Renewable Energy Blog

Solar Industry Experiences Record-Breaking Growth It seems like clockwork at this point. With each new Solar Market Insight (SMI) report, the solar industry sees more historic growth and this new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association...

It’s Official: U.S. Formally Enters Paris Agreement To Combat Climate Change On Saturday, the U.S. and China, two of the world’s biggest polluters, formally joined the Paris Agreement during a ceremony in Hangzhou, China, ahead of the G-20 summit. President Barack...

Clean Energy Is Booming In Historically Conservative States The Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas just became the new home of thecountry’s largest rooftop solar installation, a sprawling 26,000-panel array smack dab in the middle of Sin City. The project is...

United States Has 10 GW Of Utility-Scale Solar PV Under Construction New figures from GTM Research have revealed that the United States currently has 10 GW of utility-scale solar PV projects currently under construction. The figures come courtesy of GTM...

Texas utility goes coal-free with solar focus Texas and New Mexico-based utility El Paso Electric (EPE) has eliminated coal generation from its portfolio to concentrate on utility-scale solar and a community solar programme. Just two years ago, the company said its...

The "2016 Top 500 Solar Contractors” list was released in the July, 2016 issue of Solar Power World.  Looking through the list brought to light just how lucky we are at HCS Renewable Energy.  Not only do we have a tremendous team of people with amazing talents that we...

Solar Energy Has Explosive Potential The rise in average global temperature over the past 50 years has occurred at a higher rate than ever before, and solar photovoltaic power (PV) appears poised to help tackle the issue. According to the International Renewable...

Solar Is the Fastest-Growing Energy, Says Top Fossil Fuel Major The world’s growing fleet of solar panels generated a third more electricity in 2015 than a year earlier, making power captured from the sun the world’s fastest growing source of energy, according to BP...

Texas on Track to Become the Fastest-Growing Utility-Scale Solar Market in the U.S. •Texas could become the fastest-growing utility-scale solar market in the United States, according to data compiled by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)....

Solar to account for 30% of all generation capacity investment until 2040 A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of energy not only points to solar as the technology that will have the most invested in it, but that costs will fall dramatically over...