In this week’s Solar News Roundup, we’ve got some local stories from our home in the Northeast: a strong endorsement of solar in Portland, Maine, and a roundup of the Solar & Energy Storage Northeast conference.
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Solar news: February 7th, 2020
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, Californian tech company Ubiquitous Energy installs their new solar window technology for the first time, and the Department of Energy announces new funding for solar technology research.
Continue readingSolar news: January 24th, 2020
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, we highlight two stories from the corporate renewables space – one detailing InBev’s goal to brew Budweiser using renewable energy, and another on Microsoft’s goal to go carbon negative by 2030.
Continue readingSolar news: January 10th, 2020
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, we’re talking storage: Google and NV Energy join up to bring a massive solar-plus-storage plant to a data center outside of Las Vegas, and manufacturer Kyocera is set to launch a new type of lithium-ion battery.
Continue readingSolar news: December 27th, 2019
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, a Pew Research Center survey indicates record interest in solar, and New York hits a big solar milestone.
Continue readingSolar news: December 13th, 2019
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, the residential solar market in the U.S. has its best quarter yet, and General Motors and LG Chem partner for one of the world’s largest battery plants.
Continue readingSolar news: November 29th, 2019
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, Vermont utility Green Mountain Power plans to launch a blockchain-based energy marketplace, and U.S. lawmakers introduce a 100% clean energy bill.
Continue readingSolar news: November 15th, 2019
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, new projections for solar energy see the technology becoming the world’s largest energy source by 2035, and SunPower splits into two companies: a manufacturer and an installer.
Continue readingSolar news: November 1st, 2019
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, Tesla announces its newest version of the famed Solar Roof, and corporate renewable procurements reach a new record in 2019.
Continue readingSolar news: October 18th, 2019
In this week’s Solar News Roundup, a new study indicates just how much the “green economy” has grown in the U.S., and FPL sets its sights on an ambitious community solar program.
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