a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today’s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles Throughout the weekend of September 28 – 29, 2013, events across the US and other countries will celebrate the third annual National Plug In Day. Each celebration… Read more »

California Solar Electric was delightful to work with, from Aaron, my knowledgeable and responsive sales consultant to the friendly installation crew.  I’m excited to be powering my home and electric car with solar.  I also switched to Time of Use… Read more »

(above) First Month Usage After Solar Panel Installation (below) Two Previous Months Before Solar Panel Installation Check out my first full month SCE bill after activating my solar system. Also, see the total usage profile by day for the billing… Read more »

By Bill Scanlon, NREL April 22, 2013 New Hampshire, USA — A pair of analyst reports issued last week came to roughly the same conclusion about the market for solar PV inverters: It’s getting crowded and complicated, with top incumbents… Read more »

Complete Data can be viewed at: Today, the Solar Foundation released their State Solar Jobs Map, a web-based tool providing the first-ever highly credible solar jobs numbers for each of the fifty states. These new state numbers build upon TSF’s… Read more »

Original Article and Sources: Solar Power World   April 11, 2013     Frank Andorka   Welcome to another edition of Solar Speaks, Solar Power World’s podcast series that gives you the opportunity to hear from the industry’s biggest newsmakers — in… Read more »

Original Article and Sources:  www.seia.org Now an Increasingly-Competitive Energy Source for Millions of Americans Today WASHINGTON, DC and BOSTON, MA – GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) today released U.S. Solar Market Insight: Year-in-Review 2012, the definitive… Read more »

by Travis Hoium. www.fool.com original article: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/02/26/betting-on-chinese-solar-is-a-crapshoot.aspx An increase in shipments should be good for any company, especially a manufacturing company. But even increasing shipments doesn’t look like it can save the Chinese solar industry from a prolonged, painful consolidation…. Read more »

Original Post: Solar Power World How to get the public excited about solar power is a hot issue right now, as discussed in this Solar On the Street video from PV America (hint, you may see a familiar face). As… Read more »

Original Post: Solar Power World America’s grid is the largest and oldest grid in the world, requiring the most attention, improvement and money.  Mark Johnson of the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E agency program commented at a conference that the grid… Read more »