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North Carolina Island Rolls Out Microgrid
Ocracoke—a popular tourist destination in the Outer Banks of North Carolina— is addressing weather-related power outages with a...
Feb 26, 2017


San Francisco Solar Roof Law May Spread to All of California
The new state senator from California’s 11th District, Scott Wiener, has proposed a potentially historic bill, S.B. 71. This legislation...
Feb 5, 2017


Solar + Storage Update
Will 2017 be the “Year of Solar Storage?” This week, Kaua’i Island Electric Cooperative announced that it will be purchasing 11% of its...
Jan 16, 2017


San Francisco Startup Offers Solar-Powered Farm Out of a Box (Land Not Included)
How can local agriculture be developed most effectively in rural areas, particular in places at which electricity and/or water are...
Jan 8, 2017


Solar Trends to Watch in 2017: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Solar Tribune’s Annual predictions. Spoiler Alert: 2017 Will Rock!! Happy New Year, solar watchers! 2016 was a wild ride in both policy...
Jan 1, 2017


San Diego Boatyard Is One of First U.S. Solar Boat Builders
Baker Electric Solar of San Diego has designed and installed a 483 kW rooftop solar system for Marine Group Boat Works (MGBW). MGBW says...
Dec 13, 2016


SolarStratos: The Next Step in Solar Flight
Solar Impulse 2 took us on an around the world solar flight. Now, SolarStratos is taking humans to the edge of the space with the power...
Dec 12, 2016


Solar Markets Wilt While Solar Technology Blooms
Uneasy solar investors are gloomy after the presidential election, but the state of solar technology has never been brighter. Sadly,...
Nov 21, 2016


Solar After the 2016 Election: Where Do We Go From Here?
Will President Trump take the solar panels off of the White House? When Ronald Reagan assumed the office of President in 1981, one of...
Nov 14, 2016


Winning the Clean Energy Economy, Greatly
Let’s stop fighting climate change. For the next four years, it’s all about winning the clean energy economy. President-elect Donald...
Nov 11, 2016


Sacramento College Holds Contest for Tiny Solar Homes
A Tiny House Competition, employing the motto “Build Small and Win Big” was held Saturday, October 15th, at Consumnes River College in...
Nov 3, 2016


Game Changer: Musk’s Vision of Indie Solar
Naysayers love to predict the downfall of Elon Musk. Don’t hold your breath. “No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming.” Bloomberg’s Tom...
Nov 2, 2016


Beyond the Election: Solar Policy in the Next Four Years
Clinton is pro-solar. Trump is anti-solar. Beyond that, what do we know? At the time of this writing, the United States is just weeks...
Oct 18, 2016


Florida To Vote On Stealth Anti-Solar Amendment
Nov. 8th, utility companies will try to pull the wool over voter’s eyes. In what has proven to be possibly the craziest election season...
Oct 5, 2016


San Francisco Roofs Go Green… in More Ways Than One
San Francisco has become the first city in the U.S. to approve green (in both senses of the word) roofs, requiring all...
Sep 28, 2016


Nevada Solar Settlement: Good News and Bad News
The forces of Buffett and Musk reach a truce over net metering. After more than a year of battling over the future of net metering in...
Sep 23, 2016


A Record year for Solar! So Stock Prices are…Down?
With solar installations roaring ahead at a record pace, why are solar stock prices slumping? The World Wide Web is a wonderful thing…...
Sep 16, 2016


Solar in Riverside Experiences Growing Pains
Fifteen years ago, the city of Riverside, California, had only 151.2 kilowatts of solar power from a single carport structure. Today,...
Aug 25, 2016


After Solar Impulse: The Next Solar Adventure?
Solar Impulse 2 proved that solar energy can be exciting on many levels. Tuesday, July 26th, the world’s first entirely solar powered...
Aug 4, 2016


San Diego Energy Plan Aims to Help Disadvantaged Communities
In December, San Diego achieved an important milestone in the history of renewable power in America. The city council of the eighth...
Jul 24, 2016
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