Solar One’s newest initiative Here Comes Solar helps homeowners aggregate their economic power and physical proximity to “solarize” their communities, one block at a time.
Check out this article from DNAInfo that explains how it’s done, how homeowners feel about the process and then go to the Here Comes Solar website and fill out the survey to see whether your home might be a good fit for solar!
Did you know that NYC is projected to become one of the leaders in electric vehicle use? Well we are, and the city is preparing by offering an Invitation to Bid to Envision Solar’s EV ARC solar-powered EV charging stations.
While in some ways the design (pictured) seems a little clunkier than the more shed-like solar charging stations we’ve seen in the past, the fact that these stations can be moved around the site where they are located seems like a big plus.
So when will these stations be installed, and where?
“We’re very committed to creating jobs,” City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito declared to 26 green job trainees at Solar One’s Workforce Training Lab on Monday. She was joined by the City Council Majority Leader, Jimmy Van Bramer, and Council Member Donovan Richards, Chair, Committee on Environmental Protection.
“We must all do our part to make New York a more sustainable City. The Solar One Workforce training program provides needed green job training skills to New Yorkers, and I’m proud to support this important initiative,” the Speaker told our trainees as she toured our lab in Long Island City.
New York State’s 2015-2016 budget is out on the street, and it’s getting pretty high marks from environmentalists. To see how Environmental Advocates rates this year’s spending plan, check out the YouTube video after the jump. It’s only 3 minutes long!
It’s been 6 months since NYC’s historic Climate March brought 400,000 people to the streets to demand climate action. So what have those climate activists been doing to build on that incredible momentum?
As it turns out, quite a bit.
Realizing that they already had all the elements in hand, US solar provider #1 SolarCity is now offering “microgrids as a service” to municipalities, island nations, hospitals, military bases, schools and communities,. remote or otherwise, who want to increase their resiliency and rely less on conventional electric power. And not only can they do it, but they can do it with little or no upfront cost,and provide power cheaper than a utility.
