Here it is, your moment of solar power for this Friday, July 30… Pocono Raceway, an official NASCAR track, this week inaugurated a brand-new, 3-megawatt solar installation. We’d originally reported on the Pennsylvania solar project about a year ago. But we think Keith Barry of Autopia put it best today: While we’d gladly spend the [...]

After a two-week hiatus, the solar power rundown is back. With a vengeance… This week’s big energy story? The Senate abandoned plans for a comprehensive energy bill that sought to curb carbon emissions, nationwide. Democrats simply did not have the votes to move forward, and will now focus instead on a narrower bit of legislation [...]

Charcoal? Check. Hot dog buns? Check. Sparklers? Check. Freakishly large, solar-powered cooler on wheels? Check. Welcome to Friday, everyone — hope you’re all gearing up for the holiday weekend. Here it is: your moment of solar power. Yesterday saw the official launch of Oregon’s pilot feed-in tariff program. PGE’s and Pacific Power’s slots filled up in [...]

Here it is, your moment of solar power for this Friday… Florida’s state legislature decided to not renew the state’s solar rebate under the Florida Solar Energy System Incentives Program. While the news comes as a disappointment, the rebate program has long been de facto defunct, having been closed to new applicants due to lack of [...]

A California initiative that seeks to overturn the state’s restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions has qualified for the November ballot, via the L.A. Times. The proposed changes were spearheaded by Texas oil firms, Valero Energy and Tesoro Corp. The news, it seems, has made Arnold pretty damn angry: “This initiative sponsored by greedy Texas oil [...]

Welcome to Monday, everyone. We’ll skip right to the chase this morning. Here are today’s notable solar energy (and miscellaneous energy) stories: In California solar energy news, PG&E and SunRun, a provider of solar leases, announce a major million financing deal. The California utility will provide up to $100 million to help finance SunRun solar home energy [...]

Here it is, your brief moment of solar power… Shares of First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), the Tempe, Arizona-based maker of thin-film solar modules, got a boost yesterday, thanks to an analyst upgrade. If this keeps up, you may see “Made in Minnesota” stamped on the frame of solar panels. Craig Furgeson, of CBS, had some on-air [...]

Here it is — your daily moment of solar power. President Obama last night addressed the nation from the Oval Office, vowing to “make BP pay for the damage their company has caused” and “do whatever’s necessary to help the Gulf Coast and its people recover from this tragedy.” While the President mainly focused on [...]

Welcome to Monday, everyone. (Insert collective groan here.) We’ve got a few solar energy-related stories for you this morning, to help is you ease into the week… It looks like a rumble is-a-brewing in Georgia… The state’s solar industry and Georgia Power can’t seem to get along, to put it lightly. “We directly challenge for [...]

Lately, the solar energy news rundowns have been light on the sarcasm and side comments… What do you think? Do you miss the sass? Should we continue to focus on simply relaying solar news stories? Feedback is welcomed. Without further ado, here it is — your moment of solar power: Proposition 16, on which Californians [...]