Green Marketing: Solar Pizza in Marin--extra cheese, extra photons please

Hey solarDwellers: Now if I had my choice of pizza places, assuming they both have decent crust, tomato sauce and cheese, and one of the pla...

Listen online to Renewable Energy News

Hey solarDwellers: From Renewable Energy Access, check out their new " podcasts ." I listen online, but you mobile audiophiles mi...

Cities Doing Solar--Pacifica, California

Hey solarDwellers: I'm lovin' seeing cities standing up on the solar wave. I already talked about Ashland, Oregon doing "comm...

8 Megawatt Solar Plant for Colorado--that's 3200 houses!

Just saw this article about how Xcel energy of Colorado is opening up the bidding process for a project to install an 8 Megawatt solar plan...

Solar Hot Water in affordable housing

Hey solarDwellers: Good to see the economic and environmental advantages of renewable energy being brought into the reach of lower income le...

California: Solar potential and current sources for our electricity generation

Hey solarDwellers: A little while back I promised to post what percentage of California's electricity is generated by what source. So, ...

Hey solarDwellers: Looks like the rebates for very large solar projects(above 30kW) are too popular. There was $300 million set aside for t...

Solar marketing ideas

The biosphere pitch: "Act like a plant. Go solar. . . " The competitive-nature pitch: "Be extraordinary--go solar." The ...

Prairie "solar" Home Companion--adventures in solar marketing

Hey solarDwellers: Happened to be listening to NPR this weekend, which I usually tune in to listen to " Car Talk" humor, not real...

Architects say tenants want more solar

Hey solarDwellers: I just read this article about a meeting in Vegas next week for architects/construction people hosted by an org called t...

Big Green Solar Schools in Marin County

(from Sun Power Geothermal website--school roof-top pv system) Hey solarDwellers: Touted as the "only California school district to go...

Oh, Canada! Homeowners can sign 20-yr solar contract

Hey solarDwellers: Also on Renewable Energy Access: an article giving major props to Ontario for following the German model of solar energy...

Solar technology summary; Gov't project in Massachusetts

Hey solarDwellers: First, I Came across an article at Renewable Energy Access (a "go-to" website for renewable energy info), with...

Time magazine: solar growth, solar market risks

( Graphic: www.votesolar.org ) Hey solarDwellers: Time magazine has an article today about how hot some Taiwanese solar/silicon IPO's h...

Venture Capital in the solar game

Hey solarDwellers: Check out this solar article by Tyler Hamilton, who writes on clean energy for the Toronto Star and has his own blog cal...

Anti-Solar rules in New Mexico being reversed

Hey solarDwellers: Just another sign that today's solar is not the solar of 30 years ago, when it almost died out. Seems that the city ...

Battle royale in the blog world: solving our electricity problem

"they fight, and fight, and fight, and fight, and fight"--Itchy and Scratchy theme song from The Simpsons Hey solarDwellers: Somet...

And you think peak oil is the main problem? Try, try again.

Hey solarDwellers: When we're talking about solar, we're not talking about our "peak-oil" problem, we're talking about...

Update: Solar rebate funds for smaller PV in California

( Picture courtesy of Sara lee ) Hello solarDwellers: The other day I gave an update( here ) about refunds available for LARGE solar project...

Innovative solar rebates in New Mexico: REC's + Net metering

Hello solarDwellers: Check out what the state powers that be in New Mexico are doing to create more growth in the solar market in New Mexico...

Delinking Oil Prices from Alternative Energy Development

Hey solarDwellers: Just cruising some of the green blogs this evening and thinking about the following idea that comes up a lot: sure, alte...

Adding Cleantech Blog

Hey solarDwellers: Many of you know already know about this blog, but I'm adding it to my blogroll, since they were nice enough as well ...

Big solar or small solar? That is the question.

Hey solarDwellers: I was checking out the always informative Energy Blog (by James Fraser) and a recent post about a huge solar concentrator...

Cheaper solar? The brains at UC Berkeley are working on it

Hey solarDwellers: Check out this article in the local S.F Chronicle today: "A Hail Mary against global warming peril... Cal grad stud...

Solar billionaire: show me the solar money

Hey solarDwellers: Well, yes, I guess solar power has graduated to the big leagues, to the upper echelons, to the halls of the powerful. I ...

San Diego--lots of demand for BIG solar rebate money

Hey solarDwellers: An interesting thing to do is to go to one of the public utility's websites, where you can keep track of how fast the...

Solar Marketing and random solar thoughts

Hello future solarDwellers: Think solar, do solar, feel good. Solar marketing: oh, so important. This small, solar company CEO's blog ...

Solar Sightings No. 6 --Solar on House in Berkeley

Hey solarDwellers: Welcome to the 6th installment of "Solar Sightings," in other words, my wanderings through different neighborho...

Hand-held Solar Rechargable Devices

Hey solarDwellers: Just browsing news at google and saw this headline about a "SolarTV" and small electronics that get charged us...

You REALLY Gotta go solar if you're in Oregon; Find rebate info in other states as well

Hey solarDwellers: The economics look really good if you want solar electricity or hot water panels up on that roof in Oregon. Today I...

Organizing Solar Posts by Categories

( http://www.shannonigans.com/laughs/calvin.htm ) Hey solarDwellers: I'm experimenting with the blog, mainly because the host "blog...

Solar . . In Massachusetts? Now that's a good sign

At Minute Man National Historical Park, the Battles of Lexington and Concord http://www.nps.gov/mima/education.htm Hey solarDwellers: All y...

Powerlight: puttin' solar on new home construction

( Powerlight corp. solar shingles ) Hey future solarDwellers: The best way to use solar is to include it in original, new home construction....