Pro-Solar Activists In Florida Campaign Against Rick Scott
November 4th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
At a time when solar power in the United States has grown by leaps and bounds, the Republican governor of Florida,
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Author Archives: Zach
Hey, Hippie — Get A Job! (In The Solar Energy Industry)
October 26th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
There’s no debate about it — 110% of hippies love solar power. (Okay, that may be is definitely incorrect.) However, it’s
SunPower Advances Holdco Strategy With 135 MW Solar Plant
August 15th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
SunPower*, one of the world’s largest solar module manufacturers and developers, as well as the solar efficiency leader for commercial
Yingli Makes Advancements In Monocrystalline Ingot Formation
August 15th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Yingli Solar* is the largest solar module manufacture in the world. Based in China, it often receives blanket criticisms of Chinese
Why Solar? 3 Reasons
August 9th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
The following solar infographic is pretty concise, but it makes 3 important points. The points, in summary, are: 1) You
Free Solar Panels, SolarCity CEO Says (VIDEO)
August 6th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
SolarCity, of which cleantech hero Elon Musk is Chairman and his cousin Lyndon Rive is CEO and co-founder, currently dominates
Insane Solar Power Growth (Graph)
June 30th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
The following is a fun graph I recently ran across on Wikipedia. It shows the completely explosive solar power growth
3D Solar Planning For Remote Locations, 3D Solar Product Design or Collaboration, 3D Leadership
May 28th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Solar power is the future. There’s no doubt about it. Even Shell knows it (see pessimistic chart on right). But the
Home Solar Loan Program Launched By Mosaic
May 19th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Mosaic (formerly “Solar Mosaic”) is well known in the solar industry for pioneering what one might call “crowd-investing.” It has
Are Solar Leasing & PPAs Going To Suffer From Maturing Solar Market?
May 12th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
A representative of Soligent recently passed along an interesting note regarding a US movement away from solar PPAs and leases. Basically,
“Fracking Village” Going Solar
May 4th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
A website titled Back Balcombe writes: “Last summer, a company called Cuadrilla came to drill for oil and gas. It did
51% of New US Electricity Capacity In 1st Quarter Came From Solar Energy, 92% From Renewables (CHARTS)
April 19th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
If you love solar, you’re going to love electricity capacity trends in the US. In the first quarter of 2014,
Panasonic HIT Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record
April 19th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Panasonic has a long history of breaking solar efficiency records. The company recently announced that it has broken an efficiency
Solar Power Breaks World Record In Q1, IHS Raises 2014 Forecast To 46,000 MW
April 8th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Solarbuzz recently reported that world solar PV power capacity grew by a record 9,000 megawatts (MW) in the 1st quarter
Kansas Getting Its 1st Community Solar Power Plant
April 8th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
A customer-owned utility, Midwest Energy, has teamed up with a community solar developer, Clean Energy Collective (CEC), to build the first community
Latin America’s Largest Distributed Solar Development Will Be Unsubsidized
April 8th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
Tiendas Soriana, which is apparently Mexico’s second-largest retailer, is embarking on Latin America’s largest distributed (rooftop solar) development project. Mexico
Sungevity Gets $70 Million In New Financing From E.ON, GE Ventures, & Others
April 8th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
It seems that all of the solar financing companies have been completing big financing rounds lately. We just covered a
SunPower Lands 30 MW Concentrated Solar Power Deal In Inner Mongolia, China
April 8th, 2014 | by Zachary Shahan
SunPower* has long been an efficiency leader in commercially available solar PV cells and modules. It also routinely ranks in
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