Solar carports go national: photo essay
Even if your car is baking in the hot summer sun, you can imagine it staying cool under one of these solar carports recently built all across the country. Technologies include prefabricated framing, double cantilever canopies, and water management systems.
From the editor: Mandates or open markets?
There is a stark partisan division over clean/renewable energy mandates in the United States. Are they necessary to achieve rapid decarbonization?
Scaled-back energy bill signed in MN, stable module pricing, more! : pvMB 6/3/19
Happy Monday and welcome to the pvMB! Today we bring you a solar medical bus, solar and copper, Google’s desire to watch ALL power plants from space, and Clarksville going 100% solar, as the first 100% city in Arkansas!
Aggreko’s 1 MW battery system, Conti Solar rebrands: pvMB 5/14/19
Hello and thank your for joining us yet again on the pvMB. Today we’ll be discussing Daymak’s Boomerbuggy X, Scout Boats going solar and everything else to get you through your morning.
Energy freedom and solar’s strategy for the South
The solar industry has just won a major victory with the passage of the Energy Freedom Act in South Carolina. But is this victory replicable in other Southern states?
The Energy Freedom Act has passed the South Carolina Senate
South Carolina’s solar industry is close to a big revival, with a long-awaited bill to eliminate net metering caps and transform the way utilities procure energy. But it has get back through the House by the end of the day tomorrow (Thursday).
Energy Freedom bill moves forward, Spruce raises $208 million, stable solar pricing: pvMB 05/03/19
Happy Friday and welcome to the pvMB. Today we also bring you the Texas Senate passing a bill to prevent municipalities from interfering with citizens going solar, solar for schools in Minnesota, and more!
South Carolina to get its biggest solar plant yet, pig farmers for solar: pvMB 04/25/19
Welcome to the pvMB. Today we also bring you the world’s largest furniture maker putting solar on 10 of its buildings, star energy reporter Gavin Bade moving on to Politico, and a new PV/hot water and space heating controller.
GameChange awarded monster tracker deals across the United States
In what has been an explosive start to the year for the company, GameChange Solar has announced deals that could potentially position the company among the top five global tracker suppliers.
Duke is going to get a lot more solar
In the largest single-day announcement to date, Duke Energy has announced 14 projects to be built across the Carolinas, totaling 602 MW in capacity.
