Ah, nothing like a mid-summer promotion… lucky for us, this one is actually pretty cool. Sungevity, a California-based company that bankrolls the option to lease solar panels for an increasing number of Americans, is coming to five northeastern states — in an ice pop truck. As part of the company’s Rooftop Revolution campaign, Sungevity representatives [...]

Solar Energy Initiatives — a clean energy manufacturing company — has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to build a 300-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic (PV) solar energy system atop a charter school in Delaware. The LOI doesn’t mean that the project plans are set in stone. But it does means that Solar Energy Initiatives will work [...]

The University of Delaware has given new meaning to the phrase “long overdue.” It’s Energy Institute is recognized as the oldest solar laboratory in the country. Some of the first methods used to capture the sun’s energy and use it as electricity were developed inside UD’s solar lab some 40 years ago by Steve Hegedus and other scientists.

It was announced today that the University of Delaware will install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system atop three buildings across the school’s main campus in Newark. At 850 kilowatts (kW), the solar installation will, according to GetSolar’s solar cost calculator, produce approximately 950,00 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity each year — equal to the annual [...]

It seems Dover, Delaware will play host to a 10-megawatt (MW) solar energy installation — one that will be the largest of its kind in the mid-Atlantic region. State and local officials yesterday gathered in Dover City Hall to finalize the agreement, paving the way for construction to begin later this year. Dubbed “Dover SUN [...]

The waiting list for solar rebate checks in Delaware, which has grown to 18 months to two years, will be significantly trimmed down by the use of $1.3 million in stimulus funding.

A number of U.S. states require electricity providers to derive a minimum percentage of their power from renewable sources by a certain date. Such a requirement is often referred to a renewable portfolio standard, or RPS. Currently, 24 states, plus the District of Columbia have formalized RPSs in place, while five other states have legislated [...]