The downside to getting your energy from the city? You have to deal with rate changes that you can’t do anything about. LADWP customers are going to find this out shortly as they’ve requested a rate increase of about 3%...
Halloween is almost here and, while we love to expound on the awesomeness of solar power every chance we get, this holiday deserves some dedicated attention. The sun will forgive us. Halloween is more about the night anyway! Without further...
While coal and other fossil fuels were taken for granted as being inexhaustible, an American geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted, back in 1949, that the fossil fuel era would be very short-lived and that other energy sources would need to...
Two of the most frequent questions clean energy folks get is “What is causing such unprecedented global warming and climate change?” and “Why is it so hard to just move to clean energy? This is, of course, after the whole...
We’re very excited at Solar Optimum. MIT recently conducted a study that shows that it is possible for solar panels to produce enough power to replace fossil fuels! This is groundbreaking because, while the industry has always believed it was...
A recent report by CNBC says that people choose solar panels because it saves money. The person they interviewed, Pat Kennell, is a retired police officer in Stony Point, New York. Due to his installation of solar panels on his...
The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, SC has been an impressive educational experience for many children and even adults. Most visitors don’t even know about it until they get to the museum. They then find out that 10 percent...
A few years ago, only the most eco-conscious homeowners would consider solar panels. It was an expensive add-on at that time. Fortunately, the cost of solar panels have decreased. They are actually 50 percent less from 2010. This has made...