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Solar Wins by A Landslide!

Yes on 4. Yes on 4. Yes on… you get it. It’s a mantra people in the solar industry have been saying for months. It describes the proposed Amendment 4 that would exempt solar systems from the tangible personal property tax and real estate property...

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Energy Department Announces Solar Decathlon 2017

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 student design competition (yes, it’s a mouthful), will take place in early October 2017 in...

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Scientists Use Solar to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Chicago recently came out with a new study illustrating...

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What If All Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?

This is the worst year in decades for U.S. coal. In the first six months of 2016, coal production plummeted 28 percent compared to the same time in...

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Mexico Announces Launch of Cap-And-Trade Program

In a recent press release, Mexico announced a year-long cap-and-trade program to begin in November. In the program, the Mexican government will...

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The Passive House

“Passive houses” and “passive solar” are terms that have been popping up, maybe as frequently as the word “green.” But what does “passive” really...

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Solar Now Cheaper Than Nuclear: What This Means for the UK

When the UK’s Hinkley nuclear plant first underwent construction, nuclear was a cleaner option than most other energy sources, and cheaper than solar...

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Tiny Houses are Going Solar!

Tiny homes have made it big. They have reality shows, displays at Ikea, even their own tiny house movement! There’s just something inherently...

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Clean Energy Savings for All Americans: How You Can Go Solar

Last week, the White House announced an exciting new initiative called the Clean Energy Savings for All Americans. This innovative new program aims...

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Are Utilities Ignoring Millennials?

Millennials. Known by a host of names--Generation Y, Gen Y, the Peter Pan Generation, the Boomerang Generation--these group of youngsters love their...

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