Small but growing number of residents selling solar and wind energy back to utilities (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)

A miniscule but growing number of Consumers Energy customers are installing wind and solar applications at their homes to reduce their energy usage as well as their monthly bills.In some cases, the customers produce more electricity than they need for…

Germany to cut subsidies for solar energy (Deutsche Welle)

A law proposed by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government would greatly reduce subsidies for solar energy production, and in some cases eliminate them all together.

Sunshine to spare; And our solar energy use reflects that (The Bulletin)

With more sun than Florida — even if it might not seem like it this week — Central Oregon is a prime spot for solar power.And hundreds of residents and businesses have taken advantage of that, installing solar panels to turn the sun’s energy into electricity — in some cases more frequently than elsewhere in the state.