From Solar Austin - Our first happy hour of the year is going to be one you won't want to miss. Georgetown will soon be powered by 100% renewable energy. How is it achieving this goal so much more rapidly than Austin and most other...
From Solar Austin - Solar On-Bill Financing at Pedernales Electric Co-op The Pedernales Electric Cooperative is taking steps to encourage more of its customers to go solar - including the recent kick off on an on-bill financing program for customer-owned solar installations and battery storage. ...
From Solar Austin - Solar is booming, but the share of electricity coming from solar is still very small. As that changes, it will be important to find ways to integrate larger amounts of solar energy in ways that keep the grid stable. As has...
From Solar Austin - Plan to be inspired by the solar opportunity within the Living Building Challenge™. LBC is the built environment's most rigorous performance standard. It calls for the creation of building projects at all scales that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature's architecture. The certification...
From Solar Austin - An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur race to lead the clean energy future. But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century? Through the stories of workers and entrepreneurs...
From Solar Austin - Texas has the most solar energy potential of any state in the U.S., but has been slow to adopt solar technology. Now that's changing and all kinds of entities - wholesale electric providers, retail electric providers, businesses and individuals - are...
From Solar Austin - Solar Austin Happy Hour - Perspectives on Utilities: Where Does Solar Fit In? As solar, storage, demand response, and energy efficiency continue their ascent, new utility business models are emerging that align utilities’ financial incentives with increasing distributed energy resources (DERs)...
From Solar Austin - Distributed solar on homes and businesses has traditionally been largely ignored by electric markets. The energy produced benefits the customer and their electric utility, but hasn't been valued by the market that determines when all other energy resources - including utility...
From Solar Austin - In honor of this year's election season, and given that the election falls 10 short days later, we have chosen to focus on the body politic with a party based panel on energy policy in Texas. Some knowledgeable and good-natured persons have agreed to...