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Summer: The Time to Donate to ASES, IREC, the Solar Foundation and Vote Solar

The summer solar selling season may be upon us, and as your sales heat up, I hope you’ll take some time to contribute to the organizations that have supported our industry and our businesses....

Solar Likely on 20% of New Homes in California in 2013

As SunPower prepares to install its 10,000th residential system, the company says that it anticipates that solar will be on 20 percent of all new homes built in California this year....

Big Apple Anticipates Solar Explosion for 2013

Thanks to solar’s resiliency, falling prices and ability to help out in disasters, New York is anticipating more solar installed in 2013 than ever before in the Empire state and in...

Connecticut Utilities Expect Significant Bids for Solar LREC/ZREC Program

In late spring, the Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P) and the United Illuminating Company (UI) announced the joint issuance for the second year of the Low and Zero Emissions...

Integrated Distribution Planning: A Path to Sustaining Growth

For years, the cumulative amount of distributed generation (DG) on the grid was akin to a drop of water in a glass.  That is, a tiny drop in a big glass.  But look how far we’ve come...

Clock’s Ticking to Submit Nominations for the Projects of the Year Awards

A solar installation built adjacent to a natural gas-fired power plant in Florida; a hydroelectric plant needed to meet an expected 6 percent annual growth in Chile; a coal-fired power...

CAUSE Amps up Efforts to Keep Net-Metering Flowing with Study Request

Californians Against Utilities Stopping Solar Energy (CAUSE) is increasing its efforts to support clean, locally produced energy. The recently minted advocacy organization, which formed...

The Coming Solar Electricity Transformation

Solar cells are unusual in that they were cost-competitive from the get-go. From the Apollo space program to highway signs to lighting for buoys, solar could replace highly expensive...

Full Scholarships for Solar Energy Training Offered to Military Personnel

Veterans who've spent long days under the sweltering sun to protect our freedom can now learn to harness the sun's rays for their benefit — at no cost. Servicemen and servicewomen of...

What Dollar Shave Club, Sungevity, and Namasté Solar Have in Common

Since the days of cave paintings, humans have been telling stories about themselves, whether in pictures, songs, commercials, websites, or logos, but few solar companies have sincerely...

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