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Cub Scouts Earn Patches & Learn About Solar Power From FPL

Forty South Florida Cub Scouts got a lesson on solar energy and earned the “first-ever” Florida Power & Light Solar patches during a special program with Florida Power and Light Company. All scouts, some as young as five years old heard from FPL engineers about how sunlight is used to create electricity and saw solar […]

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Solar Energy Stocks to Boom in 2020

Solar enthusiast and businessman Elon Musk pointed to 2019 as “the year of the solar roof.” We will have to wait for fourth-quarterly earnings reports to see if it really was. But, overall, 2019 was a good year for solar firms as the Invesco Solar ETF rose 63.9% compared to the S&P 500 Index’s rise of […]

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Fort Walton Beach Considers Solar Power for New Offices

The city of Fort Walton Beach, located in the Florida panhandle, is seriously considering adding solar panels to the roofs of the buildings at the city’s new field office complex. The feeling is that it would “save taxpayer dollars in the future,” City Councilman Nic Allegretto said recently. If the panels are obtained, they would be […]

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Polk County Increases Investment in Solar Energy

More exciting news out of Florida as Polk County is stepping up the push for solar energy solutions. By this time next year, 18 percent of the power consumed by Bartow residents (of Polk County) could be produced by solar power. This number to be up from the current six percent.   “It may not […]

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More US Homeowners Are Considering Home Solar Panels

Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel conducted a survey from October 1st-13th of this year. It was conducted among 3,627 U.S. adults. The results were very interesting and show that US homeowners are strongly moving towards solar power for their homes. Amid increased concerns about global climate change, most American adults are prioritizing developing alternative […]

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Starting January 2020 Solar Power Required For All New California Homes

What might not exactly be a surprise, is that the state of California generates more electricity from solar power than any other state in the US. But now this number will take an even higher turn as new building codes will take effect January 1st, 2020, requiring all newly constructed homes statewide to be powered […]

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Over 300 US City Mayors Make a Call for More Solar

Mayors representing 300 cities across the United States have signed on to a letter, released this week by Environment America Research & Policy Center, calling for a future powered by more clean renewable solar power. The group of “Mayors for Solar Energy” committed to this cause is bipartisan and represents cities of all sizes spanning […]

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Solar Energy Offers Cheaper & Cleaner Energy for Floridians

Floridians are finding out more and more what a value solar power can be. We all know that solar panels can save hundreds of dollars a month. The question is, is the initial investment worth the cost in the long run? The answer is yes if you have seen that in the past few years […]

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First Solar-Powered Town in US Located in Central Florida

The first entirely solar-powered town in the United States is located on Babcock Ranch in Punta Gorda, Florida. Did you know that the town features the largest solar battery storage system in the U.S.? We are pretty sure that you didn’t. But you do now, and we think this is pretty impressive. But solar energy […]

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Islander Resort in Keys Going Solar After Irma

Following damage from Hurricane Irma and major renovations, a reinvigorated Islander Resort in Islamorada, in the Florida Keys greeted guests and locals in again January. What is different though, is that the resort is showcasing a number of green initiatives that make Islander one of the most eco-friendly resorts. Basically, the Islander Resort is going […]

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Solar Power is Becoming More and More Affordable

The economics of renewable energy have been improving quite fast. Especially those of utility-scale solar power. A new analysis of the levelized cost of energy from Lazard, shows that over the past year the cost of generating energy from large solar projects fell by 7%. What is Levelized Cost The levelized cost of any energy […]

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Solar pool heaters: What are they and how do they work?

How does a solar pool heater work? Well much like solar power in general for your home works. Solar pool heaters collect sunlight to heat your pool’s water. A pump pulls water from the pool and sends it through a strainer and filter to remove any debris that could clog the system.   How Do […]

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