SolarAcademy

SolarAcademy

Social Knowledge for Clean Energy

Menu Skip to content
  • Home
  • Learn
    • Solar Charts
    • Live Solar Module Pricing
    • For Contractors
    • For Building Owners
    • For C&I Solar Project Financing
    • Quick Tips for Solar Buyers
    • 10 Things to Know When Buying Solar
    • Backup Power with DIY Solar + Battery
  • Teach
  • Together
  • About Us
    • Our Why
    • Founder’s Note
    • Our Art
    • Contact Us
  • SUBSCRIBE

Author: Sara Carbone

Sara Carbone

2025: State lawmakers introduced a lot of anti-renewables bills

Sara Carbone

GREW Solar launches panels at RE+

Sara Carbone

CALSSA seeks fine for utility failure to meet deadlines

Sara Carbone

FERC’s independence under Trump

Sara Carbone

Exhibitor guide to RE+

Sara Carbone

Innovations that are driving down costs

Sara Carbone

GRID Alternatives to pull $330 million in programs

Sara Carbone

VideoBill McKibben on the tremendous rise of renewable power

Sara Carbone

What younger generations think about energy consumption

Sara Carbone

Traceability as a market differentiator for businesses

Sara Carbone

VideoGrowing agrivoltaics

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (8/22/25)

Sara Carbone

Partnership for a fully domestic supply chain

Sara Carbone

VideoRepowering aging solar systems

Sara Carbone

Why groundmount is sometimes the better resi choice

Sara Carbone

Universal adapter for the C&I market

Sara Carbone

The benefits of Lean Fundamentals

Sara Carbone

Homeowners race to go solar before ITC runs out

Sara Carbone

DOT releases guidance re start of construction for safe harbor

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (8/15/25)

Sara Carbone

Module prices have remained stable

Sara Carbone

How to fix low performing C&I systems

Sara Carbone

US ESS cell manufacturing to reach 50GWh end of 2026

Sara Carbone

All about NanoRack

Sara Carbone

VideoThe real reason US resi solar is still too expensive

Sara Carbone

Solar for All gets to axe

Sara Carbone

Growing electricity demand vs. uncertainty in renewables policies

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (8/8/25)

Sara Carbone

EPA looks to slow down emissions curbing

Sara Carbone

Study shows more re how agrivoltaics benefits crops

Sara Carbone

Government accountability office to review DOE’s actions against solar

Sara Carbone

How utilities can address increasing extreme climate events

Sara Carbone

How AI is impacting project design and install

Sara Carbone

The role of SolarApp+ in a post resi ITC market

Sara Carbone

VideoThe SunCast story

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Readiing This Week (8/1/25)

Sara Carbone

Avoiding retrofitting projects for storage later on

Sara Carbone

Takeaways from FERC’s latest meeting

Sara Carbone

All about Sunhub Trader

Sara Carbone

VPPs to the rescue

Sara Carbone

VideoSilfab NTC – Perc vs. NTC N-type cell tech

Sara Carbone

The future of BESS considering OBBB

Sara Carbone

Project planning in the face of OBBB

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (7/25/25)

Sara Carbone

Global battery energy storage numbers are up 54%

Sara Carbone

6 costly mistakes installers make when closing

Sara Carbone

VideoPost-OBBB: Selling solar without the tax credit

Sara Carbone

The status of perovskite

Sara Carbone

New Leaf Energy lays off 1/5 of it workforce

Sara Carbone

The industry reacts to the BBB

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (7/18/25)

Sara Carbone

How utilities are modernizing

Sara Carbone

Choosing the right system sensors

Sara Carbone

Why FERC is the key player in a competitive energy market

Sara Carbone

VideoState of US solar manufacturing from the inside

Sara Carbone

The load growth problem

Sara Carbone

Lowering resi costs in the wake of the BBB

Sara Carbone

All about secure BESS enclosures

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading (7/11/25)

Sara Carbone

Eos Energy received $22.7 million DOE loan

Sara Carbone

VideoMitigating impact of hail on systems

Sara Carbone

NJ passed groundbreaking smart solar permitting

Sara Carbone

Federal agencies revoked environmental review rules

Sara Carbone

Reconciliation bill on the way to Trump to sign

Sara Carbone

VideoAWS on rising power demand and electrification

Sara Carbone

Solar racking with integrated L-foot

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (7/4/25)

Sara Carbone

284 GW can still move up the interconnect queue despite BBB

Sara Carbone

VideoRewriting solar’s slow playbook

Sara Carbone

Two new SEIA standards approved by ANSI

Sara Carbone

New SolarEdge Utah facility is shipping out batteries

Sara Carbone

Recent peaked energy demand and storage

Sara Carbone

The value of AI solar tools

Sara Carbone

Tech companies emissions standards have lost their meaning

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (6/27/25)

Sara Carbone

The threat of hail over wind

Sara Carbone

Why commercial solar didn’t take off till now

Sara Carbone

VideoWhy FranklinWH’s aPower 2 can help installers

Sara Carbone

BBB still gutting key parts of the IRA

Sara Carbone

A large secondary market exists for components

Sara Carbone

The persistent PV connector problem

Sara Carbone

Surprising research re NIMBYism and solar

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (6/20/25)

Sara Carbone

Repowering as a resi solar installer business model

Sara Carbone

BESS stats looking good

Sara Carbone

Solar expects long-term decline for projects

Sara Carbone

Long term partnership to boost agrivoltaics

Sara Carbone

How developers can tap commercial solar more effectively

Sara Carbone

Why this Chicago utility supports DER growth

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (6/13/25)

Sara Carbone

Tariff impact on BESS

Sara Carbone

Benefits of the EPC construction model for developers

Sara Carbone

House is attempting to address transmission issues

Sara Carbone

VideoThe future of American solar with Silfab

Sara Carbone

Industry uncertainty and growth

Sara Carbone

QCells expanding its recycling efforts

Sara Carbone

Republican Senator argues for different approach to IRA cuts

Sara Carbone

7 Things Worth Reading This Week (6/1/25)

Sara Carbone

Integrating BESS into existing energy strategies

Sara Carbone

Trump admin cuts $3.7B for industrial decarbonization and carbon capture

Posts navigation

Older posts
SolarAcademy.com © 2026