How does a solar panel system really work? A guide for the layman and beginner.

If you read our blog regularly, you might have noticed that I’m always ranting about how solar needs to be popularized before it will really sweep the nation. Well, it’s not there yet, but the last couple of weeks have given me a bit of hope. For one thing, last week’s Democratic National Convention in [...]

My eye was caught by this bit of news, just a small GreenBiz.com report on a small survey about consumer responses to different kinds of utility incentives to save energy. The company that conducted the 1,000 person survey was EcoAlign, a consulting agency looking getting in on the “green market”. The findings of the study [...]

Customers of nine California Sam’s Clubs can now purchase solar panel systems for their homes through Energy Efficiency centers inside the stores.

Since I’m always going on about solar thermal in China, it’s about time I sound off on the experience of using the technology. This is hardly a difficult task, as both my host family in Beijing and my uncle in Fuzhou, a massive seaside city in China’s southern Fujian province, are staunch supporters of solar [...]

How to determine if a residential solar electric system is the right investment for you.

Just in time for the Olympics, a report from an international non-profit group has crowned China the world’s current leader in terms of installed renewable capacity. The report, “China’s Clean Revolution,” was released August 1—the final version will come out on August 8—by the Climate Group, an organization based in the USA, Australia, the UK, [...]

Is solar right for you? The first of two posts that will help you answer this question.

California signs a new law into action that makes it possible for local governments to offer low interest loans for residential solar installations.

Living in Beijing right now has made me rather ambivalent toward China’s environmental policies. It doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone that the PRC isn’t the poster country for eco-consciousness. Almost everybody drinks their water either boiled or from a bottle, and a blue sky day in Shanghai or Beijing is a rare day [...]