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Still In Spotlight: Solar Inverters
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Sandia National Laboratorieshas invested $8.5 million in four projects that have reached Stage IIIof the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) program. Theseinvestments will be matched more than one-to-one by the SEGIScontractors to support more than $20 million in total projects. Theselections announced today are part of the Department’s [...]
Cost of California Solar Installations in Spotlight
Did some Californians get ripped off on their solar panel installations? Maybe. The Wall Street Journal last Friday ran an article on the California Solar Initiative (CSI), a multi-year roadmap that aims to boost in a major way the amount ofelectricity the state gets from solar energy systems. Among thearticle’s main takeaways was the fact [...]
Oil Spill Puts Need for Renewables in Spotlight
The massive Gulf Coast oil spillhighlights the importance of cutting the planet’s reliance onconventional energy sources and moving toward renewable energy, say proponents of clean power. "The spill itself tells us in a very clear way that the overdependence on fossil fuels is an issue which we must grapple with as aworld and as a [...]
Shining a Spotlight on Detroit’s Solar Incentives
An unlikely location in the Midwest is setting up to be a locus ofsolar activity: Detroit, Michigan, former world auto industry capitalas famed for its Model-Ts as it was for its smoke-belching factories,is also at the center of a pilot solar incentive program offered byutility company DTE Energy Co. through its subsidiary Detroit Edison.With Michigan [...]
Copenhagen: Spotlight on U.S. Solar Potential #cop15
At the climate talks in Copenhagen, the American solar industrystepped into center ring with SEIA’s report on the effects fasterdeployment of solar energy could have on climate change. Seizing the Solar Solution: Combating Climate Change through Accelerated Deployment (PDF)makes the case for obtaining 15 percent of our total energy needs fromsolar by 2020. 12 percent from [...]