No One Wins the US China Solar War
We’re in the slow-motion throes of an environmental apocalypse whose existential ravages are terrifyingly “irreversible.” Now is not the time to be arguing over solar cash.
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In 2025, Earth Will Be Solar Powered
“No longer for the environmentally conscious; it is for the masses.”
Shining Light On That Solar Panel Shortage
File this under good news masquerading as bad.
Stop Crying, Utilities: Home Solar and Net Metering Aren’t Your Problem
Utilities need to chill, according to Department of Energy brain trust.
US Solar Growth Needs Aussie Efficiency Boost
Competitors are schooling the U.S. by taking a day or less to build a system.
Solar Leaders’ Good, Bad News
California didn’t do it alone.
Used EV Batteries For Home Solar Storage
They’re just more dead weight without proper recycling
Nissan’s Free LEAF Charging Plan
Electric vehicles, and their proliferating charging stations, are fast becoming our new transportation normal.
Clinton Initiative Boosts Solar Carports
PACE solar financing has caught the attention of a certain well-connected president.
Fossil Fuel’s State Fight Against Solar
Petrochem billionaires Charles and David Koch are spending and lobbying like mad.
Summer Solstice Puts Solar On It
The longest day of the year…
SolarCity’s Manufacturing Shifts Solar Boom
Did I mention that Silevo is locally sourced down the street from SunPower in California?
YieldCos Spread The Solar Boom
Now it’s renewable energy’s turn to reap the rewards of fancy math.
New York High-Risers Bill Accesses Solar
How about building some offsite shared renewable facilities?
International Solar Boom Continues
In 2013, policy uncertainty in the United States and parts of Europe helped bring down global investment.
PACE Financing Offers Reasons To Go Solar
Companies offer investors bonds collateralized by annual property tax assessments, and everyone lets the sunshine in.
US-China War Bad News for Home Solar
The solar war backstory is lame enough to keep short.
EPA Climate Regulations Strengthen Solar
State or federal, the plan should be solar, argued SEIA.
Global Green Jobs Report Shows Solar Lead
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency adds more light to the wider global solar boom.
Renewables Dethrone Dinosaur Utilities
“The question is not if or even when the change will come, but rather, how fast.”
National Climate Assessment: Step Off The Gas, Step Up The Solar
“It does not evaluate mitigation technologies or policies or undertake an analysis of the effectiveness of various approaches.”
National Grid Smartens Massachussets Solar
National Grid is aiming for over 120 MW of solar and wind generation, but hopefully its renewables adopters won’t be punished with unnecessary tariffs or pulled subsidies for doing the right thing.
Backward Policies Won’t Stop Solar Boom
Why on earth is anyone thinking about pulling the sunshine plug?
Oklahoma Solar Tax Doesn’t Exist (Yet)
Why does everyone seem to have their fingers crossed?
Turning Farms Into Solar Farms
Consolidating precious natural resources in a warming world is a must.