With the federal tax credit for solar battery storage ending after 2025, many homeowners assume interest in batteries will slow down. It will not. The…
When you shop for solar, you run into a lot of noise. Confusing pricing. Pushy offers. Contract fine print that somehow never gets mentioned in…
Not all solar financing is created equal. Power Purchase Agreements and solar leases can be great tools when they’re built responsibly and transparently. They give…
Going solar is a smart investment in your home and your future. But life changes. People relocate. Families grow. Homes get sold. One of the…
One of the most common questions we hear from new solar homeowners is simple:“If I have solar, why do I still get a utility bill?”…
If your home has an Enphase solar system, you already have a built-in performance command center right in your pocket. The Enphase Monitoring App lets…
Solar panels are built to last 25 to 30 years or more. But they are not a hands-off system. Routine maintenance protects your production, your…
If your solar panels produce more electricity than your home uses, you do not lose that extra power. In most cases, you can send it…
For the better part of the past century, the American electric power system evolved around large, mostly fossil fuel power plants delivering electricity to residences,…
PV Magazine March 15, 2021 To help promote local clean energy, the bill would require new large buildings in the state to be solar-ready. Continue…
TechCrunch March 4, 2020 Across the U.S., sustainable microgrids are emerging as a vital tool in the fight against climate change and increasingly common natural…
NREL July 13, 2020 Due to rapid increase of PV installations over the past decade, there is expected to be an explosion of retired PV…
Clean Technica August 24, 2020 Plain water and a new type of turbine are the keys to a pumped hydro energy storage system aimed at…
Vox August 27, 2020 The US has the technology to decarbonize by 2035. Here’s a plan to do it. Continue reading here.
Big Stimulus For Clean Energy: Covid Relief Bill To Include Bipartisan Support For Green Tax Credits
Forbes December 21, 2020 In a bipartisan boost from Congress, tax credits for solar and wind energy (ITC and PTC), carbon capture and biofuels appear…
BoingBoing January 5, 2021 “In their view, they see themselves as pragmatic: they’ve invested all this time and energy and infrastructure into oil, so they…
Bloomberg February 11, 2021 California wants to replace millions of gas water heaters with high-tech electric ones to serve as “thermal batteries” for storing solar…
Clean Technica February 3, 2021 If you’re in the market for solar, though, one thing needs to be top of mind: the price you pay…
Popular Mechanics September 2, 2020 “As the first U.S. small modular reactor design to be issued a FSER, NuScale is pioneering the way for additional…
Blockchain is poised to turn the promise of renewable energy tracking into a major boon for people who care about the environment, along with utility…
MassLive February 12, 2019 A network of around 5,000 solar- and battery-equipped homes in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont could soon be funneling…
New Atlas April 1, 2019 South Australia has recently put the world’s biggest lithium battery into operation – but perhaps it should’ve waited. A local…
Green Car Reports April 3, 2019 The Australian researchers used geographic data to identify locations that had sufficient elevation changes, water flow, and were large…
Quartz May 2, 2019 Coal began firing US homes and factories in the 1880s. A century later, the cheap, plentiful fuel was America’s primary one…
ARS Technica August 5, 2019 Solar panels might seem like they’re in direct competition with plants. One is catching sunlight to do photosynthesis, the other…
Fast Company April 8, 2019 Energy Vault uses cranes powered by renewables to lift giant bricks into a tower. When the sun isn’t shining or…
WIRED April 30, 2019 EARTH’S CLIMATE IS full of terrifying feedback loops: Decreased rainfall raises the risk of wildfires, which release yet more carbon dioxide. A…
Greentech Media May 9, 2019 The number of solar installations in the United States has officially surpassed 2 million, according to the latest data from…
