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40% of U.S Pipeline is “Small Solar”
Favorable incentives and financing models continue to fuel interest in small solar projects, with installations at schools, municipal buildings, hospitals and retail stores now accounting for 40% of the US pipeline, reports NPD Solarbuzz. More than 1,300 projects under way are between 50 kilowatts (kW) and 500 kW in capacity with a cumulative PV generation [...]
Energy Efficiency: Is It The Real Deal?
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), peak electric loads in the U.S. are 20,800 MW lower than they would be without utility energy efficiency programs[1]. If it is correct it represents perhaps 100 power plants that did not need built that would have otherwise been required. Similarly, the EIA data shows that electric usage [...]
Viridity Raises $15M for Virtual Power Plants
Viridity Energy, the startup that’s been building “virtual power plants” for customers in the United States, has just raised $15 million from Japanese conglomerate and big green investor Mitsui & Co. It looks like a trans-Pacific partnership that could open up markets to both companies. The Series C round comes on top of a $14 [...]
In Focus: GRID Alternatives
Established in 2001, GRID Alternatives is a nonprofit organization that provides low income communities access to solar energy. GRID Alternatives was founded by two engineers who are driven to make clean energy accessible to the low-income communities that need solar energy the most. The people at GRID Alternatives are on a mission “to empower communities [...]
Nonprofit Solar Pie Proves Seattle is Always Sunny
Scott Sherwood wanted to put solar panels on the 1907 Seattle home he shared with his wife, Carolyn. And Carolyn thought he was nuts. “This is going to be one big, costly huge science experiment,” she thought. They live in Seattle, she told him. It’s the cloudiest, rainiest city in the country. “But when you’re [...]