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
A California-based energy company announced plans Tuesday to build the world’s largest solar project in Nevada, a $5 billion endeavor involving at least 100,000 mirrors and 10 towers as tall as any building in the state. SolarReserve’s Sandstone project would include up to 10 c
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