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Solar Water Heating: In the Shadow of PV
It would be hard not to notice the rush of activity in the worldwide photovoltaic marketplace in recent years, but you may not have noticed that at the same time, solar thermal technology has been...
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Will Solar Drive Up Silver Prices?
In August of this year, Wall Street Daily predicted that solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing would be “The Unlikely Driving Force Behind an Imminent Surge in Silver Prices.” In fact, all over the...
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Solar Thermal Technology: Will It Survive?
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) has definitely taken a back seat to Photovoltaics (PV) in the last few years when it comes to solar electricity generation, but solar thermal technologies are still far...
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Solar Profile: Wendi Zubillaga, PetersenDean
Wendi Zubillaga is the Chief Sales Officer at PetersenDean Roofing and Solar and a 29-year veteran of the residential real estate industry. As Chief Sales Officer at the nation’s largest privately-held...
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Enviros and Tea Party Agree: Solar is Good for Florida
Far-left environmental activists and far-right small government conservatives may seem like odd allies, but when it comes to making Florida a leader in solar energy, both sides agree. The time has come...
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Disadvantaged Households in Fresno to Get Solar… and Financial Relief
A new statewide pilot program in California is giving free solar panels to households in disadvantaged areas, starting with communities in Fresno. Called the Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP),...
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San Diego Still #2 City for Solar in U.S., But Will It Remain a “Shining City”?
As had been the case the previous year, San Diego attained the number two spot, after Los Angeles, in overall solar capacity in the second annual survey of major U.S. cities (65 in all), called Shining...
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Palo Alto Seeks to Lead in “Solar Ready” Housing in Bay Area
Just before Earth Day, the Palo Alto City Council unanimously passed an ordinance mandating that all new single-family residences in the city be “solar ready.” The new regulation is consistent with the...
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Two Sacramento Area Universities Compete for Solar Home “Bragging Rights”
Two universities in the Sacramento area are competing with 15 other college and university teams – and with each other – in the Solar Decathlon 2015 contest, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy....
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Second Time Around: Bay Area Gets PACE Financing… Again
The PACE financing program for solar installations – standing for Property Assessed Clean Energy – has recently experienced a revival in the Bay Area. The program makes solar financing easy by allowing...
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San Diego Battery Storage Tariff May Be Good for Solar Customers
The San Diego-area utility, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) claims that rooftop solar without battery storage isn’t helping SDG&E address its peak-period energy demands for residential...
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Australia: The New Solar Frontier
Australia is uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the next decade of distributed generation and battery technology. “It might also surprise you to know that nearly 15% of Australian households...
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Bay Area School District Integrates Solar Power With STEM Education
On April 28, Berryessa Union School District (BUSD), which operates ten elementary (grades K-5) schools and three middle (grades 6-8) schools in Berryessa in San Jose, held a groundbreaking ceremony at...
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Bay Area Team to Send Unmanned Solar Boat Across Pacific
It began as a garage project two-and-a-half years ago by a group of engineers that call themselves “hobbyists.” But on Memorial Day, Damon McMillan and his Bay Area team are set to launch a homemade...
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Port of Los Angeles to Be “Laboratory” for Renewable Energy
Starting this month, a 40-acre terminal at the Port of Los Angeles will serve as a test case for the use of renewable energy in a large industrial port facility. According to John Holmes, port...
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San Diego Energy Plan Aims to Help Disadvantaged Communities
In December, San Diego achieved an important milestone in the history of renewable power in America. The city council of the eighth largest municipality in the country unanimously approved the first...
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Solar in Riverside Experiences Growing Pains
Fifteen years ago, the city of Riverside, California, had only 151.2 kilowatts of solar power from a single carport structure. Today, there are almost 2,200 solar generation projects within the city...
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San Francisco Roofs Go Green… in More Ways Than One
San Francisco has become the first city in the U.S. to approve green (in both senses of the word) roofs, requiring all newly-constructed buildings to have 30% of their roof space set aside for green...
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Sacramento College Holds Contest for Tiny Solar Homes
A Tiny House Competition, employing the motto “Build Small and Win Big” was held Saturday, October 15th, at Consumnes River College in Sacramento, CA. (The judging occurred on Friday, October 14th, and...
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San Diego Boatyard Is One of First U.S. Solar Boat Builders
Baker Electric Solar of San Diego has designed and installed a 483 kW rooftop solar system for Marine Group Boat Works (MGBW). MGBW says that it has now become one of the first American boatyards to...
View ArticleSan Francisco Startup Offers Solar-Powered Farm Out of a Box (Land Not Included)
How can local agriculture be developed most effectively in rural areas, particular in places at which electricity and/or water are scarce? The San Francisco-based creators of a new benefit corporation...
View ArticleWhen is the right time to go solar?
Technology is getting better each day, but government incentives are declining. So when is the right time to go solar? It’s a tough decision, so we talked with our team’s solar installation experts to...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Lithium-Ion Storage Facility in San Diego County May Help...
In Escondido, a city in San Diego County not far from San Diego itself, the utility SDG&E, in partnership with the Virginia-based company AES Energy Storage, recently unveiled a California...
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Where Does Trump Stand on Solar?
Six months into his administration, President Trump has yet to take on energy policy. Meanwhile, the solar industry continues to grow despite uncertainty about federal support. In a report from the...
View ArticleWhat are the Best Policy Mechanisms to Combat Climate Change
Climate change policy has finally taken a place on the priority of the mainstream population and politicians and candidates looking to represent them. However, climate advocates can no longer support...
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