tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90791276402796904302024-03-19T23:35:09.654-07:00Solar Newssolarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-51199065944147525782021-01-28T17:13:00.001-08:002021-01-28T17:13:49.981-08:00Solar power got cheap. So why aren’t we using it more?<p> <a href="https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/cheap-renewable-energy-vs-fossil-fuels/">https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/cheap-renewable-energy-vs-fossil-fuels/</a></p>solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-28745785945111680642019-06-19T08:28:00.000-07:002019-06-19T08:28:21.464-07:00US solar market sees strongest Q1 ever, industry boosts forecast as costs fall despite Trump tariffs<a href="https://electrek.co/2019/06/18/us-solar-strongest-first-quarter/?fbclid=IwAR26WdEf-3LsJrKLdhFk8ahTpIm9ewApSg6pATWwmSuEyNhXkPEjAARqQ-k">https://electrek.co/2019/06/18/us-solar-strongest-first-quarter/?fbclid=IwAR26WdEf-3LsJrKLdhFk8ahTpIm9ewApSg6pATWwmSuEyNhXkPEjAARqQ-k</a><br />
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<br />solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-55389031233272737062018-12-06T12:33:00.003-08:002018-12-06T12:33:50.622-08:00California Gives Final OK To Require Solar Panels On New Houses<a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/12/06/674075032/california-gives-final-ok-to-requiring-solar-panels-on-new-houses">https://www.npr.org/2018/12/06/674075032/california-gives-final-ok-to-requiring-solar-panels-on-new-houses</a><br />
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<br />solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-27048912279499752632018-10-14T08:01:00.003-07:002018-10-14T08:01:59.334-07:00Solar Industry Unveils Campaign to Streamline Solar Permitting<a href="https://www.ases.org/solar-industry-unveils-campaign-to-streamline-solar-permitting/">https://www.ases.org/solar-industry-unveils-campaign-to-streamline-solar-permitting/</a><br />
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From the American Solar Energy Society: news of some much needed advancement<br />
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<br />solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-80098123496197808062018-09-04T06:34:00.000-07:002018-09-04T06:34:03.398-07:00How China's Solar Farms are Transforming World Energy<span style="background-color: white; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_411652497"><br /></a></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">"Liu points out that solar panels </span><a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/06/05/bnef-expects-34-fall-in-pv-module-prices-in-2018/" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.1px; text-decoration-line: none;">continue to get cheaper and cheaper</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">. As such, it may only be a few years before China’s slashed subsidies become irrelevant – solar energy will just be too deliciously inexpensive for investors to ignore. It will be between three and five years before solar is cheap enough to build confidently without subsidy, she says."</span>solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-29638320410670671772018-08-12T07:50:00.003-07:002018-08-12T07:50:54.817-07:00Tesla Powerwall Batteries Saves Green Mountain Power $500K During Heat Wavehttps://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/27/network-of-tesla-powerwall-batteries-saves-green-mountain-power-500000-during-heat-wave/solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-40646588082027726112018-08-12T07:44:00.001-07:002018-08-12T07:44:51.019-07:00What Changed In The Solar Industry In June & July?https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/11/what-changes-in-the-solar-industry-in-june-july/<br />
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<br />solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-25310873451251901742018-08-09T17:17:00.001-07:002018-08-09T17:17:07.812-07:00Alabama Power solar fee challenged https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/04/alabama_power_solar_complaint.html<br />
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This goes back to a much earlier post. What's a reasonable fee for a utility to charge customers who use solar??solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-29198796260984898572017-09-03T12:12:00.001-07:002017-09-03T12:13:56.378-07:00THIS SOLAR-POWERED RV RUNS WITHOUT FUEL OR CHARGING STATIONS<a href="http://www.greenmatters.com/living/2017/08/31/ZHQvPu/solar-rv">http://www.greenmatters.com/living/2017/08/31/ZHQvPu/solar-rv</a>solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-23280311729486040782017-08-06T08:44:00.003-07:002017-08-06T08:44:58.033-07:00Dirty Energy's Quiet War on Solar Panelshttp://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/345450-dirty-energys-quiet-war-on-solar-panelssolarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-85113030793697220502017-06-06T16:24:00.001-07:002017-06-06T16:24:20.656-07:00US Solar Energy Employs More People Than Oil Coal and Gas Combinedhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/01/25/u-s-solar-energy-employs-more-people-than-oil-coal-and-gas-combined-infographic/#2145d0522800solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-39469990687591141342017-04-14T06:55:00.001-07:002018-08-22T10:56:16.340-07:00How Small Tribe in Nevada Shut Down Coal and- Built a Solar Farm<a href="http://inhabitat.com/how-a-small-tribe-in-nevada-shut-down-coal-and-built-a-solar-farm/">http://inhabitat.com/how-a-small-tribe-in-nevada-shut-down-coal-and-built-a-solar-farm/</a>solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-38851731397127972682017-04-08T07:57:00.005-07:002017-04-08T07:57:59.598-07:00Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Switches to Solar Powerhttp://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/04/06/kentucky-coal-mining-museum-switches-to-solar-power.htmlsolarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-85528467222255195142017-01-05T07:53:00.001-08:002017-01-05T07:53:29.096-08:00Solar Could Beat Coal to Become the Cheapest Power on Earthhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/for-cheapest-power-on-earth-look-skyward-as-coal-falls-to-solarsolarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-88798477761569725082016-11-30T06:16:00.001-08:002016-11-30T06:18:10.813-08:00Spinning Solar Cells Generate 20X ?<a href="http://inhabitat.com/v3solars-photovoltaic-spin-cell-cones-capture-sunlight-all-day-long/">http://inhabitat.com/v3solars-photovoltaic-spin-cell-cones-capture-sunlight-all-day-long/</a><br />
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Facebook's solar powered plane provides internet to remote areassolarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-58730119363444181742016-06-26T08:40:00.000-07:002016-07-31T05:29:59.220-07:00Solar Seawater Distiller<a href="http://www.ewao.com/a/solar-seawater-distiller-turns-salt-water-drinking-water-using-sunlight/">http://www.ewao.com/a/solar-seawater-distiller-turns-salt-water-drinking-water-using-sunlight/</a><br />
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always prefer the decentralized option myself<br />
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<a href="http://www.offgridquest.com/power-solutions/watly">http://www.offgridquest.com/power-solutions/watly</a><br />
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the larger scale approach<br />
<br />solarguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13659197832565322827noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079127640279690430.post-25498210713837051362015-08-01T09:40:00.004-07:002016-07-31T05:30:12.996-07:00New Solar Power Plug<br />
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