The 5 States Making Solar Mainstream
Solar energy is more mainstream now than ever before thanks to rapid innovations in the industry that have slashed prices of solar panels...
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Jan 22, 2018
New Solar Opportunities Are Benefiting Lower-Income Families
Solar panels are no longer just a luxury item. As the American solar industry waits anxiously to see if President Trump levies a tariff...
Mar 12, 2017
California Is Becoming the Solar/Storage Test Bed
California utilities are working hard to discourage new indie rooftop solar projects, but their upcoming changes in rate structures will...
Feb 20, 2017
California Solar + Storage Project Will Be A “Win-Win”
Enphase energy and GRID Alternatives have partnered in the past to bring clean, affordable solar energy to low-income homes in...
Jan 22, 2017
Has California Reached “Peak Solar?” Not Even Close.
Solar detractors are pointing to the 2016 dip in California solar installations as the beginning of the end of the solar boom. Others see...
Dec 26, 2016
California Solar Farm Produces Power At Record Low Price
Claims that solar is now “cheaper than fossil fuels” are popping up all over social media. What does that really mean? Understanding the...
Dec 18, 2016
PG&E Hits 5% Indie Solar– New Fees Kick In
It’s a “good news, bad news” scenario for Northern California solar. Pacific Gas and Electric provides service to more electric...
Sep 5, 2015
San Diego Battery Storage Tariff May Be Good for Solar Customers
The San Diego-area utility, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) claims that rooftop solar without battery storage isn’t helping SDG&E...
Aug 2, 2015
Bay Area City to Add Free Solar to 130 Low-Income Homes
Over the next three years, the city of Richmond in the East Bay area will be adding solar to 130 low-income households there – without...
Jun 10, 2015
Second Time Around: Bay Area Gets PACE Financing… Again
The PACE financing program for solar installations – standing for Property Assessed Clean Energy – has recently experienced a revival in...
Jun 2, 2015
Two Sacramento Area Universities Compete for Solar Home “Bragging Rights”
Two universities in the Sacramento area are competing with 15 other college and university teams – and with each other – in the Solar...
May 14, 2015
San Diego Still #2 City for Solar in U.S., But Will It Remain a “Shining City”?
As had been the case the previous year, San Diego attained the number two spot, after Los Angeles, in overall solar capacity in the...
May 13, 2015
Disadvantaged Households in Fresno to Get Solar… and Financial Relief
A new statewide pilot program in California is giving free solar panels to households in disadvantaged areas, starting with communities...
Apr 3, 2015
Can Elon Musk Push Solar Storage Over The Top?
The tweet may have been a hint about the teaser Musk tweeted out the day before, announcing, “Major new Tesla product line—not a car—will...
Mar 18, 2015
Solar Profile: Beth Spence, American Solar Direct
Beth Spence, American Solar Direct’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing, prides herself on helping communities reduce carbon while...
Mar 3, 2015
California Tech Giants Google and SunCity Partner on Residential Solar Fund
Forward-looking California tech giants Google and SunCity are partnering again to create the largest residential solar financing program...
Feb 24, 2015
SunRun opens New Design Center in Irvine
San Francisco-based Sunrun, the nation’s largest solar company dedicated to residential systems, is expanding its presence in Orange...
Feb 23, 2015
Enviros and Tea Party Agree: Solar is Good for Florida
Far-left environmental activists and far-right small government conservatives may seem like odd allies, but when it comes to making...
Feb 19, 2015
Solar Profile: Wendi Zubillaga, PetersenDean
Wendi Zubillaga is the Chief Sales Officer at PetersenDean Roofing and Solar and a 29-year veteran of the residential real estate...
Feb 18, 2015
Obama and California Partner to Make Solar available to Apartments
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Julian Castro and California Governor Brown announced recently a program to expand...
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