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Midterm Elections Reveal Mixed Results for Clean Energy
On November ballots, voters across 3 states said no to 3 different bills designed to encourage the growth of clean and renewable energy....
Nov 25, 2018


The 5 States Making Solar Mainstream
Solar energy is more mainstream now than ever before thanks to rapid innovations in the industry that have slashed prices of solar panels...
Oct 4, 2018


Can Elon Musk Push Solar Storage Over The Top?
The tweet may have been a hint about the teaser Musk tweeted out the day before, announcing, “Major new Tesla product line—not a car—will...
Apr 3, 2015


Solar Naysayers Put Politics Before Facts
Despite the rapid growth in the solar industry worldwide and the mounting evidence that solar technology benefits both the economy and...
Feb 26, 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 24, 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 12, 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...
Feb 2, 2015


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 18, 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!...
Nov 26, 2014


Morocco To Open Giant Solar Thermal Plant
Morocco does not share the oil wealth of its neighboring countries, but it still has plans to compete in the world energy market. ...
Oct 27, 2014


Solar Water Heating: In the Shadow of PV
It would be hard not to notice the rush of activity in the worldwide photovoltaic marketplace in recent years, but you may not have...
Oct 21, 2014


Construction to start on U.S. Army’s largest PV array
Construction on the largest solar PV installation at a U.S. army site will begin this month at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. “This will be the...
Aug 20, 2014


SunEdison completes Defense Department’s largest solar project
SunEdison and MIC Solar Energy Holdings have completed the largest PV solar installation at any U.S. Defense Department site, at...
Mar 3, 2014

Study: middle class leading solar revolution
A new study from the Center for American Progress has busted the myth that solar is for the rich, finding that the middle class is the...
Oct 30, 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 12, 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...
Jun 5, 2013


U.S. solar installations grow 142% year-on-year
Installed solar capacity across the U.S. between January and April 2013 has grown 142 percent since the same period in 2012. In the first...
May 29, 2013


Solar plane begins cross-country flight
Solar Impulse, the photovoltaic solar powered plane from Swiss duo Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, will today depart from San...
May 3, 2013

California tops the nation for solar jobs
A new report has found that the U.S. solar industry now employs almost 120,000 people, with California leading the way. According to The...
Apr 22, 2013


Suntech to close Arizona production plant
This week, Suntech Power announced it will stop production at its solar panel plant in Goodyear, Arizona on April 3. Suntech is one of...
Mar 15, 2013
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