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Mosic Sells Out California Solar Crowdfunding Projects in Hours
Mosaic, which is using crowdfunding to develop solar and other clean energy projects, today (April 8) unveiled $100 million in solar projects that Californians can invest in directly. At the same time it launched its first offering in what it is calling the Golden State Series of solar projects in California, crowdfunding a 114 kilowatt [...]
In Focus: Socially Responsible Investing
Out with the traditional notions of investing; investors are changing the industry and world by aligning their standard of high monetary return with their desire to do good. According to US SIF, $3.74 trillion of the $33.3 trillion assets in the 2012 US investment marketplace was under management that used Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) strategies. Social [...]
Community Solar Grows Up
Community solar is capturing attention across the US as a way to get clean energy to everyone, including people who rent and whose roofs are too shaded for solar. A paper, “Community Shared Solar: Diverse Approaches for a Common Goal,” illustrates how three utilities are giving customers access to community solar in Florida, Colorado Springs and Tucson. Most community solar installations [...]
Mosaic: Bringing Solar to the 75%
From the roof of my condo complex in a sunny part of San Francisco, I can see solar panels on at least a few houses on each surrounding block. Yet solar for our condo has eluded us. When it comes to solar, condos — with multiple owners and HOA regulations — are a tough nut [...]
RE-volv: Crowdfunding Community Solar Installations
Andreas Karelas founded RE-volv in 2011. He started the organization, he says, “out of a sense of frustration felt by many of us working for clean energy. The change isn’t happening fast enough and if it’s going to happen now, we’ll have to do it ourselves. There’s a huge opportunity here to mobilize people who [...]
In Focus: Los Angeles Solar Rebates and Tax Credits
Solar power in Los Angeles makes perfect sense: on average, the city is blessed with over 3,000 hours of sunshine every year. LA also offers solar rebates and other incentives to help encourage homeowners and businesses to invest in solar panels. The program is a little complicated, and LA rolled out revised solar rebates last [...]
Solar for the 75%
By definition, most of us are in the 99%. Some of us may even be in that mythical 47%. But there’s another group that many of us are in, without even being aware of it: the 75%. That’s the estimated number of people who can’t get solar on their roof. While leases are helping far [...]
RIP: California Community Solar Bill
Senate Bill 843, a piece of legislation that would have extended the benefits of renewable energy to millions of Californians, died last Friday in the state’s Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce. Currently, 75% of households cannot install residential solar (and other renewable energy) systems for one reason or another. One of the most significant [...]
Community Solar Gets Dissed in Sacramento
Community solar power got left out in the cold by the the politicians in Sacramento. A bill that would have given renters and others who don’t have a roof of their own a chance to get in on the money-saving solar action — as they now can in Colorado under similar legislation — died without a vote late last [...]