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The White House has just pledged to make solar power accessible to a much wider range of Americans. This pledge is a package of initiatives that will do much to broaden access to solar for millions of renters and low income communities. Federally subsidized, solar ready homes are a part of this plan as well […]

Over the past 4 years, solar power capacity has increased more than 300 percent in New York State. A recent article from longislandexchange.com explains how New York’s solar expansion since 2011 has been twice as fast as the rest of the country’s. Governor Cuomo is doing his part stating – “The Empire State is rapidly […]

It’s not surprising that utilities commonly state how residential solar power can hurt our nation’s electric grids. As of half way through 2015, our major electric utilities are still trying to find ways to combat distributed solar power generation. It’s not a shock, of course. Solar represents a significant threat to the bottom line of […]

In a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, it is predicted that approximately $3.7 trillion will be spent on global solar power investments through 2040. This BNEF prediction describes a major shift from away from fossil fuels over the next 25 years. The $3.7 trillion investment in solar will provide about 35 percent of […]

It was only fairly recently – February of 2015 – that the White House announced clean energy investments from the private sector of $2 billion dollars. Now just a few months later, the Obama administration has claimed that large institutional investors as well as many others have pledged about $4 billion to spur the advancement […]

While residential solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in many states across America, there are still quite a few myths that are slowing its adoption rates. The following 10 solar power myths are some of the most common misconceptions regarding the use of residential solar panels. Myth #1: Solar doesn’t work in cloudy […]

The solar power industry continues to expand rapidly in America. The Solar Energy Industries Association in conjunction with Greentech Media Research have released their report for the first quarter of 2015. The report finds that the solar industry is off to another solid year of growth. In fact, 51 percent of all new electric capacity […]

As a follow up to the most recent post on solar payback periods, we will now consider solar panel return on investment. This post can be seen as part two of the previous post about solar panel payback time frames. Instead of looking at solar ROI (return on investment) from a payback period point of […]

Many homeowners who begin to dig into the financial details of going solar want to know what a typical solar panel payback period is. As the word is getting out about how affordable solar power is now, this is a justifiably common question to ask. Financially savvy consumers will want to know how long it […]

Contrary to recent negative news stories about the lack of a solar industry in Florida, the south is actually taking hold of the possibilities that solar power now offers. Although the cost of conventional electricity is relatively low in the southern states, utilities and homeowners alike are starting to see the value in solar power. […]