the state’s…
November 03, 2014
Right now solar panels provide less than 1 percent of the energy needs in the United States. But all indications…
October 23, 2014
If utility companies start installing rooftop solar panels, does it make them…
October 16, 2014
Now that any ordinary person with $1,000 can invest in SolarCity’s solar bonds, the already-strong company could…
October 08, 2014
SolarCity launched a new loan program this week that didn’t make big headlines, but that could be big news for the…
September 29, 2014
Solar panels on the roof of your house – of course. Solar panels on the roof of your car – makes…
September 19, 2014
President Barack Obama made several announcements about programs designed to increase solar energy generation and…
September 11, 2014
Rooftop solar panels in North America face south. That’s just the way we do it. But…
September 01, 2014
Hawaii Electric Companies proposed a plan this week to triple rooftop solar on the islands it serves by 2030 and…
August 21, 2014
If you ask people who don’t follow the politics or news about the solar industry which US states they think have…
August 12, 2014
It’s not exactly Earth-shattering news that states with more progressive solar policies have more solar energy…
July 30, 2014
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
That seems to be the latest strategy of utility company Arizona Public…
July 25, 2014
There’s been surprisingly little press about the eight solar-powered cars driving from Austin, Texas to…
July 18, 2014
Utilities lost a little more ground in their ongoing battle with the solar industry last week when the Iowa…
July 10, 2014
Battery storage paired with residential rooftop solar arrays are not a thing of the distant future. It’s happening…
July 07, 2014
As most major US utility companies, in their concern over self-preservation, try in vain to squash net metering…
June 27, 2014
The solar leasing model, which is widely believed to have made rooftop solar installations more mainstream and…