When you talk to anybody about solar+storage, one name always comes up: Tesla. The Tesla Powerwall was far from the first time anybody stored solar power in batteries at home, but it was light-years ahead of what people used to do with big banks of lead-acid batteries like something you’d find under a car’s hood. […]
LG Energy Solution Announces Prime+, An Easy To Install Battery Storage System
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US Clean Energy Projects Need Public Buy-In. Community Benefits Agreements Can Help
The United States is entering a clean energy boom thanks to once-in-a-generation investments made under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In just seven months following the IRA’s passage, the industry announced over $150 billion in utility-scale clean energy — equivalent to five years’ worth of investments made between 2017 and […]
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Can A Roof’s Material Cool The Outside Air & Lower Energy Demand?
Cool, green and solar panel roofs can
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We’ve Installed Solar on Our Roof Three Times. Here’s What to Know.
If you’re like us and want to speed up the clean energy revolution, decarbonize your life, save on your electric bill, and make your home more resilient, you have a few options to run your home and vehicle on clean energy. In most cases, this means harnessing the power of the 4.6 billion-year-old star at […]
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It’s Time To Look Seriously At Sustainable Design In Commercial Developments
A proposed hotel complex on Florida's Treasure Coast could serve as a model for environmental sustainability. Such a vision would balance community concerns while attracting a clientele that seeks out green businesses and pays more for eco-friendly products and services.
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Clean Energy in Your Community: Solar Powers America’s Hospitals, Churches, & Rec Centers
In many communities, hospitals, places of worship, and recreation centers play a vital role in bringing people together and helping in times of need. Now, community centers are turning to solar and storage to provide power and are exploring new solar savings and benefit-sharing models along the way. Here’s what this looks like across the […]
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Volt Solar Tile — The Roof of the Future?
Peter Leeson, CEO of the Leeson Group, sat down with me yesterday for a video interview from his base in Melbourne, Australia (almost 2000 km away from Brisbane where I sat at my computer). I was excited to hear about their product — the Volt solar roof tile — and its progress in the domestic […]
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Solar Waste Recycling Economics Must Catch Up With PV Progress
Solar panel producers can step up lobbying for legislation in the US immediately and seek a legal framework for the recycling and disposal of solar waste throughout the US states.
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How Distributed Energy & Virtual Power Plants Win The Future
Today’s energy grid needs more flexibility to balance supply and demand as traditional “peaking” generators retire, as electrification expands, and as extreme weather events multiply. While virtual power plants have been providing value to the grid for years, their potential value continues to increase as the number of distributed energy resources (DERs) grows. Mike Smith, […]
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BLUETTI Moves Into Home Energy Storage With New Grid-Tied Systems
BLUETTI was an early mover into the portable power station market and has quickly taken up a dominant position in both sales numbers and a wide range of innovative products. Building on its experience in the portable power station market, BLUETTI is launching its very own grid-tied home energy storage system. The system utilizes BLUETTI’s […]
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DOE Announces Up to $440 Million to Install Rooftop Solar & Batteries in Puerto Rico’s Most Vulnerable Communities
Funding will Support Solar Panels for up to 40,000 Low-Income Households and Create Local, Good-Paying Jobs; Part of a $1 Billion Effort to Increase Resilience for Puerto Rican Households The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a slate of solar companies and nonprofits selected to install rooftop solar and battery storage systems for vulnerable […]
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Tesla Energy Unveils VPP Plan For Puerto Rico & $0 Down Solar For Tesla Drivers
Tesla has unveiled a virtual power plant program for its Powerwall customers in Puerto Rico and a zero down offer for selected customers.
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Questions From Investors On Electrification & The Grid
A couple of weeks ago, I presented to a group of institutional investors, clients of Jefferies Group investment bank. One of the big questions was regarding what they should be considering in terms of regional, national, and regulatory concerns for grid investments. That was worth a full article of its own, but there were a […]
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Success Story: New Tool Connects Multiple Microgrids to Increase Community Resilience
To ensure continual power during an outage, communities and local energy planners can install microgrids, which have their own power sources ... [continued]
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Housing Developments In Zimbabwe Are Starting to Get Solar Panels From The Get-go!
A new housing development near Highlands in Harare has 12 units as well as a club house, and all the units have solar and battery storage.
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Volkswagen ID Models Get Vehicle-to-Home Opportunity
Way back when the Volkswagen ID.3 was first shown, Volkswagen execs also highlighted eventual bidirectional charging. Now, we’re getting there, ... [continued]
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South Africa’s Shoprite Group Has Doubled The Amount Of Renewable Energy Used In Its Operations In Just 1 Year!
The Shoprite Group is South Africa’s largest retailer by market capitalization, sales, profit, and number of employees and customers. Shoprite ... [continued]
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California Solar Duck Curve Gets Bigger
As more solar capacity has come online in California, grid operators at the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) have observed ... [continued]
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160 Communities Now Automating Solar Permitting with SolarAPP+
More than 160 communities in the United States are now using Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+™), a free, online software ... [continued]
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Solar Power Setting Records in 2023
Solar power is expected to hit new record highs in the United States this year. In the 3rd quarter of ... [continued]
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Solar Panel Prices Down 30–40% In 2023, US Prices Down 15%
One of the interesting notes in the recently published US Solar Market Insight report is that the average global solar ... [continued]
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Divergent Trends in Top US Solar States
In terms of cumulative solar power capacity, California has more than twice as much installed than #2 Texas — 43,244 ... [continued]
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Green Wheels, Bright Skies: NREL Analysis Unveils the Connection Between Electric Vehicles and Photovoltaics
People who own electric vehicles (EVs) are more likely to go a step further and add solar panels to their ... [continued]
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Protecting & Empowering American Solar Customers
Every solar installation should be safe, reliable, and every customer should have a clear understanding of what to expect when ... [continued]
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Tesla Model Y Powered By Solar Panels On Its Roof — Smart Move?
