By the end of this year, the world’s second-largest solar power plant will be unveiled in what were once Floridian swamplands, 500 acres north of West Palm Beach. According to the New York Times, 190,000 mirrors and thousands of steel pylons will compose the striking display in Indiantown, Florida, a glimmering ode to the nation’s [...]

We spend a lot of time talking about solar as an investment, or about solar power plants as the new MVP of clean energy production. Though small-scale distributed energy resources can be life-changing (or life-saving) on the individual or community level, the industry rarely pauses to appreciate it. Two recent moves to install solar energy [...]

Over the last few years, the largest sporting event in the United States has shown some awareness of the enormous draw it makes on energy resources wherever it’s hosted. Yesterday’s 44th Super Bowl, accordingly, was the greenest yet: Florida Power & Light Group’s (NYSE: FPL) subsidiary NextEra Energy supplied the NFL with enough renewable energy [...]

Arizona US Rep Gabrielle Giffords’s Solar Roadmap Act passed a key committee and will now proceed to the House.

The Florida Solar Energy Industries Association supports offshore drilling whose revenue could fund Florida solar rebates.

Lately, we’ve written a lot about feed-in tariffs. (For instance, read here for details on the possibility of a nationwide feed-in tariff program, here for info on Oregon’s pilot program, here for Sacramento’s regional program and here for Vermont’s statewide program.) In February, the city of Gainesville, Florida became the first U.S. municipality to establish [...]

Amir Abtahi, CEO and head engineer for Florida solar installer Avon Park Construction LLC, is earning rave reviews from the customers for whom he has designed solar panel installations.

Good news for customers of Progress Energy: the North Carolina-based utility announced yesterday plans to expand the scope of SunSense, its solar energy incentive program. Check out this statement from Progress CEO, Bill Johnson: “We are committed to implementing a balanced energy strategy to provide reliable electricity to the homes and businesses that depend on [...]

Solar-powered air conditioning units debut in Florida.

As many of you solar geeks out there probably know, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) recently launched a feed-in tariff, or FIT — the first of its kind in the country. Generally speaking, FITs create two main benefits for solar buyers. First, they ensure that residents and businesses who go solar get paid a premium for [...]