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EXCLUSIVE: City schools are getting solar power under Mayor de Blasio's plan … Dozens of city schools are getting solar power under Mayor de Blasio's plan to cut greenhouse emissions from public buildings, Education Department officials will announce Friday to mark Earth Day. Thirty-five schools across all five boroughs are now … Read more on […]

China to Increase Wind, Solar Power Capacity by 21% in 2016 The world's biggest producer of carbon emissions is expected at the end of this year to have a total of 120 gigawatts of wind power, 43 gigawatts of solar, and 320 gigawatts of hydro power, the NEA said. To accommodate the clean energy additions,

Opinion/Letter: Solar power's true expenses are masked “Solar power worth investment” (The Daily Progress, Dec. 12 online) provides readers with several facts illustrating the taxpayer cost of residential solar-energy programs. The true upfront cost of a residential installation is masked by a federal tax … Read more on The Daily Progress Colorado gets massive boost

Japan Building Giant Battery Systems to Store Solar Power Japanese companies are building some of the world's biggest battery systems to address one of solar power's biggest problems–its volatility. Handling the surges in power when the sun shines and storing that energy for use when it is cloudy or dark is a … Read more

Solar Power, and Somewhere to Store It Last week the U.S. solar giant SunEdison announced that it had acquired Solar Grid Storage, a startup that integrates solar installations with battery storage. And SolarCity, the largest solar power installer in the U.S., is almost done installing 430 … Read more on MIT Technology Review (blog) What