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News Articles: Solar Power

A proposed new law would generate more solar power from Georgia rooftops

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Solar power net metering got a boost. But incentives still lag for many homeowners, advocates say

Getting solar panels installed on your home can decrease your carbon footprint, but it can be expensive. One way to lower that cost is by selling some of the excess power generated by those panels back to the grid. That's called net metering. GPB's Peter Biello spoke with Dr. Marilyn Brown, a professor of sustainable systems in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech about the policy.

January 18, 2023
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  • Peter Biello

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PSC approves Georgia Power energy plan

Georgia energy regulators approved a plan to transition the state's largest electric utility away from coal towards solar power.

July 22, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
Farmland is seen with standard solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.

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Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford

While standard solar panels can provide electricity during the day, this device can be a "continuous renewable power source" during the day and at night.

April 07, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
a large solar farm as seen from a highway overpass

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Georgians Seeking Rooftop Solar Face Higher Bills As Georgia Power Program Maxes Out

It’s getting more urgent than ever to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to minimize the devastation of climate change, according to a landmark report last week. And solar panels are cheaper than ever. But for Georgia Power customers, it’s not quite that simple. Most still need to get some of their electricity from the utility, and a program that made that mix of power sources affordable has just filled up.

August 20, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
Electrical workers check solar panels at a photovoltaic power station built in a fishpond in Haian in China's eastern Jiangsu province.

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  • Environment

Computer Models Of Civilization Offer Routes To Ending Global Warming

Scientists who warned of heat waves and rising seas this week also say that it's possible to avoid the worst effects of the warming climate. They're relying on computer models of the world economy.

August 14, 2021
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  • Dan Charles
House with solar panels

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Solar Industry Reps Urge Georgia PSC To Expand Popular Rooftop Solar Program

A program that has made rooftop solar more affordable for homeowners in Georgia will soon hit a cap, which has solar industry representatives urging state officials to expand capacity.

July 02, 2021
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  • Jill Nolin
Julie Bishop raises the Katahdin breed of sheep, which have hair rather than wool.

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  • Science

How To Have Your Solar Farm And Keep Your Regular Farm, Too

Large-scale solar farms are running into opposition from people who want to save farmland. Now solar companies are trying to combine solar and farming.

October 09, 2020
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  • Dan Charles
A south Bibb County home sits dismantled at the corner of Kearnes and McArrell drives where Georgia Power will begin building a 650-acre solar farm in 2020.

Time To Move For Neighbors As Robins AFB Goes Big On Solar

Robins Air Force Base in south Macon is about to go in for solar power in a big way. That means many people have had to sell their homes and move to...

December 23, 2019
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  • Liz Fabian Center for Collaborative Journalism
Barbara C. lives in Washington, Georgia. Her utility bills sometime eat up half of her income.

High Energy Burdens Keep Low Income Georgians From Benefits Of Solar Power

Barbara C. lives in a modest, one-story, three-bedroom home in Washington, Georgia. She’s 73 years old and has lived there since 1977 when she had the...

July 17, 2019
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  • Ross Terrell

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On Second Thought For Friday, July 12, 2019

Alice Walker, the author of the The Color Purple , turns 75 this Saturday. The Georgia Writers Museum, a nonprofit organization and exhibit space that...

July 12, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • La'Raven Taylor ,
  • and 5 more

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It's Always Sunny in Georgia: Creative Solar Solutions in the State

Cooperative solar allows customers who couldn’t normally participate, those with shady yards or rental properties, to take advantage of solar. Walton...

July 12, 2019
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  • Jake Troyer and
  • Virginia Prescott
L-R Homeowner Eric Byas and Chaia Lews with Creative Solar talk to one of Byas' neighbors about residential solar power.

Does Residential Solar Pay Off?

When the Public Service Commission wraps up its once-every-three-year energy plan later this month, it expects to announce a massive increase in solar...

July 10, 2019
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  • Josephine Bennett
Solar panels on a rooftop in Decatur, Georgia.

Report: Cost Of Solar Energy Drops

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, it is unclear what effect his administration might have on renewable energy. Trump has raised...

January 03, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

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