House too shaded? Apartment dweller? Go "Community Solar"!

Picture credit: www.caritassanmiguel.org.ar/images/Compartir.jpg Good day solarDwellers: Today I turn from the idea of yesterday's post ...

Rent-to-own or lease solar power--from Renewable Ventures

( From Renewable Ventures website ) Hey solarDwellers: A while back I made a post about a company called Sun Edison and their financing mod...

How much juice could a PV panel produce ?

Hola solarDwellers: ". . . if a panel could produce juice?" Kind of like the riddle: "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck,...

Solar sightings: Napa Solar blogging: Makin' wine with solar!

Hello solarDwellers: I've been curious about how solar might be taking off in wine country--its the perfect combination of making a prod...

Solar power for All-- with a Hollywood boost

Hey solarDwellers: First a shout out to Unplugged Living , a site you should definitely check out, and not just because they mentioned your ...

Green Building: listen to Architect Sim Van Der Ryn online

(KQED public radio, San Francisco and online) Hey solarDwellers: Just happened to hear an interview with Sim Van Der Ryn, an inspiring susta...

Higher silicon prices II: another criticism of pro-solar policies

Hello future solarDwellers: This is part II, analyzing why that Slate article is so wrong about saying investing in solar is not a good ide...

Slate says its the "wrong time" to push for solar . . . I disagree

Hello solarDwellers: Check out today's article at Slate magazine , which basically says that since there's a shortage of silicon for...

Bush: solar sound bites, but the real plan is drill, drill, drill, drill

Hey solarDwellers: I haven't wandered too much into non-solar specific topics, but since national energy policy affects us all, and of w...

The solar future: On-grid or Off-grid?>>> S.F. Chronicle

Buenas noches, solarDwellers: Browsing through the San Francisco Chronicle today, it was interesting to see the article entitled: VENTURING ...

Check out Solar Hydrogen on Public T.V now

Hey solarDwellers: Nice to happen to catch a part of a new green energy episode of the program "California Connected", dealing wit...

Another solar blog: check it out

Hey solarDwellers: In my last post I mentioned a blog called debris.com by matthew mcglynn, in reference to keepin your solar panels clean....

Solar tips: keepin those panels clean

Hey there solarDwellers: For those of you closer to making that "solar decision", or for those who are already solarDwellers(me je...

Solar too expensive???? Why it's a good deal and worth doing.

Hello solarDwellers: My last post discussed how solar has come down in price, but is still about 50% more expensive than tradition fossil-f...

Correction--Long Term Cost of Solar and DC to AC Energy Loss

Hello solarDwellers: In the spirit of being as objective as I can, I was reading over a previous post on the long term cost of solar , and r...

Solar growing pains--the silicon factor

(Silicon ingots) Hello future solarDwellers: There's been a lot in the news lately about the near term constraints the lack of silicon p...

Solar Sightings No. 5 -- Why solar is cheapest for business installations

Hello future solarDwellers : Check out the interesting curved mounting structure holding these solar-electric panels. This is a commercial ...

Eureka! The price of solar: closer to utility retail than you think

Attention solarDwellers: please see a post I just made ( here ) subsequent to this one to correct the way in which I calculated the scenario...

SunEdison--a unique solar financing model

( Solar installation on top of a Staples building in Rialto, CA, from SunEdison website ) Hello solarDwellers: Just cruising the web and fou...

Those Eco-Spanish are buying up the sun in Nevada

The sun is concentrated via trough mirrors onto the suspended tube, super-heating liquid in the tube, which makes steam for an electricity ...