Via Yale360, a report on how some US power companies – faced with the prospect of a dwindling customer base – are seeking to end public subsidies and other incentives for rooftop solar. In Arizona, for example, the issue has sparked a heated public relations battle that could help determine the future of solar in […]
Read more »Via Treehugger.com, a report on Montreal’s second rooftop farm: A few years ago, the idea of a large-scale commercial urban farms capable of providing locally-produced food seemed impossible. But in 2011, the world’s first commercial rooftop urban farm opened in Montreal, Canada, and now, aiming to expand its direct-to consumer business model, Lufa Farms is […]
Read more »Via Mosaic, an interesting report on some investment vehicles that could change the solar industry: There is no denying that the solar industry is growing at an incredible rate. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) estimates 723 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic (PV) capacity was installed in the first quarter of 2013, representing a 33% increase […]
Read more »Via the Rocky Mountain Institute, an interesting article on how third-party solar financing models are not enough and how more of a smart market approach would foster increased solar power deployments among residential homeowners: In recent years, companies have made great strides in offering third-party financing to bring solar and energy efficiency to residential consumers […]
Read more »Via the Globe and Mail, a look at Montreal’s Lufa Farms: Nothing’s more down to earth than farming, but a new urban farm in Montreal is inspiring designers to think of growing in the clouds. Lufa Farms, on the roof of a commercial building near Montreal’s Marché Centrale, is a 32,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse that’s producing […]
Read more »Via Clean Technica, a look at Europe’s largest solar rooftop: The largest self-consumption rooftop solar array in Europe has been completed, and it is of course located in Germany. It is eleven hectares in size, consists of 33,000 solar panels, and has a generation capacity of 8.1 MW (which could power up to about 1,846 […]
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