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user: acusticthoughts created: 2016-05-03 karma: 103 submissions: Los Angelels about to sign record low priced solar power deal – 1.997¢/kWh 1 points | 0 comments Solar and wind met nearly 9% of U.S. power demand in 2018 40 points | 4 comments Agrovoltaics: a solar-powered safety net for Massachusetts farmers 1 points | 0 comments Vistra, Tesla and PG&E seeking world’s first 1 GWh+ batteries 2 points | 0 comments California residential solar power headed toward $1/W and 2.5¢/kWh 2 points | 0 comments Leaked report: Grid safer than ever, renewables not dangerous-politicians are 3 points | 0 comments Solar power plant lights up abandoned nuclear project 2 points | 0 comments The sun is still rising – chasing ‘hot electrons’ and 35% solar price reduction 1 points | 0 comments Solar houses worth $15,000 more 1 points | 0 comments California breaks 50% solar – electricity pricing negative 7 points | 2 comments California solar+wind record high at 49%, renewable electricity peaks above 56% 3 points | 0 comments How the utilities “use a little bit of political jiu-jitsu” to steal the sun 1 points | 0 comments Corporate America going solar hard – Target #1 cumulative volume, Ikea at 90% 1 points | 0 comments Canada to introduce $10/ton carbon tax 5 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments A federal carbon tax is imminent in the USA, and Exxon is pushing it 75 points | 84 comments Scitland blows away the competition – 106% of electricity form wind 3 points | 1 comments Tesla to build central home inverter for cars, solar and storage 1 points | 0 comments World's largest solar plant planned for Chernobyl exclusion zone 2 points | 0 comments SolarCity modules last 35+ years – 40% longer than industry average 3 points | 1 comments 30% off of energy storage for the USA in Congress 1 points | 0 comments 64% of new energy from Solar Power in Q1 is not enough 22 points | 12 comments Apple is now a utility to manage its renewable energy portfolio 1 points | 0 comments SolarCity robotic factory coming soon 5 points | 0 comments Apple Stores to use walkable solar glass 1 points | 0 comments US DOE wants solar power to meet 100% of daytime electricity 1 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments SolarCity Gigafactory at risk? 2 points | 0 comments Portugal ran 4 days straight entirely on renewables 2 points | 0 comments Solar prices set to fall 33% 3 points | 0 comments