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Re-Igniting America's Solar Impulse

First came the Wright Brothers. Then it was Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis. In 1990, Eric Raymond made aviation history to much less fanfare with...

Rumors of US-China Trade Settlement Talks Fuel Solar Stocks

If short-term traders really have hijacked the sector, which seems probable, it would mark a relatively big setback for stocks that were once popular among aggressive longer-term investors...

3 Engagement Strategies for Solar Installers to Be “Liked” on Facebook with Graph Search

Facebook’s new Graph Search is still in a testing phase right now, but it will launch sitewide in the coming months. And when it does, your solar company had better be “liked” by your...

French and German Ministers Call for 2030 Renewable Energy Targets

Writing in France’s prestigious centre-left daily newspaper Le Monde, Peter Altmaier, the German environment minister, and Delphine Batho, his French counterpart, underlined the need...

Why Boulder, Colorado Opted for a Clean Energy Takeover

The process started in 2003 when Boulder resumed studying the option to create a municipal utility. With a climate-action plan already in place, and a local carbon tax already financing...

San Antonio Solar Fans Delay Introduction of SunCredit Program

The name SunCredit sounds like it should be a solar-friendly policy. But sun-loving denizens of San Antonio, Texas, weren’t happy with it and, led by Solar San Antonio, forced the local...

Fracking and Solar: Friends, Foes or the Bridge to Clean Energy Adoption?

Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” has been widely criticized by environmentalists who cite concerns with water pollution and methane leakage from this high-volume method of extracting...

Solar Under Assault Again in Louisiana

A slew of bills introduced in Louisiana’s legislature this year were challenging the state’s solar incentives. At least one of which, House Bill 705 to gradually phase out the state’s...

China Solar Update: Trina Improves, Suntech Scores Extension, Beijing Awaits EU Tariff Decision

Several news bits from the solar sector show more signs of stabilization after a 2-year-old downturn, even as an ongoing trade war looks set to escalate. The big picture in these news...

SolarCity Sues Treasury Over 1603 Payments

In an interesting turn of events, solar third-party ownership company SolarCity is suing the Treasury Department in Federal Claims Court, alleging that it received less than expected...

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