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Feb 24, 2015
SunRun opens New Design Center in Irvine
San Francisco-based Sunrun, the nation’s largest solar company dedicated to residential systems, is expanding its presence in Orange...

Feb 23, 2015
Enviros and Tea Party Agree: Solar is Good for Florida
Far-left environmental activists and far-right small government conservatives may seem like odd allies, but when it comes to making...


Feb 12, 2015
New Report: California Leads the Nation in Solar Job Growth
The Solar Foundation’s California Solar Jobs Census Finds that California Solar Jobs Grew by Nearly 16% Last Year with Nearly 10,000 More...


Feb 11, 2015
Solar Profile: Erica Johnson, Sullivan Solar
Starting this week, Solar Tribune will feature a series profiling committed individuals who are helping to lead the way to a brighter...


Feb 2, 2015
Solar Thermal Technology: Will It Survive?
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) has definitely taken a back seat to Photovoltaics (PV) in the last few years when it comes to solar...


Jan 23, 2015
Solar Adds to Home Sale Value, New Report Shows
Over the last 10 years, there has been a great deal of debate over residential solar and its impact on the value of homes. Up until...


Dec 31, 2014
Turbulence in the Energy Market: What Does it Mean for Solar?
As we usher in 2015, we see a great deal of volatility in the energy sector, both domestically and internationally, both in the fossil...


Dec 18, 2014
The War Over Rooftop Solar
Is Distributed Generation dead? Perhaps not, but some utility companies are trying hard to redefine DG and privately owned residential...

Dec 3, 2014
A New Direction For Solar: West Facing Panels
Since the advent of modern solar technology, common wisdom has always taught us that solar panels should face the equator. For those of...

Nov 26, 2014
Solar Values = American Values
“By the way, if you want to have a war over oil, leave me out of it- because I don’t think we need it. All I have to say is, go solar!...


Mar 6, 2014
U.S. solar market grows over 40% in 2013
In a new record for annual solar growth in the U.S., solar PV installations rose 41 percent from 2012 to reach 4,751 MW in 2013. The news...


Dec 11, 2013
Report: Q3 2013 a record for home solar in the U.S.
The third quarter of 2013 saw the second-highest installed PV capacity in U.S. history, with 930 MW installed in Q3 2013, according to a...


Jun 13, 2013
Japan to see massive rise in solar for 2013
According to data released by the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association, sales of solar cells in Japan jumped 342 percent to 1,734 MW in...


Jun 12, 2013
Report: PV capacity to reach 5.3 GW in 2013
Over 48 percent of all new U.S. electric capacity installed in the first quarter of 2013 came from solar. That’s according to the latest...

Jun 5, 2013
U.S. solar PV demand to increase to 4.3 GW in 2013
A new report from NPD Solarbuzz finds that demand for solar PV will grow by 20 percent in the U.S. this year. That will bring total...

May 21, 2013
8,000 solar jobs posted in Q1 2013
New data from the Clean Jobs Index shows that in the first three months of 2013, almost 750,000 “clean jobs” were posted across the U.S....


Apr 10, 2013
Report: Global PV demand falls in Q1 2013 thanks to Chinese volatility
According to NPD Solarbuzz, global demand for solar PV in the first quarter of 2013 will be just 6.2 GW, down 23% from the previous...


Mar 11, 2013
Bloomberg: China set to lead global PV growth for 2013
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the global solar industry is set to bounce back in 2013, after a difficult 2012. BNEF...


Jan 28, 2013
France doubles PV target for 2013
France recently doubled its target capacity for PV power generation to 1,000 MW in 2013, and offered more financial assistance to PV...
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