Solar Blog: June 2015

West Virginia is typically known for its long history of coal mining — 95 percent of the state's energy came from coal plants last year.

Recently, a new study about greenhouse gas emissions was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hawaii made environmental history when Governor David Ige signed four bills into law last week that will position the state as a leader in the movement for renewable energy. One law, House Bill 623, is being called the most aggressive clean energy goal in the country.

TDI-New England, a company that has plans to spend $1.2 billion to lay a 154-mile power line from the Canadian border to a town in central Vermont, will pay $284 million to eliminate environmental concerns about the project.

Maine Beer Company in Freeport, Maine, recently installed 212 solar panels to their brewery roof in hopes that they will one day produce 100 percent of the company's electricity.

In the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, California surpasses 10,000 MW in solar capacity. In the first quarter of the year, the state made history by installing 718 MW of solar, which raised the state's total current capacity to 10,648 MW.

Solar power is on the rise in America, a trend that can be seen in both residential and commercial installation of solar panels. For many installing solar is about saving money on monthly utility bills, while also being environmentally friendly.

Growing public support for environmental safeguards and renewable energy is growing by wide margins.

One way in which the daunting and growing threat of climate change can be fought is through reinventing the entire nation's energy infrastructure through utilizing only clean, renewable sources. Though this seems like an impossible and idealistic task, Mark Z.

According to a new report from the Solar Energy Industry Association and GTM Research, more solar panels were installed on American rooftops this year than ever before. There were also more residential solar panels installed than natural gas power plants.