2011 Year in Review: U.S. Solar Energy Market
The 2011 roundup below is from our industry organization, SEIA, and includes highlights from 2011 for our industry. Everything following the image is from SEIA: WASHINGTON – Rhone Resch, president [...]
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New! One-Time Ameren SREC Purchase Incentive
So you own a commercial building in the St. Louis, Mo. metro area and you have been thinking about solar energy for a while or maybe you just heard there [...]
MARC Awarded $450,000 Sustainable Communities Grant
Solar installations will soon be even smoother in Kansas City! Congratulations to the Mid-America Regional Council for being awarded a 2011 Sustainable Communities Grant for $450,000. The grant will be used to remove barriers [...]
IPL Approves Solar Grant
Independence Power & Light just announced an exciting new commercial/industrial rebate program. The rebate is designed to help businesses implement energy efficiency measures (including solar energy) that can reduce electric [...]
Solar Energy: What You Need to Know
Ray and Kathy Baisch had Brightergy install a 4kW solar energy system on their Lee’s Summit home in January of 2010. Watch the video below to hear them talk about [...]
The true cost of coal
A common misperception in our industry is that solar relies on energy subsidies whereas traditional fossil fuels such as coal do not. But this common misunderstanding is indeed based on [...]
Solar night at Faultless Starch a success
Although solar technology has been around for decades and is becoming more commonplace, in both urban and rural areas, public education and awareness has lagged behind the technology. The good [...]