Anyone familiar at all with solar power in America knows that California is the leader in solar adoption. The specific locales, however, might not be as well known. The following post, inspired by a recent EcoWatch.com article, will detail exactly where solar is booming in the Golden State. Any article about solar energy in California […]
6 Million Homes Are Now Powered By Solar In California
Utility-scale solar is starting to become a major presence in California. In fact, a record 6 million homes are now being supplied with solar power throughout the state. July 12th, 2016 saw one of the largest productions of solar electricity at just over 8 gigawatts. This is considerably more than what was produced in May, […]
Clean Energy Savings For All Initiative Announced
In its continuing effort to promote solar power, The White house has just announced the Clean Energy Savings for All Initiative. This latest announcement by the Obama Administration follows up numerous previous actions to help ensure that the implementation of solar power across the nation continues its upward trajectory. The initiative focuses heavily on making […]
Largest Solar Energy Project In Midwest Underway
Construction has started on what will be the largest solar panel project in the Midwest. The North Star Solar Project, located in Chisago County, Minnesota, will be a considerable 100 MW system once completed. Its expected completion time is by the end of 2016. This project is getting an extra push towards completion due to […]
64 Percent Of New Electric Capacity In Q1 2016 Was Solar
1,665 megawatts of solar power was installed in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2016. This was more than what was added by nuclear, natural gas, and coal combined. This fact and others presented in this post are courtesy of a recent report by the Solar Energy Industries Association and GreenTech Media Research. This […]
Oil Workers Are Transitioning To The Solar Industry
The recent plummet of oil prices has caused thousands of layoffs in the oil and gas industry. Many of those workers are now finding work in the solar power industry. This particular solar jobs story, by way of marketplace.org, takes place in one of the most well known oil states – Texas. According to The […]
Large Solar Companies To Offer Expensive Loans
In an attempt to recover from sinking valuations, many of the largest solar companies in the U.S. are now focusing on selling solar loans as opposed to their primary leasing offerings. The goal is to improve their cash flow positions, which have never been good as their lease products do not pay off until many […]
Toyota’s New Headquarters To Be Solar Powered
Toyota is planning on moving its North America headquarters from California to Texas next year. A change in location is not the only major change the company is making. The new building will be solar powered. The company is planning on installing a 7.75 megawatt solar panel system that is expected to provide the building […]
Another Look At The Future Of Solar Power
There have been many graphs that have illustrated, in various ways, the recent explosive growth of solar power. The graphic on this page really does a great job of showing where solar started and how very bright its future is. This one graphic easily shows the correlation between price and total installed global solar capacity. […]
Solar Power Has Saved Californians $192 Million
News from GreenTech Media, by way of a California Energy Markets report, states that consumer investments in solar power and energy efficiency improvements have avoided the need of grid infrastructure upgrades. This, in fact, has saved consumers in California $192 million that would have gone to these upgrades. Instead, the California Independent System Operator’s 2015-2016 […]