There are several factors that play a role in the performance of your solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, the most obvious being the size and efficiency of the PV panels. But regardless, keeping your solar PV panels well maintained will improve their performance over a longer period of time.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has for several years been gathering data on the U.S. solar energy market. Under the lab’s Open PV Project, solar installers from around the country voluntarily submit information on each installation they complete, noting metrics like solar cost-per-watt, system size and location. While NREL readily admits its numbers aren’t perfect, [...]

The results released today from a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory test is great news for homeowners looking to install solar energy systems.

The latest data released by the Nation Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has Pennsylvania moving up the charts to third in the nation in currently operating solar projects and fourth in installed solar energy capacity.

In the interests of information-sharing, we just wanted to alert you to the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) newly released report on feed in tariffs. It will make your knees weak if you’re a policy wonk or an energy lawyer–I mean heck, it’s entitled “Renewable Energy Prices in State-Level Feed-in Tariffs: Federal Law Constraints and [...]

NREL has released a report detailing qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pros and cons of the different federal incentives available to renewable energy projects: the ITC, the PTC, and the new cash grant option.