Category: Solar Sales and Services

When buying a home, shoppers must contend with a growing issue: energy bills. In the past few years, American homeowners have seen their energy bills increase substantially, with U.S. residential electricity bills increasing by “2% each month compared with 2022,” per the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Some internet users have found ways to try to lower their electricity bill. For example, one user claimed that she figured out how to lower her electricity bill by $230 per month, while another offered a method detailing how one change to your home…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Now that the US solar industry has introduced rooftop solar panels to the mass market, see-through solar power windows are the next hill to climb. If a thin film of see-through solar cells can be applied to window glass, millions of buildings can perform as solar power generating stations without sacrificing natural daylight indoors. Yes, Mere Windows Can Be Solar Power Generating Stations Transparent solar cells fit into the category of building-integrated solar power.…

The world’s first “net positive” energy botanical garden complex and restaurant came online recently in Sarasota. With over 2,000 new solar panel arrays, the downtown Sarasota campus of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens plans to produce more power than it consumes. The 57,000 square feet of new solar panels aims to offset 975 tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is like taking over 200 cars off the road. Carbon dioxide traps heat into the atmosphere, which warms the planet, causes sea levels to rise, and contributes to the rapid intensification of…

Workers install conduit at an inverter. Photo by Axel Gumbel Workers install a solar panel at the Fillmore County site. Photo by Axel Gumbel Jennifer Backer-Johnson, Sharon Jacobson, Deb Reburn and Angie Olson of LeRoy-Ostrander Public Schools and Bailey Peterson Webster of National Grid Renewables pose with the symbolic grant check. Photo courtesy of National Grid Renewables The Fillmore County Solar project spans 470 acres along 140th Street south of Spring Valley, just off Hwy. 44. Photo by Axel Gumbel The solar panels are manufactured by Arizona-based First Solar. Photo…

Market intelligence platform TrendForce says 210 mm n-type technology is “set to spearhead a new industrial revolution.” It expects 210mm modules to account for 78.29% of the large-format module market this year, increasing to 82.51% by 2027. July 8, 2024 Patrick Jowett From pv magazine Global Cumulative shipments of 210 mm PV modules surpassed 260 GW in the first quarter of this year, according to Taiwan-based TrendForce. The analysts said that seven of the top 10 module makers now make 210 mm n-type modules, with Trina Solar, Risen Energy, Tongwei and…

The Cosmic One is a prefabricated micro house that comes in multiple configurations and can serve as an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), a tiny house, or even a full-time family home. It can optionally run off-the-grid and features a compact interior that doesn’t skimp on home comforts. The Cosmic One unit shown is the smallest model and measures 380 sq ft (35.3 sq m), however it also comes in a more spacious version with a separate bedroom, plus an even larger one measuring a considerable 750 sq ft (almost 70…

Solar power panels have long seemed an appealing option in California, a state with lots of sunny days that adores its electronic gadgetry and environment, yet is saddled with the highest residential electricity rates in the continental U.S. But how much does going solar shave off those electricity bills? A major new study by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that analyzed 500,000 households across the U.S. in 2021 offers the best snapshot to date on estimated savings of rooftop solar for American consumers. The study found the median American…

Photovoltaics on agricultural land in Slovenia will only be allowed on supporting structures and above orchards of berries and small apple or pear trees, according to the draft rulebook. The government issued the document on agrivoltaics for public discussion until August 1. The government in Ljubljana is apparently committed to preserving fertile soil. The Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy put up a draft rulebook for the agrisolar segment for public debate, proposing stringent requirements. It said photovoltaic panels on agricultural land would only be allowed on support structures…

Solar panels at the Wild Springs Solar Project near New Underwood, South Dakota. (National Grid Renewables) The title of “largest solar farm in South Dakota” officially belongs to a plant east of Rapid City. National Grid Renewables, a Minneapolis-based company, announced that its 128 megawatt (MW) solar project in eastern Pennington County had become operational in late June, marking the end of a little over a year of construction. “It’s exciting to add Wild Springs to the New Underwood Community. Since the groundbreaking of the Wild Springs Solar Project, National Grid…

COVERE² and Juntos Farm have signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). This partnership aims to leverage each organization’s strengths to advance sustainable transformation and regenerative agriculture practices. Testing the COVERE² SolutionJuntos Farm will serve as a testbed for the COVERE² solution, which aims to enhance sustainability reporting practices within the agricultural sector by establishing the baseline. Energy consumptionThe collaboration will include the implementation of Power Flow Tracing to understand and monitor energy usage on the farm. As the farm is currently installing Solar Panels, a significant part of this activity involves…