by Gary Chen | Feb 28, 2017 | News
Looking for a new source of energy to power our daily lives may be as simple as turning our eyes toward the sky. Solar energy is one of the steadiest and most passive forms of energy available on the planet. So, what is the definition of solar energy? With increased...
by Gary Chen | Feb 24, 2017 | News
The integration of renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs) are driving electricity planning in California — inviting new and existing players to collaborate and battle over the future of the state’s energy system. In advance of GTM’s...
by Gary Chen | Feb 23, 2017 | News
In 2010, the U.S. installed 852 megawatts-DC of solar photovoltaics from just over 53,000 individual projects. The non-residential (aka commercial) segment took the largest share (40 percent) of that capacity, and the largest state (California) accounted for 216...
by Gary Chen | Feb 21, 2017 | News
On the same day that the U.S. Senate in a mostly party-line vote approved Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt – who is by all accounts an enemy of environmental regulation – to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, the head of California’s state senate was busy...
by Gary Chen | Feb 16, 2017 | News
BOSTON, Mass. and WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its biggest year to date, the United States solar market nearly doubled its annual record, topping out at 14,626 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) installed in 2016. This represents a 95 percent increase over...