This past weekend, students from 41 Southern California high schools participated in the 13th Annual Solar Cup race, held on Lake Skinner...

Just before Earth Day, the Palo Alto City Council unanimously passed an ordinance mandating that all new single-family residences in the...

As had been the case the previous year, San Diego attained the number two spot, after Los Angeles, in overall solar capacity in the...

A new statewide pilot program in California is giving free solar panels to households in disadvantaged areas, starting with communities...

No one can deny that the solar industry is booming. There may be disagreements as to why…opponents claim that solar is too dependent on...

The Chinese government has set an ambitious new goal of 17.8GW of new installed solar capacity for this year. Can they reach it, and if...

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...

The Solar Foundation’s California Solar Jobs Census Finds that California Solar Jobs Grew by Nearly 16% Last Year with Nearly 10,000 More...

Recently, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has received permission from California regulators to offer electric...

This weekend, many Americans will be enjoying the culmination of the 2014-2015 NFL season by drinking some of their favorite frosty adult...

Which Candidates are Strong on Solar? As we enter the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, a plethora of Republican and Democratic...

As we usher in 2015, we see a great deal of volatility in the energy sector, both domestically and internationally, both in the fossil...

Is Distributed Generation dead? Perhaps not, but some utility companies are trying hard to redefine DG and privately owned residential...

For many years now, I have had the pleasure of attending renewable energy expos, solar industry conventions and meetings of the “solar...

Since the advent of modern solar technology, common wisdom has always taught us that solar panels should face the equator. For those of...

“By the way, if you want to have a war over oil, leave me out of it- because I don’t think we need it. All I have to say is, go solar!...

Lovington, New Mexico is the latest city to consider solar-powered trash cans as a way to save money. The solar trash cans compact the...

Nestled among the cornfields of Southeastern Iowa, Maharishi University of Management is not your typical small college. More than 40...

Photovoltaic (PV) modules produce DC electricity, and how that DC power is converted to grid-quality AC is one of the most hotly debated...

With utility-scale solar installations may be grabbing the headlines, but off-grid solar is alive and well.With increasing concerns about...