Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:25:34 +0000
Two news stories recently claim solar power makes the cost of electricity increase. It their any truth to those claims?
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 02:40:57 +0000
Florida, the Sunshine State, has wide-open skies and plenty of light — everywhere. Unsurprisingly, Florida businesses and people continue to vote with their dollars in support of solar power. Florida has installed the second most solar power capacity in the country in 2024, only trailing Texas. According to new research, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:14:47 +0000
Have some holiday parties coming up and need some fun and interesting stats to share when the conversation gets dull or turns in a wrong direction? We’re here to help. Well, the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is here to help. It just released its US Solar Market Insight … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 20:20:43 +0000
Cleantech industries are flying, and the past two weeks show more evidence of that. Check out some of the biggest recent stories in the update below. Note that this is part of CleanTechnica’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here! 1. Waymo is growing, fast. Just a few days after … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:55:54 +0000
Why are solar power and wind power dominating new power installations? Because they’re cheaper. The problem with some big purchases people make, and plenty of little purchases, is we look at the upfront cost of something instead of the long-term, lifetime cost. The good thing about purchases of big power … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:00:55 +0000
Study shows that, in most circumstances, customers should maintain low reserves, prioritizing bill savings over backup power Home battery storage paired with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can reduce utility bills under certain rate structures while also providing backup power during power interruptions. For power interruptions that come with some warning … [continued]
The post Bill Savings vs. Backup Power: Evaluating Operational Tradeoffs for Home Solar+Storage Systems appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:09:30 +0000
Michigan, along with many other states, is set to receive significant funding under the federal Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar for All program (more than $156 million for Michigan specifically). With these funds the state can dramatically increase community and household access to the benefits of solar energy. The program requires that participating … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:00:50 +0000
U.S. solar industry added 9.4 GW of new installation capacity in Q2 2024, but challenges persist that hinder the market’s full potential. ANAHEIM, California and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Solar module manufacturing capacity in the United States now exceeds 31 gigawatts (GW) — a nearly four-fold increase since the Inflation Reduction … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:29:46 +0000
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, a new financing model can make solar easier to access for low-income households and nonprofits. Here’s how a church in Compton put it to work. Running in two straight lines across the roof and already providing power to the building below, the twenty-nine brand-new … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:23:05 +0000
Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) could once again become an economically attractive and high-efficient PV technology for regions with high direct solar irradiance. To leverage its advantages, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and Soltec have partnered to develop a prototype of a two-axis tracker which is designed to smoothly integrate … [continued]
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