I just returned from the Solar Power International (SPI) show, an annual event for the solar industry, and there were a few things I kept hearing over and over. One was: “It’s simple: People can live better with solar.” The second was: “The price of electricity will rise over the next decade.” Over the last 40 years, Americans have been fortunate to have largely consistent electric rates. But as utility providers need to replace…

AllCell Technologies, a leading manufacturer of lithium-ion battery packs, has teamed up with multiple cleantech companies to create a completely off-grid solar EV charging station. Located in Amman, Jordan, the station can charge both a Nissan LEAF and multiple light electric vehicles simultaneously, is off-grid and includes a lithium-ion energy storage system that is protected from the scorching…

Google recently put up $75 million in funding for roughly 3,000 residential solar installations in Arizona, California and Colorado. Clean Power Finance will oversee the fund and will work with solar power installers to provide homeowners with financing options. The initiative will give consumers an option to enter into lease agreements or power purchase agreements with the installers, which is…

If you have been concerned about the rising energy costs in your area, it might be a good time to look at ways in which you can save money with solar energy. Various areas in the world run on different power sources, which most of these sources being problematic in some way. The main problem is that even energy sources that are renewable use some sort of oil power to maintain them. This auto…

The U.S. Solar Market Insight quarterly analysis reports that, in spite of the current bleak market outlook related to the recent Solyndra scandal, growth is expected to continue to increase throughout the last half of 2011. Photovoltaic solar installations apparently grew by 69 percent during the first half of 2011, when compared to the same time period…