December 3rd, 2021
Via Renewable Energy World, a report on an innovative Australian program testing residential solar+storage as a virtual power plant: Project Symphony will investigate the use of distributed energy resources in Western Australia’s energy market. The Au$35.5 million (US$25 million) project being led by the Western Australia state power supplier Western Power aims to recruit around 500 […]
Read more »Are There Enough Rooftop Surfaces To Generate Affordable, Low-Carbon Energy?
October 13th, 2021
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, a look at the potential of rooftop surfaces to decarbonize the world: Rooftop solar panels are up to 79% cheaper than they were in 2010. These plummeting costs have made rooftop solar photovoltaics even more attractive to households and businesses who want to reduce their reliance on electricity grids while reducing their carbon footprints. But are […]
Read more »September 13th, 2021
Via the Department of Energy, a report on solar rooftop potential in the U.S.: Solar rooftop potential for the entire country is the number of rooftops that would be suitable for solar power, depending on size, shading, direction, and location. Rooftop potential is not equivalent to the economic or market potential for rooftop solar—it doesn’t […]
Read more »Could Green Roofs on Schools Be a Climate Solution?
September 13th, 2021
Via GreenRoofs.com, a report on the potential for green roofs on schools to contribute to a climate solution: Lela Nargi of Sierra | The national magazine of the Sierra Club writes: More than 7,000 gardens were sprouting in schoolyards across the US as of 2015. For decades, these leafy spaces have been earning praise for […]
Read more »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 […]
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