For a while now, we've been pointing out how some of the biggest American retailers are gravitating toward setting up massive solar farms to source energy. Perhaps the biggest example is Amazon, which is taking over from so many 'bricks and mortar' sellers that it...

  As communities across Virginia and the rest of the country continue to adopt solar energy systems at a tremendous rate, you're more likely to see a wider diversity of installations near where you live.   One example is the idea of creating panels that are...

Many people tend to be most familiar with Bath County, Virginia as the host of the famous Jefferson Pools in warm Springs -- but although some of the towns in this county trade a lot on the history of America, there are also very new innovations coming to Bath County,...

Learning about solar in the classroom is more than just a way to learn about ecology, or physics. In Virginia and other places, it's now about the intersection of several powerful forces, and the future of our energy use.   This past fall, the Washington Post...

It's true that the solar market is a dynamic one -- and lots of things often happen that are unpredictable. There are a lot of up-and-down forces pushing and pulling on solar markets right now, specifically in the U.S. Some of them have to do with manufacturing --...

It's hard to believe it's almost Halloween again.   But this year, as the little tykes carve jack-o'-lanterns and figure out which kinds of masks and accessories they want to buy, maybe it's time to consider dressing your little one up as a solar installer....

We’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at how solar is booming in the state of Virginia -- with the governor's official seal of approval, and big companies coming in to innovate and drive massive operations with renewables. But sometimes it's also helpful to look at...

You may have heard about a lot of the new solar initiatives across the state of Virginia, but have you heard how Tesla, the electric car maker, is working with four Virginia schools on solar contracts?   Press releases from the summer show the company opening a...

We've talked a lot lately about big solar plans by Virginia utilities and energy providers, and some of those big Amazon projects that are adding tons of capacity to Virginia's solar network, but there are also other very different efforts going on in other parts of...