Energy Security Reminder - Roadblocks at LAX A recent study of load profiles, rate structures and solar insolation for the three major California utilities underscores the beneficial match of PV generation and load demand.  Time of Use rates can stimulate faster adoption of PV systems that will offset peak demand.  Leveraging Time of Use rates, solar PV customers can benefit from higher economic returns and faster payback on their...

Temperatures in Tuscany were pushing into the high 30s Celsius last week, and industry insiders were reporting that Solar in Italy is hot. By the end of the week, however, the heat wave was starting to subside and apparently so too was the PV market. On Friday, a Reuters article by Svetlana Kovalyova (Italy set to cut solar incentives: Industry sources) brought news of cuts to solar incentives when Italy is on the brink of overtaking...