May 28th, 2021
Via Volts, commentary on the potential for rooftop solar and home batteries to make a clean grid vastly more affordable: Energy nerds love arguing over the value of distributed energy resources (DERs), the rooftop solar panels and customer-owned batteries that are growing more popular by the day. There’s a fight in California right now over the value […]
Read more »Raising The Roof: Telsa Roof Suddenly Soars In Cost
April 30th, 2021
Via Inverse, a report on why Tesla’s solar-harvesting tiles have seen a price increase: Tesla has hiked the price of its Solar Roof, and it’s left customers confused. Earlier this month, it emerged that Tesla was raising the price on its solar energy roof tiles even for customers that had already signed a contract for installation. Electrek reported […]
Read more »April 29th, 2021
Via Inverse, an article on a vision of a distributed utility of the future: Elon Musk has a radical plan to reshape the energy grid — and it could protect against power cuts. During Tesla’s first-quarter 2021 earnings call Monday, the CEO described how the firm’s solar panels and batteries can work together to “operate […]
Read more »A REIT Pioneers Community Solar in New Jersey
March 8th, 2021
Via Commercial Property Executive, a report on Duke Realty’s installation, first of its kind in New Jersey, will expand access to renewable energy to businesses and households: The first community solar project in New Jersey was launched last month, making a milestone in Gov. Phil Murphy’s stated goal of reaching 100 percent clean energy by 2050. […]
Read more »February 1st, 2021
Via AVC, an interesting venture capitalist’s view on rooftop solar: I’ve been thinking a lot about the economics of rooftop solar. Our family has invested in rooftop solar over the last five years in an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint and reduce our electric bills. When you do that in combination with electrification of […]
Read more »Real Estate Developer Adds 3.7 MW of Solar to Shopping Centers
January 28th, 2021
Via Renewable Energy World, a report on one real estate developer’s plans to maximize shopping center roofspace in New York and Massachusetts: This week, real estate developer Kimco Realty Corp. announced that it has initiated five new solar projects. Four of the projects will be at Kimco properties in the New York metropolitan region, including […]
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