Distributed Generation
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Minnesota Homestead: It’s Not All Sunny in Net-Zero Land
Cheap electricity prices and grid access fees push our solar panel payback period to greater than 20 years
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Solar Industry Offers Help in Puerto Rico
As the federal government is criticized for a slow response in the wake of two hurricanes, solar companies offer equipment and installation services
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Small-Scale Wind Hopes to Follow Solar’s Footsteps
United Wind raises $200 million to expand a lease program for small wind generators, hoping to copy solar’s path to success
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An Interview With a Solar Guru
Solar finance wizard David Arfin wonders, ‘Why should people have to prepay their electricity bill for 30 years?’
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Solar Power Can Cut Consumers’ Bills and Still be Good for Utilities
Privately owned photovoltaic arrays allow utilities to realize savings and increase profits, even though the PV owners are purchasing less electricity
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A California Utility Looks for New Answers in Solar Integration Puzzle
Customers would install batteries and let the utility control them at certain times to ease peak demands
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Solar Picture Is Brighter Than It Appears
Statistics from two major reporting agencies look at utility-scale projects, but not the smaller rooftop systems that are so common
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Solar Owners Are Givers, Not Takers
A new report shows that everyone benefits as solar-generated electricity gains traction
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Government Estimates on Renewables Are Way Off
U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts are consistently wrong, misjudging solar and wind growth and misleading policymakers
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Senate Tackles New Energy Legislation
The U.S. Senate is considering 17 bills covering a range of energy issues, some of which focus on residential solar and wind
