How to work with your homeowner’s association to install solar on your home
Everyone should have the right to go solar on their property. Some states enshrine that right with solar access laws, which prohibit…
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Is the Utility-Scale Solar Industry in a Finance Bubble?
The utility-scale solar market has gotten “frothy” in the last year and a half. A flood of new investors, like…
Coalition Rolls Out 100 Day Clean Energy Agenda for 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A coalition of solar industry groups, conservation organizations, and clean energy advocates announced today the release of…
Go solar in 2019 to take full advantage of the federal solar tax credit
Homeowners and businesses thinking of going solar (as well as adding battery storage) should act in 2019 to take advantage of…
How a Record-Hot Summer Turned 200 Buildings Into Grid Heroes (and how they got paid)
The summer of 2018 was the fourth-hottest on record for the United States, straining electric grids across the country as…
Hurricane Florence crippled electricity and coal — solar and wind were back the next day
Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Florence swamped North and South Carolina, thousands of residents who get power from coal-fired utilities…
Why squirrels go nuts over solar panels – and how you can stop them
Compared to many of the problems that rooftop solar owners face – including utility companies trying to take away net…
How Solar Works: Alder Energy
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, enough sunlight hits the Earth every 90 minutes to power the entire world…
Going solar; Why it doesn’t pay to wait
If you’ve been following solar even just a little bit, you know how dramatically the cost of going solar has…
High Tech Meets Low Tech At Furman University Solar Farm
GREENVILLE, S.C.—When Furman’s six-acre, $1.7 million solar farm was installed off Poinsett Highway last year, the project turned heads. But…