A Kansas City area couple are the first in the state to take advantage of the new KCP&L solar rebates and federal financial incentives. The Energy Savings Store employees Ryan Gardner and Susan Brown were pleased to be a part of this exciting solar installation.
Solar became the solution for Ray and Kathy Baisch after seeing their electric rates [...]
We were more than a little pleased when Proposition C – the Clean Energy Initiative – passed last year. The Energy Savings Store and Susan Brown had been actively working to get this legislation passed for years. It is such good news for all of us!
We are going to see the first ever utility rebates for [...]
Solar Rebates Coming to Missouri in 2010
The slow and tedious process of working out the details on how to implement Proposition C continues. Prop C, passed by Missouri voters 2 to 1 last fall, mandates that investor owned utilities (IOUs) increase the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources to 15% by 2021, 2% of [...]
Solar industry leaders from across the state met in Columbia last Thursday to form an industry trade association, MOSEIA (Missouri Solar Energy Industry Association). MOSEIA aims to accelerate the solar industry in the state of Missouri.
The group’s formation is in large part a response to the passage of Proposition C, the Clean Energy Initiative, which [...]
While many people love the idea of using clean, renewable energy from the sun and wind, they find the investment significant enough to think twice about the purchase. The installed cost of a mid-sized wind turbine or solar photovoltaic (PV) system is about $20,000, and does not provide the same visibility or utility as a [...]
Changes have begun to take form in new legislation supporting renewable energy. A number of new provisions for solar and wind energy have been included in the economic recovery bill, signed into law by President Obama on February 17.
DOE Renewable Energy Grants: Given the economic downturn, many traditional solar project financiers were left without the [...]