Everything You Need to Know About California’s New Solar Roof Mandate
Is the requirement really cost-effective? Solar lease or purchase? Will new homes be net zero? And answers to other burning questions.
1 Million Volts DC
Those of you of a certain age will remember the pre-historic epic “1 Million Years BC” starring Raquel Welch and containing some of the worst special effects of all time. I couldn’t resist echoing that title. More correctly I should call it 1.1 Million Volts DC, because this is the power transmission voltage for the
Companies are using California homes as batteries to power the grid
Every new home in California is going solar by 2020. If solar-energy companies have their way, those homes also will come with batteries.Companies like Tesla and SunRun are starting to bid on utility contracts that would allow them to string together dozens or hundreds of systems that act as an enormous reserve to balance the
Energy Storage Could Be Residential Solar’s Next Growth Product
Energy storage could make rooftop solar more viable across the country and be an added revenue source for solar installers.
SUDDENLY, SOLAR ENERGY PLUS STORAGE IS GIVING CONVENTIONAL FUELS A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY
The increasingly competitive dynamic duo of solar photovoltaic plus battery storage is taking energy markets by storm
Cost of domestic solar increasing in the UK, BEIS figures reveal
The price of domestic solar in the UK has failed to decline – and even rose marginally – in the two years since the feed-in tariff was revised, government statistics have revealed.Data released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) this morning revealed that between April 2017 and March 2018, the median
Scotland’s largest solar farm approved in first for government
A 50MW solar farm has been approved at a former RAF airfield, giving UK-based firm Elgin Energy the greenlight to develop Scotland’s largest consented solar project in the early 2020s.The development went into planning in August 2017 and is the first solar project to be approved by the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) of the Scottish
Fully Charged Live Event
We’re going to be at the Fully Charged Live show this Saturday at Silverstone – and we’d love to see you there! I first met Robert Llewellyn (star of Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge) 5 years ago when I gave him his first ride in a Renault ZOE, as I had one of the first in
Hitting toughest climate target will save world $30tn in damages, analysis shows
Almost all nations would benefit economically from keeping global warming to 1.5C, a new study indicates
Energy storage revolution within 10 years is essential, says E.ON boss
EXCLUSIVE: E.ON chief executive Michael Lewis has claimed that an energy storage revolution must happen within a decade if the world is to meet the Paris Agreement goals.