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 [...]

In recent years, Massachusetts has become a pretty good place to install a solar home energy system. The reason? A number of factors — a statewide solar rebate program, a market for solar renewable energy credits, and relatively high conventional electricity prices — combine to make a good financial proposition out of installing solar panels. [...]

What follows may or may not be a shameless plug for my alma mater. Regardless, it’s a great annual event that deserves a bit of press… The Tufts Energy Conference, now in its sixth year, offers attendees the chance listen to (and mingle with) some of the foremost thinkers in energy-related fields. Plus, this years there’s a [...]

Solar water heaters should be flying off the shelves in Massachusetts next week, as the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (Mass CEC) will implement a new solar rebate program that will cut the cost of installing a solar hot water heater in half.

Western Massachusetts is preparing for its next, biggest solar energy plant. This after the Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo.) — which serves over 200,000 commercial and residential electric utility customers in the Bay State — announced its plan yesterday to build a 4.2-megawatt (MW) solar facility in Springfield, Massachusetts.

This week brought great news for both home and business owners in Massachusetts looking to install solar.

Homeowners near the Massachusetts coastal town of Ipswich in Essex County will have a great opportunity tomorrow to learn about the new solar initiatives that took effect in the state following the new year.

Arizona, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York: Residents of these states can expect prime opportunities to go solar in 2011 as these five state’s governors’ have made solar energy production and solar technology development a top priority for the new year and beyond.

Less than four months after proposing the construction of a solar farm to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation, Solarflair Energy and Westboro 21 South Street Inc. are jut about finished building the Milk Street solar farm — a 240-kilowatt (KW) photovoltaic (PV) solar farm in Westboro Massachusetts.

Since the inauguration of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in 2007, the state has installed 29.8 megawatts (MW) of solar energy capacity and stands third to only California and New Jersey when it comes to states with the most installed solar capacity. With such an increase in solar during his first term, it would have been easy for Patrick to call it a job well done, satisfied for at least a few years with the state’s progress.