Solar Austin is excited to announce next month’s featured speaker: Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club!  An internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and environmental activist, Michael will be joining Solar Austin on July 14th to talk about his work leading the nationwide movement to...

From Solar Austin - We are excited to invite you to Solar Austin’s second annual Summer Solstice Celebration! Please join us to celebrate our precious solar resources and community advocacy for renewable energy on the longest day of the year. We’re passionate about solar policy and technology,...

From the US Green Building Council Central Texas Region - THE TEXAS SOLAR MARKET Thursday, Nov. 15th, 11:30 am-1 pm Hideaway Kitchen at Ramada South Austin 4323 South I-35, Austin, TX 78744 Tickets can be purchased here. Solar power represents a win-win-win opportunity for Texas. With an abundant supply of sunshine...

Sponsored Post - from the City of Austin Office of Sustainability Austin is green and we all want to keep it that way! As a community, we’re committed to reaching the target of Net-Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which will ensure a safe, healthy, vibrant Austin...

As the federal government reverses course on climate change policy at the national level, the question remains - how much should local governments do to pick up the slack? In the weeks and months since President Donald Trump announced that he is withdrawing the US from...

Sponsored Post - from NATiVE MamaBaby, a non-profit birthing center that provides free prenatal, birth, and postpartum services to expectant mothers in Haiti approached us requesting a feasibility study for a solar installation with batteries. The birthing center was not tied to the grid. The entire facility...

Guest Post - from Public Citizen Texas A rate case is fundamentally about determining how much money an electric utility needs to collect from ratepayers to pay for expenses (and make some return on investment), how those expenses will be divided among the different customer classes...

  Sponsored Post - from Revolve Solar You know how everything's generally bigger in Texas? Well, depending on how you interpret the latest numbers from the 2015 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report, the amount of solar in the Lone Star state did get a little bit bigger, though...

  Sponsored Post - from Revolve Solar Although it comes a month later than usual, the Oncor solar rebate program has finally returned. Officially dubbed 'The Oncor 2016 Solar Photovoltaic Standard Offer Program' ("SPVSOP"), this program offers financial incentives to energy-savvy Texans looking to install eligible distributed...