SEIA Applauds Confirmation of New DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz
WASHINGTON, DC – Calling him “uniquely qualified,” Rhone Resch, president & CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), issued the following statement after Ernest Moniz was unanimously confirmed today as secretary of the Department of Energy: “Ernest Moniz will be an outstanding Secretary of Energy. As a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor, an [...]
Read SOLAR TODAY’s May/June Issue
SOLAR TODAY‘s May/June issue is online. Read the full issue, search by key word and share articles. Click here to go directly to the issue. ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Sixth Annual Efficient Cars Roundup Plug-ins and hybrids reach toward half-a-million new cars a year in the United States By Seth Masia Lessons in Sustainability Phoenix’s new Fireside Elementary School [...]
New Database at Colorado State University Tracks Energy Legislation in all 50 States
FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) has launched the Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker – a new online database of energy-related state legislation pending in all 50 states, from solar to natural gas and everything in between. This first-of-its-kind database, created in partnership with Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), [...]
Survey Results Show that the Majority of Retail, Institutional Investors are Interested in Fossil Fuel-Free Portfolios!
According to the First Affirmative Financial Network’s Fossil Fuels Divestment Survey, over half of sustainable, responsible, impact (SRI) investment industry professionals say that retail investors (65 percent) and institutional investors (53 percent) are currently expressing interest in fossil fuel-free portfolios in the face of growing signs of climate change. This online survey was conducted by [...]
Sebastopol Requires All New Residential Buildings to have Solar!
The small city of Sebastopol, California has become the second community in the state to require that all new residential homes and business buildings include a solar system. The city is home to approximately 7,200 residents and 1.2 MW of installed solar capacity. On May 7th, the City Council of Sebastopol passed its provision, which [...]
PV Generation Potential for January and February 2013
By Adam Kankiewicz The PV Power Map is a report of national solar resource availability as illustrated by the monthly energy output of a nominal 1-kilowatt DC (kWdc) photovoltaic (PV) system by location. This edition compares PV power output for the months of January and February, and highlights the month-to-month variability real-time energy production can [...]
PV Generation Potential for December 2012 and 2012 Monthly Average
The PV Power Map is a report of national solar resource availability as illustrated by the monthly energy output of a nominal 1-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic (PV) system by location. This issue highlights real-time production as compared to annual averages. The first map illustrates total estimated PV power output for the month of December. The second [...]
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