Federal Incentives & Rebates May End Soon. Now Is The Time To Act!

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:01:26 +0000

The federal tax incentives and rebates contained in the Inflation Reduction Act are likely to be eliminated soon. Now is the time to act.

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Study Proposes Covering Highways With 52 Billion Solar Panels

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 01:30:57 +0000

What if we put solar panels over all the world’s highways? Researchers say doing so could slash carbon emissions by nearly a third.

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Swiss Experiment Will Place Solar Panels Between Train Tracks

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:05:59 +0000

Solar panels between the rails of train tracks is a new idea being tested in Switzerland by start-up Sun-Ways.

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Solx Will Manufacture Solar Panels In Puerto Rico

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 16:48:57 +0000

Puerto Rico has been in the news lately after a so-called comedian at a Republican campaign event referred to it as cesspit of human garbage floating in the Atlantic Ocean. Nearly a decade ago, after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, a US president gave Puerto Rico the back of his … [continued]

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How Chinese Solar Panel Companies Benefit From Federal & State Incentives

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:32:34 +0000

There is a frenzy in America about electric cars made in China. The US has imposed a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made vehicles and enacted an outright ban on the use of electronic systems for automobiles that rely on Chinese-made chips and software. The fear is that those items could … [continued]

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Hot Deal: Save 40% On This 100W Solar Suitcase [Folding Solar Panel + 20A Charge Controller]

Credit to Author: GearTechnica| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:08:28 +0000

This foldable solar panel and charge controller from Renogy might be just what you need to enhance your car camping, RVing, van-life, overlanding, hunting, boating, or building a cabin in the woods (or a tiny house in your backyard), as it can generate clean electricity for charging vehicle batteries or … [continued]

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More US Solar Manufacturing Incentivized By Biden–Harris White House

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:07:08 +0000

The US is in the midst of a manufacturing revival like the country has never seen. A strong portfolio of policies from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS), and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has stimulated a huge manufacturing boom related to electric … [continued]

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Buoyant Design & Adaptable Mooring Mechanisms Help Floating Solar Remain Intact Through Hurricane Milton

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:28:58 +0000

Last month, Super Typhoon Capricorn struck Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, and was one of the most severe typhoons to hit the region since 1949. In this wild weather with torrential gusts and gigantic waves, the floating Mibet solar panels pounded by the typhoon remained incredibly buoyant and sturdy. Soon after, on … [continued]

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New Hampshire’s Low-Income Community Solar Program Is Finally Hearing The Starting Line

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:44:42 +0000

More than seven years after New Hampshire regulators first approved the idea of using community solar to create savings for low-income households, electric bill discounts are finally on the horizon for the first batch of participants. “There has been this rhetoric that we want solar to benefit low-income people, but … [continued]

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Invisible Solar Panels Hide In Railroad Tracks To Thwart Critics

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:25:20 +0000

The Swiss startup Sun-Ways is piloting an ingenious new system for hiding large arrays of solar panels in plain sight, in between the ties of railroad tracks.

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