Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/solar/page/4/)
The Washington Post |The way electricity is delivered to homes and businesses is undergoing a significant transition. In the near future, many homeowners will be able to generate and store their own electricity, and that creates a profound challenge for traditional utilities.
The Wall Street Journal | Elon Musk hints at possible stationary battery storage system from Tesla Motors.
New York Times | A prominent rooftop solar system provider announced they will operate small, independent power systems called microgrids, challenging the traditional utility model.
The New York Times | Utility companies push back against solar development in Japan.
Wyoming’s solar potential is among the best in the nation, but even as residential rooftop solar has boomed recently in places like California, Colorado and New Jersey, it’s barely made any inroads in the state. Economics and politics both play a role, but with the price of photovoltaics continuing to drop, some people are starting to ask whether momentum is building for solar in nation’s largest coal-producing state.
MIT Technology Review | Hawaii is a real-world test case for utility-scale solar. They’ve seen some major battery failures in the past couple of years, but that isn’t stopping them from pushing forward.
National Public Radio aired a story during the most recent Weekend Edition Saturday which was co-reported between KQED reporter Lauren Sommer, and our own Dan Boyce.
UT San Diego | New ways to purchase solar
Along comes an 81 quintillion ton chunk of basalt rock with the gall to – quite literally – cast a shadow on solar panels.
