The Energy Show · Streamlining Solar Design and Installation with Aurora Your friendly local solar contractor has to contend with two...

People talk about solar panels and batteries a lot (at least the people I talk to). The reasons are that solar panels are conspicuous on...

Over a million buildings in the U.S. have rooftop solar. These systems are extremely reliable: solar panels are guaranteed for 25 years,...

There is no doubt in my mind that the “All Electric future” is inevitable. The only question is how fast…20 or 50 or 75 years? Electric...

The “climate” for solar is most favorable when there are high electric rates and incentives. For these reasons the PV industry grew...

Over the past few months we’ve experienced a solar eclipse, several devastating hurricanes, another under-construction nuclear plant...

Here’s a solar industry secret: all solar panels generate the same amount of electricity on a per watt basis. In other words, twenty 300...

Millions of Americans were using cereal boxes, telescopes, and flimsy plastic solar viewing glasses to witness the Solar Eclipse on...

With much higher volume manufacturing, prices for solar panels have come down tremendously over the past 20 years — from about $1,000...

20 years ago the problem with rooftop solar was that customers needed a large collection of lead acid batteries to store their daytime...

There’s no doubt in my mind that the home of the future will be solar powered. Intuitively it would be great if the roofing material...

I think Charles Dickens was describing the Solar Coaster in his introduction to “A Tale of Two Cities”: It was the best of times, it was...

Many industries have boom and bust cycles as manufacturers try to adjust supply to customer demand. These challenges are accentuated in...

Our sources of electrical power are quickly shifting. In 2016 there was 26 gigawatts of new electrical-utility capacity added in the U.S....

The solar industry is one of our most obvious success stories. Our industry directly employs 261,000 people. We generate energy that is...

In 2016, more solar generating capacity was installed than any other fuel source. Because of the low cost of solar-generated electricity,...

As technology advances, our favorite science-fiction and spy-thrillers become both laughably more unrealistic and eerily based on truth....

Tesla’s recently announced solar shingles are a great looking and potentially ground-breaking Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV)...

With so many options for solar inverters, choosing the right one for your home or business can get a little overwhelming. In the way of...

We don’t call it the “Solar Coaster” for nothing. U.S. solar installations will hit 16 GW in 2016. These solar installations are having a...