The US has about 25 GW of solar PV installed capacity as we wind down on 2015. 25 GW – that’s considerable, but relatively a fairly insignificant amount considering that the total US electricity installed capacity (from all sources) is about 1…
Solar Increases Property Valuation of Homes, Says Berkeley Study
Every Watt of solar PV you install on your house adds $4 to your house value. according to a recent study done by U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and a home appraisal expert. Now, that’s not…
Installing a Rooftop Solar System – A User’s Perspective
Here’s a nice and detailed news report/perspective report on how a US resident went about installing a rooftop solar system on his house. What I like his taking time to detail each and every aspect of the technical, operational and…
1 Million Solar Homes in the US Soon
By Feb 2016, the United States would have hit an important landmark in solar power – it will have 1 million houses with solar panels on their rooftops, says this news report. There are about 125 million households in the…
California Farmers Shifting to Solar Energy Crop?
California is a well-known solar energy hub. But we all would have thought that was because it gets lots of sunshine. Looks like there is another reason – large parts of California does not get enough water. Here’s an interesting…