Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:33:30 +0000
Solar opponents will have to figure out a new line of attack when perovskite solar cells suddenly plaster the world.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:23:39 +0000
Lowering electricity bills is one of the main reasons why consumers may decide to install rooftop solar panels. Every household is different—from the size of the home, to the number of people living in it, to the electricity needs of those people, to where the buy their electricity—so calculating an … [continued]
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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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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Read moreCredit 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 […]
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.
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 […]