SolarCity launched a new loan program this week that didn’t make big headlines, but that could be big news for the solar industry.
Solar plane to circumnavigate the globe from UAE
Solar panels on the roof of your house – of course. Solar panels on the roof of your car – makes sense, especially if your car is electric. Solar panels on the wings of your plane?
California encouraging west-facing solar panels
Rooftop solar panels in North America face south. That’s just the way we do it. But California recently began to incentivize west-facing panels over south-facing solar.
HECO plan triples solar, but will it stop grid defection?
Hawaii Electric Companies proposed a plan this week to triple rooftop solar on the islands it serves by 2030 and reduce utility bills by 20 percent. But the solar industry isn’t applauding the effort yet.
Solar car race driving innovation
There’s been surprisingly little press about the eight solar-powered cars driving from Austin, Texas to Minneapolis. But the cars and their collegiate creators are making history.
Solar + Storage Has Arrived
Battery storage paired with residential rooftop solar arrays are not a thing of the distant future. It’s happening now and companies like SunPower and SolarCity are already selling package systems.
NRG demonstrates utility evolution toward solar power
As most major US utility companies, in their concern over self-preservation, try in vane to squash net metering programs and slow the growth of the solar industry, NRG is innovating and evolving.
Solar leasing to lose market share
The solar leasing model, which is widely believed to have made rooftop solar installations more mainstream and which is frequently credited for the meteoric rise in residential solar installations, could be losing market share.
California homebuyers paying a premium for rooftop solar
Rooftop solar panels are proving profitable when homeowners sell, according to a recent study from the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory.
Is Elon Musk the Henry Ford of distributed generation technology?
There has been a lot of discussion lately about when solar will be more affordable than grid power.