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The Tesla Network: The Future of Fully Autonomous Ride Sharing
The autonomous vehicle will revolutionize society in profound ways. Elon Musk is positioning Tesla to lead the way. The Autonomous...
Jul 31, 2017


As China’s Solar Ambitions Grow, U.S. Plots Next Move
China’s solar energy capabilities are unrivaled by any other nation, but much of their success has come at the expense of U.S. solar...
Jul 17, 2017


America’s Farmers are Turning to Solar
Farmers have always relied on the sun to support their enterprises, but more and more farmers nowadays are harnessing the sun’s energy in...
Jul 4, 2017


Google Rolls Out “Project Sunroof” in Germany
Solar mapping by Google has spread across the U.S. and now to select German cities. Google’s solar mapping initiative entitled “Project...
May 8, 2017


The Kentucky Coal Museum is Powered by… Solar?!
The irony is not lost on the museum’s administrators, but the thousands of dollars in energy savings from the new solar array were too...
Apr 9, 2017


Solar Efficiency Increase: New Record Set
Japanese researchers have surpassed the 2015 record for silicon solar panel efficiency, inching ever closer to maximum theoretical...
Mar 26, 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


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...
Dec 18, 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


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


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


The SunPower Freak-Out
Business media outlets have solar investors running for cover in the wake of SunPower’s revised earnings forecast. San Jose...
Aug 13, 2016


Off-Grid Solar Is Heating Up
2016 is bringing us a flood of new products targeting toward the upcoming boom in battery-based solar. The heyday of indie grid-tied...
Jul 8, 2016


The Battle Over PURPA
The Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA) was passed in 1978 to reduce dependence on foreign oil and diversify the electric power...
Jun 30, 2016


Musk, Tesla and SolarCity: A Bridge Too Far?
Elon Musk has people freaking out…again. This summer, he is rolling out “bold visions” quicker than a political speech writer.Fans love...
Jun 23, 2016


Solar + Storage: Update
Battery storage is the name of the game in 2016. Will the solar dream of “cutting the cord” become a reality? In a January 2016 article...
Jun 7, 2016


Ypsilanti City Council Stands Up to ALEC
With one of the nation’s highest per capita solar adoption rates, Ypsilanti Michigan is fighting back against anti-solar legislation....
May 19, 2016


What Does the SunEdison Bankruptcy Mean For Solar?
Fossils want to paint SunEdison’s crash as a failure of the solar industry. They are SO wrong… Driving to work this morning, I was...
Apr 28, 2016


Australia: The New Solar Frontier
Australia is uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the next decade of distributed generation and battery technology. “It might...
Apr 1, 2016
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