Spokane’s H.O.M.E Starts Here fund will help those displaced by wildfires

Over 60,000 people have been displaced, and over 600 structures destroyed, by the Old Trails Fire that’s torched Spokane’s urban areas. In order to assist the city’s residents as they have to put their lives back together, the city has elected to use its H.O.M.E Starts Here fund to assist those that have lost everything. […]

As Switzerland plans to expand its solar railway network the world watches

Last year the Swiss start-up Sun-Ways rolled out the world’s first solar railways as a three year pilot program to check on the feasibility of installing solar panels between active tracks. The first year of the program was such a success that it’s likely the program will become permanent and expand, according to EuroNews. There […]

OPINION: Olympia needs to exempt government buildings, properties from the expiration of net metering credits

Washington State’s net metering regulations require that the solar arrays for all buildings that have installed (or are installing) solar ensures that the arrays are designed for the exact electrical load the building uses over the course of a year. Electric utilities pay their customers with solar for excess power produced with a credit on […]