Category: Solar Systems

The state of North Carolina is an ideal place to go solar thanks to the state’s solar-friendly incentives and location, which receives an abundant amount of sun year-round. In fact, North Carolina gets more average daily peak sun hours than many other US states — 4.2 to 4.7 peak sun hours per day — according to Global Solar Atlas, an online resource that provides map-based solar information.  Duke Energy, the primary electricity provider in the state, raised electricity prices by as much as 9.5% in 2022, according to WCNC. To help offset…

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Are solar panels a good investment in Houston? For many H-Town residents and businesses, the answer is yes. According to US Climate Data, Houston gets 2,633 annual hours of sunshine, an average of seven hours per day. This means solar panels in Houston have the potential to generate a lot of energy and keep you independent from the grid — which can be even more helpful when storms strain Houston’s power infrastructure, leading to rolling power outages. The federal tax credit bolstered by the Inflation Reduction Act is a massive…

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Arnergy, a Nigerian cleantech startup that deals in distributed renewable energy products and solutions, has raised $3 million in new financing. The bridge round was financed by All On, a Shell-backed off-grid energy impact investment company. The financing comes five years after Arnergy, a provider of solar power systems to homes and businesses, secured a $9 million Series A round in 2019. All On, along with other firms, including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ElectriFI, and Norfund, participated as investors in the round. Founded in 2013 by Femi Adeyemo and…

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Arnergy, a Nigerian clean tech startup that deals in distributed renewable energy products and solutions, has raised $3 million in new financing. The bridge round was financed by All On, a Shell-backed off-grid energy impact investment company. The financing comes five years after Arnergy, a provider of solar power systems to homes and businesses, secured a $9 million Series A round in 2019. All On, along with other firms, including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, ElectriFI, and Norfund, participated as investors in the round. Founded in 2013 by Femi Adeyemo…

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Compared with other states, Maryland offers solid incentives to help residents, especially low-income households, get solar panels or connect to solar farms. In fact, Maryland has state incentives that run the gamut from sales and property tax exemptions to net metering policies, which allow homeowners with solar panel systems installed to send excess energy to the grid during peak sunlight hours for credits which they can spend to pull energy from the grid when the solar panel system won’t produce enough energy to power every household appliance. Maryland has a…

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Iowa ranked 27th in the country with its 308 gigawatt-hours of solar in 2022 Chris Larson (left) and Levi Detweiler position a solar panel July 6, 2023, as a crew from Eagle Point Solar installs solar panels on the roof of a home in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) The energy generated by small-scale solar energy systems — including on rooftops — have grown more than 300 percent in Iowa over the last decade, according to a new report from nonprofits Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier…

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Italian photovoltaic systems installer Comal SpA (BIT:CML) plans to pour EUR 16.1 million (USD 17.2m) to build a plant for the production of solar panels in its home country. Plans for the project were unveiled during a recent press conference attended by authorities from the town of L’Aquilla. Comal’s proposal call for the construction of a manufacturing facility in Bazzano, in the L’Aquila province of central Italy. The company anticipates to launch building activities in June 2025. Almost half of the proposed investment amount, or around EUR 6.9 million, will…

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Much of the harnessed solar power that’s part of the expansion of renewable energy in the US comes from big solar farms composed of rows and rows of solar panels oriented to capture the most sun possible. Some of it comes from people installing solar panels (usually on their roofs) to generate their own energy and save some money. Roughly 1 gigawatt of residential solar power is installed every three months (that’s about 2.5 million solar panels). You may have considered rooftop solar for your own home, only to find out…

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A significant stride towards renewable energy adoption unfolds in Jordan as the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) launches an online platform for inquiries about their solar energy subsidy program. The initiative, spearheaded by Jordan’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Encouragement Fund (JREEEF), is set to streamline applications and bring transparency to individuals and companies looking to harness solar power. Advertisment Solar Subsidy Program: A Beacon of Hope for Households The program, a monumental step in Jordan’s renewable energy journey, covers 30% of the installation costs for residential solar…

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