According to a recent GTM/SEIA study, residential solar installation costs in the U.S. were basically unchanged from Q4 2014 to Q4 2015....

Most of my rooftop solar customers express a preference for buying U.S. made solar panels. And they were willing to pay a premium for...

Our society’s energy generation transition from wood to coal to oil to gas has been steady and obvious. Now we are benefiting from the...

– $31.03 per barrel – current spot crude oil price – $59.95 per barrel – price of an empty steel oil barrel on Amazon – $82.50 per barrel...

Fireplaces and chimneys have been part of every home and shelter ever since primitive man poked holes in the tops of their caves to let...

Ahhh….it’s almost springtime. The weather is getting warmer, the trees are starting to bud, and people are starting to think about their...

If you are on the current E-6 TOU rate you don’t need to do anything. This E-6 rate is currently slated to stay in place until 2020 or...

Over the past few months you may have seen or heard a continuous stream of ads warning about the imminent demise of solar incentives,...

If only all our New Year’s Resolution were this easy. Luckily, saving energy is easier than losing weight after gorging over the...

Whenever I land in a city I can’t help noticing how few — if any — commercial rooftops have solar panels. Historically, there have been...

Mankind has been in an energy transition ever since two cave-boy scouts rubbed two sticks together and created fire. Although the world’s...

A rooftop solar system is an expensive up-front investment. The typical 5 kw system costs about $20,000 – or $14,000 after the 30%...

Headline: “Low Cost Rooftop Solar.” What’s not to like? If you’re a homeowner you can save thousands of dollars shopping around for the...

Toyota and Honda just announced their new fuel cell cars. Although these cars won’t be on the road for another year, their mere existence...

$0.25/kwh – what a typical California homeowner pays for electricity (based on current PG&E rates at the U.S. average of 12,000 kwh/yr)...

The oldest, biggest and most efficient solar application is heating water. Solar hot water systems have been around in one way or another...

Rooftop solar panels only work when they are in direct sunlight. So if you install solar on a partially shaded roof, the output of your...

Technologies, companies and business models in the solar industry come and go. But even in the relatively new solar industry, history...

According to Doc Brown, Marty McFly’s DeLorean needed 1.21 gigawatts to travel back in time. To put this in perspective, new gas power...

“Very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system." “Problem is...