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Speaking of electric vehicle chargers, expect to see EV-charging capabilities as one of the most requested features for solar and battery installations. The same 40-amp backfeed circuit breaker needed for a standard solar install can also feed an electrical vehicle charger. In fact, some new inverters actually have a dedicated connection for EV charging, which lowers the cost while simplifying the wiring, permitting, and controls for solar contractors.

Among all solar energy trends, this one might impact the industry the most. Solar might be the fastest-growing industry in new energy generation, but battery storage is one of the fastest-growing asset classes. In fact, over 170 GW of new renewable capacity is scheduled for construction by 2025. There’s a big reason for that level of growth. Energy storage is seeing huge advances in efficiency and affordability. Now, energy storage is not just an economical addition for solar installs. It’s also the most flexible, allowing energy storage to provide multiple functions, like ancillary grid services and on-demand power. McNamara believes that batteries are the natural progression to advance solar energy.    “As batteries have become more efficient and more affordable, the benefits they offer outweigh the means,” McNamara said. “From a utility perspective, batteries help stabilize the grid and reduce wasteful production. From the homeowner perspective, ba...

  During Climate Week,  Governor Cuomo Announces  First Completed Community Solar Plus Energy Storage Project in New York   Project in Westchester County to Reduce Energy Costs for Approximately 150 Westchester County and New York City Households and Will Help Power Tesla Electric Vehicle Supercharging Stations  Supports Governor Cuomo's Goals to Install 6,000 Megawatts of Solar by 2025 and 3,000 Megawatts of Energy Storage by 2030 as Called for in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act     Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of the first community  solar  paired with energy storage project in New York. The milestone project will reduce the energy costs for approximately 150 households in Westchester County and New York City as well as provide power to 12 Tesla electric vehicle supercharging stations. Today's announcement supports Governor Andrew ...

What to do During Your Coronavirus Self-Quarantine? Man, what a crazy way to start a year, Things haven't been going well lately, who would have ever imagined that we would be in living in fear & Quarantane. I have never experinced anything like this in my life time, New York was shut down & becamme a ghost town I can only imagine what people went through in 1920 with the spanish flu that wiped out millions of people & not long after that the USA experinced a finacial collapse better know as the great depression that devistated this country! May God All Mighty Protect us in 2020 to overcome this world wide pandemic! We want you to know that we haven't given up either! We have learned to addapt & adjust to a new way of life, who would have ever imagined that wearing a surgical mask in public would become manditory? Oh My God sooooo many people have died from this mysterious Virus! Were staying home and we need some distractions to keep ourselves occu...

Have Smartphones increased or Decreased  our Generation gaps? “We didn’t have a choice to know any life without iPads or iPhones. I think we like our phones more than we like actual people.” *I’ve been researching generational differences for 25 years, starting when I was a 22-year-old doctoral student in psychology. Typically, the characteristics that come to define a generation appear gradually, and along a continuum. Beliefs and behaviors that were already rising simply continue to do so. Millennials, for instance, are a highly individualistic generation, but individualism had been increasing since the Baby Boomers turned on, tuned in, and dropped out. I had grown accustomed to line graphs of trends that looked like modest hills and valleys. Then I began studying Athena’s generation. Around 2012, I noticed abrupt shifts in teen behaviors and emotional states. The gentle slopes of the line graphs became steep mountains and sheer cliffs, and many of the distinctive character...

 'It’s Not a Thing on the Roof. It is the Roof' With Tesla's historic acquisition of SolarCity now pending, Elon Musk has announced two new solar products, including one that could disrupt the roofing industry. Tesla and SolarCity could change the roofing industry SolarCity Twitter As Electrek reported, during a conference call with investors Tuesday, Musk and SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive said they were working on creating a roof made entirely of solar panels—solar shingles, if you will . Instead of tacking on solar panels onto an existing roof, the whole roof itself will be integrated with photovoltaic material. "I think this is really a fundamental part of achieving differentiated product strategy, where you have a beautiful roof," Musk said. "It's not a thing on the roof. It is the roof." Rive confirmed the project. According to Electrek, "Rive added that there are 5 million new roofs installed every year in the...

China proposes $50tn global renewable energy network Published time: 1 Apr, 2016 14:34 Get short URL A worker inspects solar panels at a solar farm in Dunhuang, 950km (590 miles) northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province. © Carlos Barria / Reuters The company running China’s power grid is proposing a $50 trillion global electricity network to tackle pollution and climate change. If it goes ahead the network would use advanced renewable solar and wind technology and be operating by 2050.     Beijing’s network will be the world’s biggest infrastructure project, if given the green light. The State Grid has already signed a memorandum of understanding with the Russian energy grid Rosseti, Korea’s Electric Power and SoftBank Group of Japan. According to State Grid’s Chairman Liu Zhenya, the planet is facing "three major challenges", which are...