Solar Richmond

09/28/2018

SB700 is now the law of the land.

SB 700 was just signed into law by Governor Brown! Growing energy storage in California is a big win for consumers, for solar jobs and for California's clean energy leadership! Thank him today! {LINK}

09/18/2018

Mother Earth will survive, but I am not so sure about us😢 “There’s virtually no precedent for a hurricane moving southwest for some time along the Carolina coast.”

We are at a make-or-break moment for our species as the earth tries to purge us off its surface through storms, heat waves and other natural disasters.

09/13/2018

For those waiting for the moment when we could see a distinct impact from the Section 201 tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the second quarter of 2018 was it. Solar installation levels across all sectors fell to 2.3 GW-DC, a 9% fall year-over-year and a 7% decline versus the first quarter.

The impact of Section 201 tariffs is cited in a 9% year-over-year fall in installation volume during Q2. However, Wood Mackenzie and SEIA also show massive utility-scale procurement, which is expec…

09/05/2018

California’s monopoly utilities are waging a multi-pronged attack on our individual rights and our ability to put solar on our homes, our schools, our businesses. At stake is our freedom to cut the cord to ever-rising energy bills, and generate and store clean energy when and how we see fit.
While California has led the nation on protecting the rights of private property owners and renters to go solar, these rights are not set in stone and are constantly under attack.

09/04/2018

The Solar Foundation’s 2017 U.S. Solar Industry Diversity Study is the first comprehensive research on diversity in the solar workforce, including the representation of women, minority groups, and veterans. This study is the result of surveys and interviews conducted with both solar employers and employees. This survey is why Solar Richmond needs your support to keep working to change these outcomes by support policy that will provide the incentives to change the dire results of this survey... read on.

  The Solar Foundation’s 2017 U.S. Solar Industry Diversity Study is the first comprehensive research

09/01/2018

The state would be the largest in the nation to commit to emissions-free electricity by 2045

08/29/2018

Exciting news to share: SB 700 (Wiener) just passed out of the state assembly (with bipartisan support no less)! This is a major milestone and would not have happened were it not for phone calls, emails and in-person meetings with legislators and their staff over the past few weeks and months. This is especially so given that IOUs oppose this bill and are working against us. SB 700 would extend consumer incentives for behind-the-meter energy storage systems through 2025. This will give the solar industry the certainty and longevity we need to increase demand and lower prices and job opportunities. The growth of storage is critical to the future of all solar installations so please take action today to ensure our market stays healthy and growing. CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW.
for more info visit https://calssa.org/sb-700

08/29/2018

No Bailouts for Coal and Nuclelar!

We don’t need to support dirty and expensive power plants when cheap clean energy resources and growing energy efficiency are making them obsolete.

08/28/2018

NASA posted this video to YouTube with this description, "Arctic sea ice has not only been shrinking in surface area in recent years, it’s becoming younger and thinner as well. In this animation, where the ice cover almost looks gelatinous as it pulses through the seasons, cryospheric scientist Dr...

08/23/2018

Green The Church (GTC) is an initiative designed to tap into the power and purpose of the African American church community and to explore and expand the role of churches as centers for environmental and economic resilience. Developed in partnership with Carroll Ministries and Pastor Ambrose Carroll (a Green For All Fellow), GTC works to empower church leadership and lay people to develop practical solutions to economic and environmental issues in the Black community.

Solar Richmond will participate on the Workforce Development Panel...

The Glad Tidings Church of God in Christ will host the 2018 GTC Summit, in conjunction with our San Francisco Bay Area partner churches and organizations which allows GTC to present a dynamic program and reach a wide audience. In addition, we will incorporate our annual Green Jobs Fair which connect...

08/22/2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, which establishes emission guidelines for states to use when developing plans to limit greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions at power plants. The proposal is a replacement for the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), which the agency calls “overly prescriptive and burdensome.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, which establishes emission guidelines for states to use when developing plans to limit greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions at power plants. The proposal is a replacement for the Obama administration’s Cl...

08/17/2018

We are on 🔥