Plug-in solar has remained in the shadows because of a lack of safety standards and often costly requirements imposed by ...

A mega solar plan could remake the Central Valley.

California is at the forefront of the solar energy movement in the United States, producing more solar potential than other state in the country. Already a leader in green and renewable technology, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EnergySage California has long been a leader in solar adoption in the U.S., but a new bill gutting the state’s net metering policy ...

California Assembly Bill 942 would end net metering for homes with solar panels upon sale of the property. The bill aims to address the cost shift from solar users to non-solar users, estimated at ...

As community solar boosters look to the California Legislature to revive the state’s stagnant market, the industry is out with a new study showing that community solar can help lower the state’s ...

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The sun is shining brighter for California solar homeowners today. In a unanimous decision that sent shockwaves through the clean energy industry, the California Supreme Court on Thursday sided with ...

Across a swath of parched farmland in California’s Central Valley, one of the world’s biggest solar farms is moving from idea to reality, promising to turn fallowed fields into a new kind of power ...

REC Solar has contracted with cold storage solutions and logistics company Arctic Cold on a 3.3-MW rooftop solar system at its new location in Santa ...

A new trade association, Californians for Local, Affordable Solar and Storage (CLASS) has started work to improve access to community solar.

A rare "severe" geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for Tuesday, with the northern lights potentially visible Monday night in parts of California - though clouds are in the Bay Area forecast.