How to Get Your Neighbors to Install Solar Panels
There are plenty of ways to be a good neighbor: pick up the mail when they’re out of town, don’t make too much noise at night, return a lost pet. But we think there’s one tactic that stands above the...
View ArticleCalifornia Utility Lays out Vision for Future Smart Grid
While the California officials have been working overtime to approve solar power plants in time to meet a statewide renewable energy goal, its utility companies are faced with a slightly different...
View ArticleWest Virginians Install Rooftop Solar Power Among Coalfields
The symbolism can’t get much better. In southern West Virginia, a region known for its coal, a new rooftop solar energy system has been installed in Williamson and is now producing clean energy. It’s a...
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Google’s Clean Energy Mission
Google’s foundation, Google.org, has made it widely known that it intends to aid the progression of renewable energy development in any way possible. The company is pushing for quicker development of...
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LEED-Certified Prefab Winery in California to Be Central Valley’s First
California’s Lodi Wine Region is catching on to the solar energy craze and energy efficient frenzy that her permeated throughout the rest of the state. Granted, it took a solar energy pioneer to get...
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Rutgers, New Jersey IT Team in Solar Decathlon Finals
Biennially since 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has held the solar decathlon, a competition between 20 university teams from around the world that design, construct and operate homes that...
View ArticleUniversity of Maryland to Install Solar Power
On Valentines Day, the University of Maryland, College Park agreed to install one of the largest photovoltaic (PV) rooftop solar energy systems in the entire state atop its Severn Building — a building...
View ArticleNon-Nuclear Clean Power to Double by 2020, Report Says
A report out Monday sees non-nuclear clean energy sources growing two-fold over the next ten years, via USA Today. Published by Clean Edge, a research and advisory firm, the research shows that global...
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‘Net-Zero’ Home to Feature Solar Panels, $0 Electric Bills
Pre-fab homes and tract housing aren’t typically associated with green living. But as more buyers become attuned to high energy costs, homebuilders appear more willing to market homes that consume less...
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NYC to Get New Green Loan Program, Solar Panels On Landfills
Despite perceptions to the contrary, New York City is by some measures the most environmentally friendly city in America: “Eighty-two per cent of Manhattan residents travel to work by public transit,...
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