Category: California Solar

California sees higher-than-average utility prices, with costs reaching 31.22 cents per kWh in July 2023. When you install solar panels, you can offset your grid usage by up to 100% in some cases. This means you can save thousands of dollars on energy bills over the two to three-decade lifespan of your solar system. Plus, installing a home solar system with energy storage can save homeowners money where time-of-use rates apply.

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government spearheads a pioneering energy endeavor in the Tokyo Bay Area, aiming to establish the globe’s most advanced energy generation and transmission infrastructure. Collaborating with SolarDuck and Everblue Technologies, Inc., the project focuses on harnessing cutting-edge renewable energy technologies. The initiative, initiated in November 2022, targets practical applications such as Japan’s premier Offshore Floating Photovoltaic (OFPV) power plant. Amidst the evolving discourse on energy supply and demand, Tokyo emerges as a key consumption hub reliant on external power sources. The endeavor seeks to redress this reliance by…

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California regulators on Thursday voted to make it cheaper for people to charge electric cars and cool their homes in the summer, a decision heralded as part of the state’s transition to clean energy but derided by others who warn it will raise prices for people who don’t use as much energy. The California Public Utilities Commission voted to let the state’s big investor-owned utilities — including Pacific Gas & Electric — add a fixed charge to people’s power bills each month to pay for installing and maintaining the equipment…

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(SunPower) Workers install solar panels in the Bay Area, 2020. SAN JOSE — SunPower has decided to chop 100-plus Bay Area jobs, part of the company’s move to launch wrenching cutbacks and reduced costs in a California solar energy market whose outlook has darkened. San Jose-based SunPower, a solar energy and installation company, had previously revealed it would slash 1,000 jobs worldwide as part of the winding down of its residential direct sales business. Of these job cuts, about 129 will impact SunPower workers in the Bay Area, according to…

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SAN JOSE — SunPower has decided to chop 100-plus Bay Area jobs, part of the company’s move to launch wrenching cutbacks and reduced costs in a California solar energy market whose outlook has darkened. San Jose-based SunPower, a solar energy and installation company, had previously revealed it would slash 1,000 jobs worldwide as part of the winding down of its residential direct sales business. Of these job cuts, about 129 will impact SunPower workers in the Bay Area, according to an official notice sent to the state Employment Development Department.…

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