I have installed many residential solar arrays on our custom homes. Now I am about to have solar installed on my first commercial project. My commercial client which Oncor retailer gives the best ince

Market forecasts and Key to the hydrogen economy and Solar windows, oh my! Not really all the news, but a sample. 1) Sample image from one of numerous Perovskite Market Reports, on sale now! 2) More f

From LinkedIn: Favorite LinkedIn comment: "Nice job Scott. Didn't realize the name change to Pee-can Street." Seriously, they've got an improved website and if you're interested in data and haven't se

Thanks to Larry Howe for posts on NTREG’s Facebook page including comments quoted here. 1) North Central Texas Council Of Governments Receives Regional SolSmart Designation!: “Congratulations North Te

For anyone interested, I maintain a free spreadsheet calculator to help assess which solar buyback plan offers the fastest payback for your solar system. Download your grid-level import/export data fr

https://www.pv-magazine.com/pv-magazine-events/roundtables-europe-intersolar-europe-2020/ All 4 videos were great but the 3rd. session about sustainability had some very interesting information. 1) Re

The public website list of partners (updated July 9, 2020) now includes 5 of 6 of us from North Central Texas who joined through the mobilize.io Community Platform. Most notable is the City of Dallas:

One answer to a question raised in a different thread, thanks to Philip Timmons: “What does anyone see for radically reducing the Construction Costs of Small Grid-Tied Solar?” I would add: and what ca

I guess by now most of us have figured out this is not "Science" nor "News" nor even legit information. It is FUD . . . F.U.D. . . . generally stands for Fear Uncertainty and Doubt. Wiki has a decent

Our 15+ year old Goodman AC (with electric heat) unit failed at 400 sf guest house. I’m thinking time to replace with mini split system. I have done some homework and the advantages are compelling. On

From Mother Jones - 7/24/2020 They Spent Millions to Protect Polluters. Then They Got Busted by the FBI.The strange Ohio case offers juicy details on how corporations block environmental campaigns. RE

Hi, I have a PV system on my roof with a string inverter (SMA Sunny Boy). I just realized my system has been producing only roughly half of what it typically produces since March this year. Has anyone

Incredibly, this was in the Op-Ed section of the Dallas Morning News today: PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines. PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines. Connecti

Solar panel manufacturers are slashing prices as coronavirus cuts into energy demand. Even before the pandemic, solar prices were plummeting, which could fuel a solar boom once the economy recovers. h

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in a 3-1 vote, finalized its updates to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), in what the majority called an effort to "preserve competition" an

As reported by watchdog Dave Lieber in the Dallas Morning News: Chairman throws a fit in a public meeting, and soon after, the division that chases violators is shut down. -- Bill Byrom

Our August 8 meeting is a "double-header" with TWO presentations! Topic 1: "Climate Reality Project Overview" presented by Roger Knudson, Ph.D., Chapter Chair of the Dallas/Fort Worth Climate Reality

This sounds great! Kudos to the program chairs!!

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I recently noticed Solar for Existing Roofs on Tesla's website. They claim $1.49 per watt after tax rebate. Tesla seems to offer arrays in increments of 4K. This would be twelve 340 watt panels. Power