Making and Saving Energy
Go Solar, California!, the statewide web portal for California’s solar programs, has a new look and feel featuring a simpler, more robust navigation system, easy-to-find contact information and up-to-date program statistics and cost information. Also happening this month is the CSI Quarterly Program Forum on July 30, in San Diego. See below for details, and [...]
Solar Commitment Gets Hotter Rebate program for solar water heating goes statewide Not as much in the headlines as solar electric generation – not as flashy or as high tech – solar water heating got a big boost on May 1 as rebates rolled out for California residents adopting the technology. There wasn’t a splashy [...]
What Gets Measured, Gets Fixed I know a lot of you don’t read a newspaper every day. So much attention goes to what’s online and then secondarily to TV. That’s not a bad thing, but I do read the newspaper – several of them on a regular basis – and it’s an opinion article I [...]
Korean electronics conglomerate Samsung (005930.KS), along with a join venture with ENCO Utility Service, will develop a solar farm capable of producing 130 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic solar power in California, according to a New York Times report. The joint venture, called Solar Project Solutions, has signed 25-year power purchase agreements with the utility Pacific [...]
The cost of getting a solar plan approved by the city of San Diego has risen from $565 from $93 reflecting a policy change by the city to quit subsidizing solar installations. It has only been 6 months since San Diego made the proud announcement of having the most rooftop solar installations nationwide. With this [...]
Andalay Solar Power Systems Andalay — Solar Systems available at Lowes Energy costs are an ever-rising expense for your family. Installing Akeena’s award winning, state-of-the-art Andalay panels allows you to regain control of your energy costs, see immediate savings, and help reduce greenhouse emissions. The First Truly Integrated, Plug-and-Play Solar Power System Only Akeena Solar [...]
December 14, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Akeena Solar Inc. (AKNS) Andalay AC panels are available at 21 Lowe’s (LOW) home-improvement stores throughout California. The panels, which were recently honored with a 2009 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Product award, are featured as part of Lowe’s Energy Center at the stores. The Lowe’s Energy Center offers an information kiosk [...]
About a month or so ago I posted about driving by the McDonald’s in Pacific Beach, a community within San Diego, and found a McDonald’s with new solar panels in the parking lot area. I originally thought it was a Solar Powered resturaunt, but after searching for more information I found that some McDonald’s were [...]
Thin-film panels, such as those made by First Solar Inc, the largest U.S. solar power company, are cheaper to make per watt of electricity than are standard panels. The average thin-film solar panel price is expected to decline nearly 18 percent in 2010 to $1.40 per watt, iSuppli said. Average prices for silicon-based panels are [...]
Renewable Funding, an Oakland, Calif., based company, makes it easier for homeowners to finance solar or other renewable funding projects by attaching it to your property tax bill. The financing stays on your home’s property tax bill making it easier to recoup the expense if you sell your home before the loan is paid off. [...]
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