Monthly Archives: June 2008

Clean Edge: solar will produce 10% of US electricity by 2025

Kudos to friends over at Clean Edge and the venerable non-profit organization, Co-op America. They have just released a report called Utility Solar Assessment (USA) that shows that by 2025 10% of US electricity should come from solar technologies. What … Continue reading →

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How’s the weather for your solar?

How’s the weather where you live? Is there enough sun for solar? Everyone is excited about the recent announcement that San Francisco is about to take real action on climate change, but the folks at Grist.org think this is a … Continue reading →

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Rising energy prices are a top concern

People using the Sungevity service are smart and have great foresight. We know this because, in a recent online survey we conducted, when asked what the main motive was in making a decision to go solar 57% of our respondents … Continue reading →

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SF solar passes, Congress fails to renew tax credits…a mixed day for solar.

Great news from yesterday, June 10th for SF residents: San Francisco City Council passed by 8 – 3 an extended package of rebates for customers going solar in that wonderful city. We will be publishing more to our customers in … Continue reading →

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Solarbrations abound!

This past weekend, Sungevity kicked off the first “Solarbration” – house parties we’ll have to mark the installation of new home solar electric systems. While the name may or may not stick, for us, it wasn’t just about installing systems, … Continue reading →

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