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Four Considerations for Rotating Solar Panels
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...
Solar Schools in Bath County Show New Benchmark for Renewables
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,...
School Projects are Signs of Solar Growth
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...
Tesla Looks for Solar Rebound
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 --...
New Hottest Halloween Costume: Solar Installer??
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....
Guardian Shows Solar Taking off Globally
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...
Tesla Working with VA Schools on Solar Projects
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...
Farmers Contemplate Solar in Dinwiddie
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...
Dominion to go 1/3 Solar By 2032
At Sun Day Solar, we’re closely following advancements in central Virginia utility administration that have to do with enormous potential for the future of solar energy. Here's a bright bit of news that shows how big the solar trend is in this area -- Dominion...
The Kerfuffle on Solar Tariffs
The concept of setting a tariff on foreign solar infrastructure is making big news this month. But what does it mean for the solar industry? Some are claiming that China and other Asian countries are flooding the U.S. market with cheap imports that are...
New Coal Plants “Not Going to Happen,” Says Virginia Utility Leader
Although we can see solar panels popping up on top of houses and everywhere else, we’re also getting new indicators of the renewable energy boom from other places. Just this past week, the New York Times ran an interesting op-ed that really constituted a...
“I’ll Be Back!” — The Solar Advocacy of Arnold Schwarzenegger
In the earlier days of solar energy, many of us thought of using natural sunlight to generate electricity as a kind of hippie pipe dream, the kind of thing that Arizona mystics do while they’re out in the desert messing around with crystals. These days, you're...