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Disadvantaged Households in Fresno to Get Solar… and Financial Relief
A new statewide pilot program in California is giving free solar panels to households in disadvantaged areas, starting with communities in Fresno. Called the Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWP),...
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San Diego Still #2 City for Solar in U.S., But Will It Remain a “Shining City”?
As had been the case the previous year, San Diego attained the number two spot, after Los Angeles, in overall solar capacity in the second annual survey of major U.S. cities (65 in all), called Shining...
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Palo Alto Seeks to Lead in “Solar Ready” Housing in Bay Area
Just before Earth Day, the Palo Alto City Council unanimously passed an ordinance mandating that all new single-family residences in the city be “solar ready.” The new regulation is consistent with the...
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Students Race for Solar (and Life) Knowledge in Riverside County
This past weekend, students from 41 Southern California high schools participated in the 13th Annual Solar Cup race, held on Lake Skinner at Temecula, near Winchester in Riverside County. Teams from...
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From Dump to Dynamo: EPA Launches Giant Solar Project in Bay Area
On May 13, 2015, at Hayward, California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) celebrated the launching of the first project by the Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Program (R-REP),...
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Two Sacramento Area Universities Compete for Solar Home “Bragging Rights”
Two universities in the Sacramento area are competing with 15 other college and university teams – and with each other – in the Solar Decathlon 2015 contest, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy....
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Second Time Around: Bay Area Gets PACE Financing… Again
The PACE financing program for solar installations – standing for Property Assessed Clean Energy – has recently experienced a revival in the Bay Area. The program makes solar financing easy by allowing...
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Bay Area City to Add Free Solar to 130 Low-Income Homes
Over the next three years, the city of Richmond in the East Bay area will be adding solar to 130 low-income households there – without the city or homeowners paying a dime. At a city council meeting on...
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San Diego Battery Storage Tariff May Be Good for Solar Customers
The San Diego-area utility, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) claims that rooftop solar without battery storage isn’t helping SDG&E address its peak-period energy demands for residential...
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San Diego Meeting Heralds Changes in Solar and Storage
The Energy Storage North America (ESNA) Conference, a gathering of policy, technology and market leaders in the energy storage field, was held in San Diego two weeks ago. It experienced record...
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Palo Alto-Based Institute to Research Solar and Storage Integration
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SunShot initiative has chosen a Palo Alto, California-based nonprofit, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), to collaborate on a new project. According to...
View ArticleSix Cities, Led by San Diego, Make California the Winner in Solar Survey
A new report, prepared jointly by the nonprofit organizations Frontier Group and Environment America Research & Policy Center, has named six California cities among its Top 20 “Shining Cities.”...
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The Past and Future of Battery Storage
With the cost of batteries dropping and a bevy of solar companies now offering residential backup systems, it may seem like the “solar with storage” revolution is just getting started. In reality,...
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New Solar Opportunities Are Benefiting Lower-Income Families
Solar panels are no longer just a luxury item. As the American solar industry waits anxiously to see if President Trump levies a tariff on Chinese solar panels, new solar installations continue to go...
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The Duck Curve: Utilities’ Growing Challenge to Solar Adoption
Since 2008, the U.S. has seen a veritable explosion of not just residential solar, but commercial and utility-scale installations as well, enjoying a ridiculously high annual growth rate of 54% over...
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