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SolarCity Earnings = MEH
SolarCity (SCTY) has been one of the hottest alternative energy stocks since its Initial Public Offering five short months ago. Yesterday it shot up 24% in one day, on the largest one-day volume since it opened, in anticipation of its quarterly earnings release. It is up 95% in the past three months, and has more [...]
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 [...]
SolarStrong: Alive and Kicking
Last year, SolarCity partnered with U.S. Renewables Group Renewable Finance and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in a $1 billion effort to solarize military housing across the U.S. It’s making progress and surging ahead with new projects at sites owned and managed by Lend Lease. On July 17 SolarCity announced that it is partnered with [...]
Affordable Housing Complex Gets Solar Power in San Diego
One of the major reasons California is a leader in solar energy isits initiatives aimed at encouraging homeowners to install solar panels. Under the state’s flagship program, the California Solar Initiative (CSI), solar rebates are made available to qualified home and business owners looking to install solar. Beyond this general initiative, California has included specialprovisions to [...]
San Francisco to be 100% Renewable by 2020
The City by the Bay is known for its colorful history, resiliency todisaster, and a willingness to embrace a broad spectrum of cultures andviews. Now, the City plans to punctuate history once again with itslatest publicly announced goal: to be the first city in the UnitedStates to rely complety on renewable energy sources by 2020…less [...]
San Francisco Completes Sunset Reservoir Solar Project
Big news came out of San Francisco this morning, as Mayor Gavin Newsom announced the completion of the Sunset Reservoir Solar Project, which the city claims is the largest municipal solar installation inCalifornia. Recurrent Energy, the solar project developer that installed the 24,000-panel system and will own and operate it, took things a step further [...]
More San Francisco School Districts Go Solar
Just days after southern California’s San Dieguito Union High School District installed solar “carports” above parking areas at two of its high schools, northern California’sJefferson Union High School District (JUHSD), just south of SanFrancisco, completed a similar project of its own. JUHSD has installed solar energy systems at four of the district’shigh schools: Oceana High [...]
ASES National Solar Tour Showcases San Diego Cribs
The 15th Annual National Solar Tour, the world’s “largest grassroots solar event,” is set to kickoff todayacross the country as solar-powered homes and businesses will open their doors to the public. Sponsored by the American Solar Energy Society(ASES), the tours showcase how photovoltaic (PV) panels and solar hotwater systems can help cut electricity bills and [...]
Solar Stadium Coming to San Fran for America’s Cup
If the Board of Supervisors of the America’s Cup approves of SanFrancisco hosting the 34th America’s Cup yacht race, then we could hopeto the most environmentally friendly race on record. Conceptualized bySkidmore, Owings & Merrill architect, the proposal suggests thetransformation of dilapidated piers 30-32 at the foot of Bryant Streetand Pier 50 south of the [...]