February 12th, 2024
Via Food & Wine, a report on a new roof project in Florence: The airport in Florence, Italy, doesn’t have as many amenities as Italy’s significantly larger airports in Rome, Milan, and Venice. There aren’t any Hermes stores, you can’t pick up a Rolex before you board, and your dining options are limited to three unremarkable restaurants. But […]
Read more »India’s PM Announces Plan To Install Rooftop Solar on 10M Homes
February 1st, 2024
Via PV Magazine, a report on India’s ambitious rooftop solar plans: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced ‘Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana’ under which 10 million households will get rooftop solar. The scheme is intended to not only reduce the electricity bill of the poor and middle class but also make India self-reliant in the field […]
Read more »January 30th, 2024
Via Solar Daily, a report on plans to put rooftop solar panels on the Pentagon: Solar panels will be installed on the roof of the Pentagon as part of a push for clean energy at federal facilities, the US Department of Energy said Wednesday. The Pentagon is slated for upgrades including “rooftop solar panels, a […]
Read more »A New Shadow Over California’s Solar Industry
January 21st, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report that some companies are leaving the state or reducing their presence there after California greatly reduced incentives for homeowners to install rooftop solar panels: California has long championed renewable energy, but a change in the state’s policies last year has led to a sharp decline in the installation […]
Read more »January 11th, 2024
Via Energy Daily, an article on a new report stating that roof top solar proves to have key benefits over large solar farms: A new study shows size matters in solar energy. The first ever life-cycle analysis comparing big and small solar photovoltaic systems has concluded that small-scale solar systems are in fact better for […]
Read more »How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Rooftop Solar
December 22nd, 2023
Via the Los Angeles Times, commentary on California’s solar power regime: As global leaders celebrated a hard-fought agreement to triple the world’s renewable energy production and transition away from fossil fuels, an attorney for the state of California was in a San Francisco courtroom Wednesday, defending a decision by appointees of Gov. Gavin Newsom to […]
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