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 [...]

This article from CNN about a MIT professor working on thin-film solar curtains has all kinds of food for thought on an important issue: how solar will integrate with our existing conceptions of what a home looks and feels.
When you hear “solar curtains,” the idea that comes to mind are pretty basic - the same [...]

China may not have as advanced a solar program as Germany (although, as Eric’s noted, Germany’s solar subsidies recently underwent a drastic slash) or Spain do, but a few pockets of land both to the north and to the south have become shining beacons of light for the rest of the country.
Take Jiangsu province, for [...]

SolarCity, a California-based provider of solar energy systems, recently announced a new financing arrangement in partnership with Morgan Stanley. Dubbed SolarLease, the program lets customers tap the benefits of solar power without incurring the upfront costs associated with PV systems. It also promises to save you cash over the long haul: after putting money down, [...]

In the face of slumping housing prices and a slew of pending foreclosures, some California homebuilders are expanding efforts to incorporate solar-power systems into residential projects. The latest deal comes from a partnership between the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and Woodside Homes, a Utah-based homebuilder. In all, 1,487 solar-powered homes will be built in [...]

Often times when home owners look at solar electric systems for their homes, the number of years to “payback” (time to recoup the initial capital investment) emerges as an important criteria in the decision process. Simply put: the longer the time period to payback, the less attractive the investment appears. Or is [...]

With so much news coming out about cleantech and renewable energy, climate change, politics and the price of oil, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by “the big picture.” This can be either a depressing or inspiring experience, depending on your general outlook. We here at Getsolar lean towards optimism, and we all share a belief [...]