Solar power is soaring due to federal tax credits granted in the United States. In a recent study by Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the total number of United States households equipped with solar panels has risen to around 700,000. Around 66,440 new solar systems were installed in just the first three months of this year, breaking records for previous ...

Each day, more cities are embracing the potential of solar energy. A report called Shining Cities: Harnessing the Benefits of Solar Energy in America by Environment America Research and Policy Center found that the potential for rooftop solar to meet electricity demands for each state is better than expected — almost 20 percent. Furthermore, 65 cities around the ...

The main outcry of utility companies over the rise in solar panel sales has been that solar costs far too much. They claim that the benefits do not outweigh the initial investments for a PV system. However, recent studies have shown that this is not the case. The Huffington Post found that the median value of solar in all studies was almost 17 cents per unit, while ...

World leaders are coming together to find solutions to the climate change dilemma. This was the case when President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff announced their joint plans to triple the amount of renewable energy in electricity generation to 20 percent by 2030. Presently, the United States receives 7 percent of its electricity from renewable ...

Deployment of renewable energy has been consistently on the rise — reaching its highest level in around 70 years. Solar power is also dramatically increasing, as the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) estimates that the nation's current solar capacity will double within the next two years, putting to use 20,000 MW in newly solar capacity.

Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered plane created by Solar Impulse, the Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, is poised to break records for the longest-duration solo flight and the longest distance flown by an entirely solar-powered aircraft, as reported by The Washington Post. Co-founder and pilot Bertrand Piccard and fellow pilot and founder ...

This past Earth Day, Allied Printing Services, a Northeastern print company installed 4,591 solar panels on single roof of its 275,000-square-foot facility in Manchester, Connecticut. After three months of work, the project was completed this past week, as reported by Fox CT.

If you are one of the many Americans who has decided to pursue solar energy to save money each month and help the environment, yet have not yet decided whether to lease or to buy your solar panels, choosing to lease or to buy solar panels is a difficult one, so here are a few thoughts to consider when making the choice for your home. Recently, solar leases have become ...

In the past few years, terms like "going green" and "eco-friendly" have integrated and normalized themselves into modern culture. Quite literally, eco-friendly means to be friendly to the environment through sustainable living practices. Most of the general public has realized the benefits of saving the environment through simple activities such as recycling and ...

Solar installations are on the rise across the globe. Residential installations are growing exponentially, but one typically overlooked portion of the solar movement is community solar farms. A report by GTM Research predicts that over the course of the next two years, community solar will have its market size increase sevenfold. Furthermore, community solar is ...