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After Going Solar, I Felt the Bliss of Sudden Abundance

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My rooftop panels showed me that a world powered by renewables would be an overflowing horn of plenty, with fast, sporty cars and comfy homes. I used to worry about using too much electricity. But then, three and a half years ago, something happened that changed my entire psychology around electricity: I installed solar panels on my house.

What killed a 1980s program to kickstart a green home revolution in Colorado?

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John Avenson fell in love with his home more than four decades ago. The year was 1981. That’s when Avenson, a young engineer at the Bell Telephone Company, caught an ad for an event called a Passive Solar Tour of Homes. More than 100,000 people from around Metro Denver ended up joining the tour. What killed…

Request for Information: The greatest challenges to equitable distribution of solar energy

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On January 23, 2024, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on supporting successful solar plus storage deployment serving low-income and disadvantaged communities.