Community Solar Potential Growing

Community solar is growing across the United States.  It has potential to grow even more, including those who would not otherwise have access to clean, reliable solar energy.  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that community solar could theoretically serve all home customers who don’t have access to add their own behind-the-meter solar.  That is […]

What Motivates You to Explore Solar? Cutting utility bills.  Lowering operating costs.  Embracing environmental stewardship.  What is YOUR motivation for going solar?  Getting your fair share of the millions and millions of dollars available in energy grants and tax incentives?  This federal financial support for clean, renewable energy is another motivator for businesses looking to […]

Solar Alliance welcomes new Sales Director Tom Talmage III to lead the sales team of Solar Alliance Southeast, based in Knoxville, Tennessee.     “We see a growing demand for more and larger-scale commercial projects,” said Solar Alliance General Manager U.S. Jon Hamilton. “Bringing Tom on board brings a great deal of expertise and industry experience […]

Solar technician is one of several jobs that children can learn about via the JobPop series that runs on East Tennessee PBS.  It is explained by our General Manager, who manages crews of technicians and other solar photovoltaic professionals.  The series is aimed at  school-aged children in the 5-12 year range.  Professor Nick Geidner leads […]

How much electricity does your community need at the ready at any given time? Will it be enough when more vehicles are plugging into charging stations instead of filling up at gas stations? How will your workplace or home fare during the next extreme weather event in winter or summer? Will certain updates lessen the […]

Solar for Savings How are small businesses finding savings for their bottom line? Some are harvesting that savings via sunshine: adding the ability to produce their own solar energy.  The Rural Energy for America Program offers a generous way to support solar for rural, small businesses. Only a portion of those are farms. Many are […]

Knoxville Gathering Opportunities in Energy has once again brought business, research, government and thought leaders together to explore the future of energy for Tennessee. The November gathering in downtown Knoxville attracted entrepreneurs, university researchers and even a retired United States Senator.   A $10 million award was announced for an effort to help rural electric […]

Another way we want to keep you up-to-date about solar and energy topics is over at KnoxTNToday.com, where Anne Brock writes a weekly column for the online news source.   Here’s a quick look at topics she’s covered in 2023: My home’s energy checkup ‘Save Money, Save Energy’ Land use is latest hot solar topic […]

More Projects Solar Alliance is proud to design solar projects for a range of clients, supporting small business and communities!  Check out some of our latest smaller-scale projects here in our Case Studies.  They include solar atop a distillery warehouse and also an array that supplies part of the electricity for a community recreation center.  […]

When Summer Brings Extremes Summer’s sizzle presents extreme weather challenges to rival deep freezing winter punches to the nation’s power grid. Summer storms can add an extra challenge. What will it take to avoid a grid failure this summer?  Those from various corners of the energy sector are working to prevent it.  This includes government, […]