An intrepid DIY Tesla Model Y owner has done what many dream of doing — directly powered his Tesla with ... [continued]
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Outlook for Home Solar & Battery Systems in 2024
If your New Year’s resolution this year is to finally get that solar and battery system you’ve been dreaming about, ... [continued]
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2035 — Living in Tony Seba’s & Elon Musk’s World
We are woken at 7:00 am by Optimus bringing us our coffee in the year 2035. He has already disconnected ... [continued]
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The Pebble Flow Is A Travel Trailer Designed For The Sustainable, Electric Future
The team at Pebble aspires to transform the recreational vehicle industry with their new electrified travel trailer and showcased it ... [continued]
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BLUETTI Fleshes Out Its Solar Offerings At CES 2024 In Las Vegas
BLUETTI continues to build on its core competency of building slick battery systems with even more features that optimize them ... [continued]
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There’s Still Time for California Regulators to Stop Killing the California Solar & Storage Industry
California’s rooftop solar and storage market is changing, and the industry is learning to operate in this new reality. California has ... [continued]
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UT-Battelle Donates $186,000 to Support SEEED’s Green Construction Program
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s managing contractor, UT-Battelle, presented a donation of $186,000 to Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development, or SEEED, to ... [continued]
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World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Power Plant To Be Built In Denmark
To be honest, I had never heard of the company SolarFuture before, but it certainly grabbed my attention when I ... [continued]
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Singapore’s Unique Renewable Problems (& Solutions)
Singapore, with an energy matrix that is composed of 97% oil and gas, is in desperate need of renewable solutions. ... [continued]
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Aurora Solar & EagleView Partner to Drive the Solar Industry Forward
Integration unites best-in-class geospatial technology with the industry’s leading solar platform SAN FRANCISCO & ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Aurora Solar, the ... [continued]
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Yotta Energy Is Disrupting Energy Storage With Its Modular Rooftop Storage Solution
Solar energy storage company Yotta Energy was at Intersolar 2024 this year, and we connected with the team to talk ... [continued]
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U.S. Solar Installations Skyrocket in 2023 in Record-Setting 1st Full Year of Inflation Reduction Act
For the first time in history, solar accounts for over 50% of new electricity capacity added to the grid WASHINGTON, ... [continued]
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Biden-Harris Admin Launches Clean Energy Connector to Bring Nearly $15 Million in Annual Energy Savings to Up to 40,000 Low-Income Households
Families in New Mexico, Illinois, and Washington D.C. will now Have Access to Community Solar Through HHS’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), ... [continued]
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Biden–Harris Administration Announces $180 Million Investment in School Energy Infrastructure as Part of Investing in America Agenda
Funding Supports K-12 Public Schools for Energy Upgrades that Lower Costs and Create Healthy Learning Environments WASHINGTON D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opened applications for the 2024 Renew America’s Schools Prize, which will award $180 million to districts ... [continued]
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U.S. DOE Announces $18 Million Towards Clean Energy & Economic Development in 30 Historically Disadvantaged Communities
Building on the Successful Communities LEAP Pilot, More Localities Can Now Leverage Support to Lower Energy Bills, Develop Plans for Sustained Clean Energy and Economic Empowerment WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced the second cohort of communities selected as part of the Communities Local Energy Action ... [continued]
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U.S. Virgin Islands National Park Gets Much Needed Solar Power
When someone talks about national parks, the mental image that forms in your head is probably something like Yosemite, Yellowstone, or maybe the Great Smoky Mountains. The Caribbean generally doesn’t come to mind first. But one of the United States’ most beautiful parks is out there east of Puerto Rico, ... [continued]
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Dominica Announces Solar & Battery Storage Solutions for Primary Schools to Build Energy Resilience & Hurricane Preparedness
Solar and battery storage systems provide energy access on and off the grid to ensure reliable electricity flows even during critical disruptions. Roseau Valley, Dominica — The Island of Dominica came one step closer toward its goal of becoming a fully climate-resilient nation with two new solar microgrids. The Dominica ... [continued]
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Billion in Grants to Mobilize Private Capital & Deliver Clean Energy and Climate Solutions to Communities Across America
EPA announces eight selections under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda WASHINGTON – [Last week], April 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its selections for $20 billion in grant awards under two competitions within ... [continued]
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Rooftop Solar Saves The Most Money In These States
Where does it save the most money to put solar panels on your roof? There are big differences across the United States, and Payless Power recently crunched the numbers to identify which states are home to the biggest savings. According to their research, these are the ten states with the ... [continued]
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Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux — Far From Realization
Tesla’s “Secret Master Plan” was simple, super tough to achieve (almost impossible), and a marker in the history of the automotive industry. Tesla rolled from phase one to the next and eventually created a mass-market electric car that changed the world, the Tesla Model 3. Some are happy to label ... [continued]
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Solar Installers Can Get Their Own App From Sunvoy
Running a small business is no easy task. There are so many things to deal with outside of the core work of the company. In this day and age, part of that is managing all kinds of technology, including websites and apps. But how to go about getting a custom ... [continued]
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