SolarCity loan deal could propel rooftop market
SolarCity's loan will allow customers to own their systems and still pay less for electricity, a simpler and cheaper prospect.
View ArticleCommentary: Solar to be leading source of electricity by 2050?
Schneider Electric's CMO, Chris Hummel, pondered whether the IEA's claim that solar energy could be the leading source of electricity by 2050 was achievable. Matt Smith's initial reaction was...
View ArticleStates work to meet new renewable energy standards
From New Mexico and Texas to Montana and New York, PNM and other investor-owned utilities are facing higher renewable energy standards starting this year as numerous states and the federal government...
View ArticleCalifornia formally opens large solar plant
California has been steadily expanding its use of solar power to meet the state's renewable energy standards, while testing the balance between wilderness conservation and the pursuit of green energy.
View ArticleChanging Seasons in Energyland™
As the seemingly permanent blanket of snow in my yard lifted this week to reveal the green, green grass below (albeit briefly), I am reminded that seasons change. But it is not just clocks and...
View ArticleCommentary: Progress seen on solar front
Here are some signs of solar progress being made across the globe.
View ArticleIndustry study ranks Texas 10th in solar capacity
Texas is the 10th-ranked state for U.S. solar capacity, according to a study published Thursday by the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group.
View ArticleCitigroup says renewables will continue upward trajectory, even as crude tumbles
Oil generates about 5 percent of global electricity and doesn’t generally compete directly with wind and solar power, Citigroup researchers said.
View ArticleCommentary: Excess across the Energy Complex
FuelFix Voices contributor Matt Smith looks at "six slices of excess" in the energy landscape.
View ArticleObama: Energy effort to help environment, military veterans
The Energy and Defense departments are extending to a total of 10 military bases nationwide a pilot program that teaches exiting service members how to install solar panels.
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