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Sungevity is proving that going solar is easy, a good investment, and a viable way to reduce carbon emissions.Sungevity specializes in installing home solar electric systems. Wecurrently install solar throughout the Bay Area, and with over 150sales last year, Sungevity was the leading installer in San Franciscoin 2008. Articles l Homepage
Your Energy Independent World
It’s the last day of Energy Independence Month here on the Sungevityblog though, of course, at Sungevity, we celebrate Energy Independence365 days a year. We’ve laid out a vision for an energy-independenthome, community and nation. For our last installment, we’ll take a look at some features of an energy independent global economy. The alert reader might [...]
Sierra Club Teams With Sungevity to Help Homeowners Achieve Energy Independence
Local event to raise awareness about home solar systems and the environment PALO ALTO, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire/ — The Sierra Club todayannounced “The Truth About Solar,” a green home technology workshopdesigned to teach local homeowners about residential rooftop solarenergy. This is the second in a series of Green Home Workshops theSierra Club is offering [...]
The Merkley Diet
Your house is in order, your neighborhood an ecotopia. Now, how about the rest of the country? I was all set to spend a few hours dreaming up a vision for an energy independent nation, but it turns out SenatorJeff Merkley (D-OR) has already done it. Merkley’s “Now or Never” OilIndependence Plan calls for the [...]
Sungevity Shines With Record Results for First Half of 2010
Sungevity, the leading online residential solar provider, todayannounced record results for the first half of 2010, due to widespreadconsumer interest in solar energy made more affordable by leaseprograms. Sungevity’s revenues from solar panel installations on residentialhomes have increased by a factor of 10 over the last six monthscompared with the first half of 2009 revenues. [...]
Solar on the White House Update
Solar on the White House has gone global! With all of the greatsuccess we have seen in the United States and the support we havereceived internationally, the campaign has challenged several key worldleaders to install solar on their homes with the help of 350.org. Already, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives has taken the lead [...]
Is the Feed-in Tariff Coming to LA?
Los Angeles has been toying with the idea of a Feed-in-Tariff since2009 when Mayor Villaraigosa announced his goal of making LA a coal-free city by 2020. A Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) is a system in which utilitiespay residents and businesses for all solar energy they generate. Thisis different from net metering which gives customers a credit for excess energy during [...]
Your Energy-Independent Hood
Earlier this week, I blogged about how to move toward an energyindependent home. Energy independence begins at home, but it doesn’tend there. Today, let’s paint a picture of an energy independentcommunity. (First, get inspired by this vision-in-motioncreated by Ecocity Builders). When we shift our focus to the community level, it’s all about interdependence. Unless we’re living [...]
Sungevity Says Rocky Mountain HI!
Today, Sungevity launched its easy and affordable way to go solar in Colorado. If you know people in the Denver or Boulder area who want to tap that state’s wonderful sunshine and political support for solarpower in the form of rebates, tell them to go to www.sungevity.com. There they can fill out an easy form [...]
Solar on the White House Update
Hey Solar Advocates! We’ve added two new partners (ASES, AmericanSolar Energy Society and the ASES National Solar Tour) and have hit the 6500-signature mark! Additionally, our top Power the House advocate is now a Solar Senator with over 4500 points! Make sure you keep spreading the word and lets keep the momentumgoing! ASES(American Solar Energy [...]
Solar on the White House – Update
Putting Solar on the White House is really cooking now. Havingsurpassed the 5,000-signature benchmark, we’ve introduced a breakthrough new aspect to the campaign. Power the House,an innovative social media game engine enables everybody to become aSolar on the White House advocate. By spreading the word through various social media outlets participants can earn points towards [...]
Idea of the Day – Lease Your Energy
“At first glance, going solar can seem like a no-brainer, especiallyif you live in a solar-friendly state like California or Arizona. Residential solar panels not onlydrastically reduce your carbon footprint, they can also trim yourelectricity bill to a fraction of its pre-solar total. Who wouldn’tconsider making the leap? Well, for starters, people who don’t have [...]
Lost in Transmission
Americans like big things–big cars, big houses, Big Macs. And theconventional wisdom around electricity transmission is that we have tospend trillions of dollars revamping the national grid so that it cancarry intermittent wind and solar energy more efficiently. Anothersupersized (and super-expensive) idea and one that has held backinvestment in renewables for fear that our poor [...]