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Electric Utilities Don’t Want Solar on your Roof
Rooftop solar is the cheapest way to generate electricity for your home or business. That’s good for you — but not for your local...
Oct 3, 20162 min read
An Urgent Letter to the Solar Industry and our Customers from Jigar Shah and Barry Cinnamon
We don’t call it the “Solar Coaster” for nothing. U.S. solar installations will hit 16 GW in 2016. These solar installations are having a...
Sep 5, 20166 min read


Anti-Solar Lobbying Groups Trying to Trick You
You can generate your own power on your home or business roof for about $0.07/kwh, with paybacks in the 4-8 year range. Without a doubt,...
Jun 7, 20161 min read


Cost Trends in the Solar Industry
Lower costs trends in the solar industry are creating a boom. At the end of 2015 there were over 200,000 people employed in the industry,...
May 8, 20162 min read


Solar Power in the Sunshine State
When I first got into solar, Florida seemed to be a natural market. After all, it’s the sunshine state. In spite of the sun, there is one...
Apr 25, 20161 min read


Solar Incentives in 2016
Over the past few months you may have seen or heard a continuous stream of ads warning about the imminent demise of solar incentives,...
Jan 17, 20161 min read


The Path to Energy Independence with John Farrell of the ILSR
$400 billion dollars. That’s how much money is spent every year on electricity in the U.S. It’s a huge industry. But not for long,...
Dec 28, 20151 min read


The Push Towards 100% Renewables With Clint Wilder
Mankind has been in an energy transition ever since two cave-boy scouts rubbed two sticks together and created fire. Although the world’s...
Dec 21, 20151 min read


Politics of Clean Energy
I’m wading into an opinionated minefield. We’re not supposed to talk about religion or politics in polite company. But we already did a...
Dec 14, 20151 min read


The Fight for Fair Solar Electric Rates
$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)...
Oct 20, 20152 min read


Utilities Agree That Fossil Fuels Can't Compete Against Renewables
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...
Aug 3, 20152 min read


Pope Calls for the Replacement of Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy and Solar Subsidies
“Very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system." “Problem is...
Jul 7, 20151 min read


Electricity From Nuclear Power Too Cheap to Meter -- Or Not?
It’s the environmentalist’s third rail question: “Should we promote nuclear power as an expedient way to reduce CO2 emissions?” On the...
Apr 6, 20151 min read


Cap And Trade - Good For Solar, Bad For Gas - Sep 2014
Over 95% of climate scientists have concluded that CO2 is the primary cause of global warming. Solving the problem requires a dramatic...
Mar 3, 20152 min read
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