The Energy Department today announced $21.4 million in funding for 17 new projects to help reduce the “soft costs” commonly found with solar energy, such as installation, permitting, and connecting to the grid. As more U.S. consumers turn toward renewable energy each year,

Utility customers around the country who rely on individual solar power generation could be under-compensated by their local utility companies, according to research compiled by Environment Texas and released this week. Forty-one states in the U.S. offer solar energy users net meterin

If you work in the solar panel installation business long enough, you’ll inevitably come across solar panels with strange brown spots. Typically, they are in the same exact place on multiple solar panels. These have been seen on panels manufactured by smaller suppliers and large

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new plan to modernize the grid. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the award of $220 million over three years to the DOE’s National Labs and partners to support critical research and development in advanced storage systems, clean en

Greentech Media (GTM) reports Texas solar prices are currently the lowest in the nation when compared to other regions in the U.S. In the Southwest region of the U.S., including Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, three-quarters of the quotes were below $3.50 per watt. The average gross c