SunPower details Bay Area job cuts, will slash more than 100 jobs

SunPower details Bay Area job cuts, will slash more than 100 jobs

[ad_1] Workers install solar panels in the Bay Area, 2020. SAN JOSE — SunPower has decided to chop 100-plus Bay Area jobs, part of the company’s move to launch wrenching cutbacks and reduced costs in a California solar energy market whose outlook has darkened. San Jose-based SunPower, a solar energy and installation company, had previously […]

Best Solar Panel Installation Companies in San Francisco

Best Solar Panel Installation Companies in San Francisco

[ad_1] San Francisco residents face some of the highest electricity bills in the US — in fact, energy costs for San Franciscans were 86.2% higher than the national average in September 2023, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. To tamp down some of these rising costs, it’s worth considering if going solar is […]

Rooftop solar and batteries remain valuable investments

Rooftop solar and batteries remain valuable investments

[ad_1] Gen Nashimoto, of Luminalt, installs solar panels in Hayward, Calif., on April 29, 2020. California air regulators are set to approve an ambitious plan for the state to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Doing so will require a rapid transition away from oil and gas and toward renewable energy to power everything from cars […]

How Solar Storms That Bring Northern Lights Can Also Cause Tech Chaos

How Solar Storms That Bring Northern Lights Can Also Cause Tech Chaos

[ad_1] “If you can imagine a space weather storm strong enough to knock out power from New York down to the Carolinas for weeks, that’s not ‘a bad day’ anymore. That’s a national security risk,” said Bryan Brasher, Project Manager at the Space Weather Prediction Center for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.) Brasher […]

California’s ‘community solar’ rules deal new blow to industry

California’s ‘community solar’ rules deal new blow to industry

[ad_1] Solar panels on the roof of an affordable housing development in San Francisco. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) By Michelle Ma | Bloomberg California regulators dealt the struggling solar industry a fresh blow, adopting rules that renewable advocates warn will discourage smaller projects. The rules decided Thursday come more than a year after the state most […]