Judging from number released a couple of weeks ago, San Jose can rightfully claim to be “the most” solar city in California. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on July 9 released an annual report on solar energy, detailing (among other things) the progress of the California Solar Initiative (CSI). A roadmap for installing 1,750 megawatts [...]

Toyota will lend out a total of 150, 2012 Priuses this summer to city employees in several cities across the country, including San Diego.

Last year, San Diego was named California’s top solar city by advocacy group Environment America, but Los Angeles has been making headlines left and right with some of the most daring solar plans in the country. So which city really deserves the title “Hottest California Solar Market”? The July 2009 report (PDF) gave San Diego [...]

Good news for residents of San Diego County: a new program will soon make it easier to finance the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The Financing Initiative for Renewable and Solar Technology (FIRST) program will permit homeowners to borrow money from the municipal government to install solar panels, then will allow them to [...]

These are unstable times and the recent performance of solar stocks seems to have everyone suddenly concerned about the future of the industry that mere weeks ago seemed to be on a spectacular rise. So I wish everyone with these doubts could have wandered the halls of San Diego’s convention center last week: over 400 [...]