What is the Community Renewable Energy Act in California? The California Public Utilities Commission has a short window to take advantage of billions of dollars in federal incentives to implement California’s Community Renewable Energy Bill (AB 2316), a law designed to bring the reliability, resiliency and electric bill savings of community solar and storage to […]
An Alliant Energy solar farm near Dubuque on October 4, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) CEDAR RAPIDS — The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously advanced tighter restrictions in its ordinance regulating utility-scale solar projects Tuesday, signaling support for the policy changes intended to balance the interests of farmers and neighbors with supporting projects that will […]
Urbanista Malibu features solar cell on its bluetooth speaker Swedish brand Urbanista has unveiled Malibu, a Bluetooth speaker that charges itself using its built-in solar cell. The self-charging wireless speaker can play music day and night, thanks to its unlimited charge and as claimed by the lifestyle audio brand. It powers itself whenever exposed […]
What are the major changes coming to California’s rooftop solar rules? Can NEM 3.0 be dropped? For everyone else, NEM 3.0 replaced NEM 2.0 on April 15, 2023. Could NEM 3.0 be revoked? It is possible – but very unlikely – that NEM 3.0 will be overturned. The most likely ways would be through legislation […]
Solar energy is one of the cleanest and most abundant renewable resources, meaning it will never run out. Solar energy is energy that comes directly from the sun. Enough sunlight shines on Earth’s atmosphere in just one hour to generate power for every person on the planet for a year! What are 3 disadvantages of […]
GREENFIELD — Within a few months of moving to Greenfield, William “Bill” Ashley reached out to the solar energy company on Wells Street and inquired about installing solar panels on his roof. “The property was set up for that,” he said of Green River Commons, the townhouse condominium complex on Deerfield Street. “They said, ‘How […]
