Sep 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
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...
Sep 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
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,...
Sep 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Big news came from the U.S. Department of Energy this week about important benchmarks that the country has met in terms of solar power, and news about ongoing efforts. One of the big things that a September 12 press release mentions is the Sunshot Initiative,...
Sep 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Want another very clear example of what solar power can do in these days of affordable infrastructure, good battery technology and other innovations? One of the biggest headlines coming out of North Africa right now is a multi-billion dollar plan to link up a...
Sep 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Today’s energy landscape is confusing to a lot of people. The political landscape is Balkanized – some would like to “bring back coal” while others would prefer to move toward non-carbon-emitting renewables. But what’s really going on in business, on the ground where...
Aug 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
The solar industry is changing almost as fast as it’s growing. You can see a lot of this growth in the state of Virginia — as massive retailer Amazon moves in to harness enormous amounts of sun power in multiple Virginia counties, big local utilities are also...
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