There’s no doubt in my mind that the home of the future will be solar powered. Intuitively it would be great if the roofing material...

I think Charles Dickens was describing the Solar Coaster in his introduction to “A Tale of Two Cities”: It was the best of times, it was...

Many industries have boom and bust cycles as manufacturers try to adjust supply to customer demand. These challenges are accentuated in...

all Americans are protected from significant risks to human health and the environment where they live, learn and work; national efforts...

Since the sun does not shine at night we need a way to store daytime-generated solar energy. Net metering is an elegant and 100%...

PACE financing, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, started out about 10 years ago as a financing mechanism for residential solar....

When someone gets a new rooftop solar installation, the second question they always ask is “how often do I need to clean my solar...

Video killed the radio star – just as natural gas, wind and solar are slowly but surely killing the nuclear power industry (we’re already...

Find an installer who has been in business for 5+ years and uses their own installation crews (not subcontractors). You get what you pay...

It may seem counter-intuitive, but you can have too many solar panels on your roof. With conventional net metering, your utility will not...

It’s that time of the year…tax time, that is. Every year we get questions from customers about filling out their solar investment tax...

Our sources of electrical power are quickly shifting. In 2016 there was 26 gigawatts of new electrical-utility capacity added in the U.S....

The solar industry is one of our most obvious success stories. Our industry directly employs 261,000 people. We generate energy that is...

The promise to homeowner’s is simple: install solar panels on your roof and save money on your electric bills. There are about 10,000...

In January the Department of Energy (DOE) published their annual jobs report. The U.S. energy industry employees 6.4 million people. The...

If you have an electric bill there are three basic ways for you to get your electricity from renewable sources. The most popular is...

We’re in the middle of winter – and there’s some serious precipitation. It’s snowing in much of the country, and California is finally...

“Pigovian Tax.” If you know what this means, then you can skip this week’s Energy Show on Renewable Energy World. For everyone else...

Home solar systems are pretty simple: put some solar panels on your roof, wire them up, get connected by your utility, and enjoy cheap...

Poor installation practices - missed rafters, inadequate safety procedures, etc. Employees who are not properly trained or incentivized -...