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 [...]
Potential for 2014 to be a 7,000 Megawatt Year for Wind Power Capacity and Innovation!
Iowa is currently a state with high potential for wind power capacity. Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. is gearing up to drop $1.9 billion on new wind farms in Iowa. The investment might build as many as 656 new turbines by 2015, which would add as much as 1,050 megawatts of wind power capacity to [...]
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 [...]
The Alliance for Solar Choice is Formed Among the Nation’s Leading Rooftop Solar Companies!
As of May 10, 2013, the nation’s leading rooftop solar companies announced the formation of The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC). TASC believes that anyone should have the option to switch from utility power to distributed solar power. The founding members represent the majority of the U.S. rooftop solar market, including: SolarCity, Sungevity, Sunrun, and [...]
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