Off-Grid
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Utilities Fret as Rooftop Solar Costs Plummet
Solar power still accounts for only 0.4% of U.S. electricity generation, but many utilities are still worried that distributed, rooftop power is a major ... -
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Solar Leapfrogs the Grid to Fight Poverty in Rural Tanzania
Solar energy is emerging as an important tool for fighting poverty in Tanzania, a country where 76% of energy comes from charcoal, wood, and ... -
Barclays Downgrade May Show Fragile Outlook for Traditional Utilities
Barclays recently downgraded its outlook for U.S. electric utilities, reports Doochin, CEO of California-based solar distributor Soligent. And by 2030, he says that could ... -
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Sonoma Offers Cheaper, Greener Alternative to Grid Electricity
onoma County, California is offering local ratepayers a slightly less expensive and much greener alternative to power from their regional utility, Pacific Gas & ... -
Solar Roadways Reports Local Pilot Projects
The orders are starting to pour in for Solar Roadways, while Julie and Scott Brusaw of Sandpoint, Idaho scramble to process all the donor ... -
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UK Supermarket Will Be Powered 100% By Its Own Food Waste
Using an anaerobic digester to convert food waste to biogas, the Sainsbury’s supermarket chain plans to make its store in Cannock, Staffordshire, UK self-sufficient ... -
U.S. Microgrid Capacity Will Reach 1.8 GW by 2018
Cities, communities, and public institutions will drive America’s microgrid capacity to 1.8 gigawatts by 2018, predicts GTM Research in its new report, Microgrids 2014: ... -
Battery Storage Rebounds As Enabler for Off-Grid Solar
Battery-based systems only represent about 1% of annual photovoltaic installations in the U.S. and around the world, but solar’s roots are still in off-grid ... -
Solar Glade Design Provides Shade While Charging Electric Vehicles
Designer Neville Mars’ design for an electric vehicle charging station simulates the evergreen glade of solar trees shown in this series of architectural drawings. ... -
Oilfields Regional Arena in Alberta Generates 16 kW of Solar
The Oilfields Regional Arena in Black Diamond, Alberta is generating 16 kilowatts of electricity from a rooftop solar array, thanks to the efforts of ... -
Bangladesh Installing 80,000 Small Photovoltaic Units Per Month
The number of solar energy systems in Bangladesh has grown from 25,000 to 2.8 million in the last 10 years, according to the International ...