Distributed Sun LLC (D-SUN), a DC-based solar project developer and services provider, began serving solar power to System Source’s data center in Hunt Valley, Maryland, in May 2010. Revenue-grade performance monitoring equipment, company data, third-party data, and three… more>>

Yes, of course there’s an app for that. It can’t bring you thicker windows or a solar hot water system, but it can grade your energy efficiency based on detailed information you provide. And if you do decide to invest in solar or efficiency retrofits, clear graphics will make… more>>

Green Information Technology (IT) is a critical part of Applied Materials’ greenhouse gas reduction efforts. What started as a modest program in 2007 has evolved into an integral part of every IT project and investment decision including data center optimization, desktop and… more>>

Over the past several months, businesses, environmentalists and policy experts alike have been pressing the U.S. Senate to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation that places a price on carbon. The New England Clean Energy Council, where I work, has been among those… more>>

For the non-engineers out there who are interested in learning as much as possible about how solar panels work, here’s a brief overview of micro-inverters and what they can add to a solar installation. Solar panels need (micro)inverters to convert the electricity they produce to… more>>

The large number of deteriorating public school buildings are causing school boards across the US to consider new green schools and retrofits that save energy as well as improve learning. This greening of schools is at the forefront of green building and this is a trend that… more>>

The concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) market has been long on promise and short on results. But there have been a few hopeful signs of late. Kleiner Perkins saw fit to invest $130 million into CPV systems vendor Amonix. And shortly after that fund raise, Cogentrix announced a 30… more>>

The chart above is the same solar incentive report card we produced in part 4 of our 2010 report, albeit with one difference: blue and red states. My main impulse was not to rustle a regional divide between people in our country, yet instead to highlight differences in… more>>

If micro-inverters are the current craze in the solar industry, then solar energy monitoring systems will be the next big thing. Micro-inverters (and other parallel technology) were given lots of attention because they can increase the efficiency of a system by up to as much as… more>>

Applied Materials was highlighted in an article released by FORTUNE today about the incredibly low and ever-falling price of transistors, the new kinds of jobs they are doing and the pervasiveness of the technology. Below is a brief excerpt of the article: For comparison, your… more>>

If you love solar power, enjoy reading all about it on our solar blog and ultimately hope to own a system yourself, what’s keeping you from taking the plunge? What obstacle, challenge, or hang-up means the difference between clean, free energy and the same old expensive,… more>>