Memo to: President Barack Obama Re: The Promised Solar Panels on the White House. Please advise. Dear Mr President: Now that the election is over, I’d like to follow up on a significant...
It’s devastating to see my hometown of New York so crippled by Hurricane Sandy. There are so many tragedies from this one event. Not only was there an estimated $50 billion in economic...
Since it’s nearing Halloween, it’s a good time to visit five ways you may be scaring away a solar reporter. Be very, very frightened. This list actually comes from personal experience....
Whether you’re a solar megawatt developer or a solar kilowatt installer, you may think that the goal is to sell solar panels and megawatts to each prospect. But the truth is that your...
At the recent SPI 2012, I participated in a Renewable Energy World video roundtable on big box retail stores going solar with a representative from Walmart and another representative...
Solar Power International 2012 has ended, yet there are still three core PR messages that have stayed with me almost three weeks later from SPI’s keynote speakers, Julia Hamm, Rhone...
Heading to SPI 2012 in Orlando, I was expecting a somewhat compact show. Though it wasn't as large as Dallas, I was surprised to find that while there were fewer booths, companies that...
Yesterday, I received a message on Twitter from Tom Kimbis over at SEIA. He Tweeted, “WSJ wants to know what you think about promoting #solar. VOTE HERE!! @SEIA @SolarFred http://ow.ly/dv9o9."...
If you gave someone a hammer, nails, a load of 2x4’s, and a circular saw and then told them to build a house, a skilled carpenter could build a decent house. The same is true with solar...
On August 15, 2012, at 8 a.m., Colorado’s Xcel utility opened up its registration for a new solar gardens/virtual net metering program. It took just 30 minutes to shut the doors on...