Your roof is a better place for your money than your bank, says a UA researcher, who compared returns on investment from solar power installations to certificates of deposit. An $11,700 investment in solar photovoltaic panels for your home, under the current system of rebates and tax credits, will net you $28,000 more over the [...]
New Orleans resident Jordan Walters quit his sales job this year to
join a youth service program that would allow him to explore a field he believes will be recession-proof, renewable energy.
Gathered on a platform next to the roof of one of the two-story single-family homes in the Lower 9th Ward, onlookers watched as installers with South Coast Solar of New Orleans mounted a set of photovoltaic panels onto a metal roof.
Just last week, One Block off the Grid (1BOG), the nation’s top consumer advocacy group for residential renewable energy, and New Orleans-based South Coast Solar, Louisiana’s largest solar energy company, announced that the Metro New Orleans area will be the program’s first official city outside of California for its groundbreaking new solar community purchasing program.
On Tuesday, Anderson handed da Luz a $500 check from First NBC on the bank’s steps, to “prove that for every one bad New Orleanian, there are thousands of good ones.”
On behalf of local residents generally, “My apologies for what happened,” Anderson told da Luz, a native of Brazil. “Thank you for making us a [...]
Marcelo da Luz gave up his job, girlfriend and nearly a half-million dollars to build a solar-powered car and drive it all over the Americas, a trek that brought him and several international volunteers, following in a van, to New Orleans early Sunday evening.But an hour after he parked on a busy, well-lighted French Quarter [...]
Recently on WWL 870 AM in New Orleans, host Garland Robinette discussed and cleared up with the help of a panel of guests some questions that have arisen concerning Louisiana’s 50% residential refundable solar tax credit. Multiple Systems Are Covered Under Louisiana’s Solar Tax Credits–50% Of The Total Cost…Not Capped At $12,500
Louisiana is expected to get $122.3 million in federal economic recovery money to improve the energy efficiency of the homes, government buildings and public transportation over the next three years and to jump start renewable energy projects for electricity generation.
It’s old news that the Internet has revolutionized the way people can connect with those who share similar interests, even when they live a world away.
Solar panels have blanketed the southern side of the roof of Thomas Koch’s Fontainebleau area home since summer, but he wasn’t able to harvest any electricity from them until early last month because of delays in getting a special meter activated.
