Here in my home state of Oregon, the number of home solar power systems have tripled in the past 3 years. In fact, more than 2/3 of all existing solar installations in Oregon have taken place since 2008. If you haven’t already done so, isn’t it time to resolve to go solar in 2012? The [...]
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Despite the failure of Solyndra and the relatively small sector of people who still deny global climate change, demand for solar power continues to grow. Solar is inexpensive, clean renewable energy, and is poised to overtake dirty sources of power, like coal in the next few decades (if not earlier). Solar power is superior to [...]
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In the next 5 years, experts predict that new solar jobs will top 200,000. In fact, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) estimates huge growth in the solar industry by 2016 that will result in $48 billion in investments and 207,000 green jobs in the solar field. There are a number of factors at play [...]
If you’re thinking about switching to solar energy, this may be your year! The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) issued a report recently that shows the home solar market doubled in 2009. Projections for 2010 indicate that residential solar panels will continue to sell at a rapid pace, stating that this year will be a [...]
Did you ever wish you could know exactly where in the United States people have been putting up solar panels? Certainly, the Internet and tools like Google Maps demonstrate how easy it is to find information on a wide variety of people and places. So in many ways it should come as no surprise that [...]
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