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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:24:29 +0000

We were pleased at CleanTechnica when our friend Tierney reached out to us. Tierney wanted us to know about a church congregation in Compton, California, that recently held a solar ceremony and resiliency workshop to celebrate their new 12 kW rooftop solar and upcoming battery storage installation. With solar energy, … [continued]

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SolarAPP+ Has Cut 150,000 Business Days of Solar Permitting Process

June 15, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar leasing, solar panels, solar permitting, solar prices, solarapp, us solar energy, us solar energy policy, us solar permitting, us solar power

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:57:16 +0000

15,400 Hours of Staff Time Saved and Projects Installed 14 Days Sooner With Automated Solar Permitting Platform Across the United States, rooftop photovoltaic (PV) installations continue to grow, with over 671,000 installs in 2022—and final numbers are expected to be even higher in 2023. Local governments must permit each installation, checking … [continued]

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Reflect Orbital Aims to Keep Sunlight Shining On Solar Farms After The Sun Goes Down

June 14, 2024 admin ben nowak, clean power, reflect orbital, Solar energy, solar power plants, solar prices

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:10:49 +0000

For anyone with solar on their roof or a massive solar farm in the desert producing power, their production starts when the sun comes up and tapers off as the sun sets. A new interview on YouTube channel First Principles sat down with Reflect Orbital CEO Ben Nowak to unpack their … [continued]

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California Public Utilities Commission Crushes Community Solar With Latest Monopolistic Play

June 14, 2024 admin California, california public utilities commission (cpuc), california solar, california solar energy, clean power, cpuc, green economy, investment, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar prices

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 05:00:16 +0000

California has seen massive growth across its solar power sector — utility-scale solar, commercial solar, and residential solar have all boomed in the past decade plus. However, the utilities have been on a mission to squeeze out the little guys (distributed solar energy) for years, and after achieving quite a … [continued]

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SEIA: Landmarks in the History of Solar Energy in USA

May 6, 2024 admin bell labs, clean power, community solar, green economy, green jobs, History, investment, Joe Biden, Manufacturing, Obama, policy & politics, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar history, solar panels, solar prices, us solar, us solar energy, us solar growth, us solar power

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 15:57:25 +0000

The history of solar energy is an American success story. Since the creation of the first silicon solar cell 70 years ago, solar leaders have been innovating, improving efficiency, lowering costs, and growing this American-born technology into an essential part of our nation’s energy system.

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North Carolina Solar Installers Settlement with Duke Energy Approved by NC Utilities Commission

April 11, 2023 admin clean power, duke energy, grid, net metering, North Carolina, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar net metering, solar prices, subsidies, utilities

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2023 02:36:56 +0000

A rate modification for solar customers in North Carolina was recently approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC). This has an impact on people living in North Carolina who want to use the utility grid that Duke Energy manages for what is essentially a form of energy storage, which is done through a process […]

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The Truth Behind Those Free Solar Panels Ads

March 22, 2023 admin california home solar, clean power, free solar panels, home solar, rooftop solar, solar panels, solar prices, Sponsored

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:00:15 +0000

We’ve all seen the ads for free solar panels on YouTube and Facebook – is there any truth to these claims? We pull back the curtain on the solar industry’s… “overambitious”… marketing tactics and to show what’s behind the buzzwords.

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Berkeley Lab’s Latest “Utility-Scale Solar” Report Analyzes Record Deployment & Higher Value in 2021

September 22, 2022 admin batteries, berkeley lab, clean power, Energy Storage, lawnrence berkeley national laboratory, lithium-ion batteries, research, Solar energy, solar prices

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:00:31 +0000

We are pleased to release the 2022 edition of Berkeley Lab’s Utility-Scale Solar report, which presents analysis of empirical plant-level data from the U.S. fleet of ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV), PV+battery, and concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants with capacities exceeding 5 MWAC. While focused on key developments in 2021, this report explores trends in deployment, technology, capital […]

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Why Rooftop Solar Power Investments Are Worth It, & Why California Solar Net Metering Might Not Be Fair — Competing Op-Eds

September 11, 2022 admin California, california net metering, california solar energy, california solar net metering, clean power, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar net metering, solar prices, subsidies

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:19:38 +0000

We have some of the most informed readers in the world, but that doesn’t mean they agree on everything. In fact, sometimes they have feverish yet well informed debates that genuinely use logic (rather than ad hominem attacks and other logical fallacies) to discuss different technology or policy approaches. I was just reading through the […]

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Inflation Reduction Act To Give U.S. Solar Energy Industry A Much Needed Boost

September 4, 2022 admin clean power, community solar, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment tax credit (itc), market research, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar investment tax credit (itc), solar panels, solar prices, us solar energy, us solar energy growth, us solar energy jobs, us solar energy policy, us solar power

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 16:17:23 +0000

The U.S. solar energy industry has grown tremendously in the past decade. That growth has actually been one of the most phenomenal economic growth stories across the whole U.S. economy. However, the “Covid Era” hit solar hard, and it has struggled to get back on the trajectory it was on. U.S. Solar Energy Growth Has […]