NPR: Biden allows solar panel imports while also moving to boost domestic production

Farmland is seen with solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md. Julio Cortez/AP The Biden administration is ending its hands-off approach to a Commerce Department tariff investigation that has effectively frozen the solar power industry in the United States. A probe into whether Chinese solar manufacturers had been improperly funneling […]

NEWS: Homegrown solar technology sprouts up in Kelowna

KELOWNA 10 Published 2021-11-05 by Glenn Hicks Locally founded company behind space-age tower in Rutland Click to Watch Video Solar generation that goes upward not outward Land is not taken up with ground-mounted solar panels Company says reflective light can also be harnessed from snowpack or lakes Something sprouted up recently in the agricultural area near the top […]

CBC: Cheaper panels, interest in going green spurs boom in rooftop solar

Falling prices for panels and environmental concerns convince some to find potential in their rooftops. Curt Petrovich · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: September 15 Three years ago, Earle Ten Have threw the switch on an array of 39 solar panels on his barn roof in Nanaimo, B.C. — and he’s never […]

STANFORD DAILY: Commitment to sustainability: The road to 100% solar

By Jessica Park on August 18, 2021 Stanford will be powered entirely by solar energy by next summer, making it one of the most energy-efficient research universities in the world. Stanford Energy System Innovations (SESI) has been working on Stanford’s transition to renewable energy for the past decade. Its original goal of going 100% solar by late 2021 was […]