Kicking your utility to the curb sounds like a great deal, but it's more difficult than it sounds. Here's what it takes to go off the grid with solar panels. CNET contributor Eric Mack knows all too ...

Iluminar, Inc. (www.iluminarinc.com), a leader in infrared and white light illuminator manufacturing, announced today the launch of its new line of modular vertical solar poles. Manufactured in the ...

If you connect your panels to the grid, you won't be responsible for producing all your own energy. That's not the case if you go off the grid. Going solar doesn't mean going off the grid -- unless ...

Whether it's to help lower electricity costs or just a general desire to live unplugged from the rest of society, more and more people are choosing to go off-grid. While the concept of "off-grid" ...

Walk around any neighborhood and look up. Chances are you'll see a utility pole with wires and other equipment. And for good reason. Utility poles dot the landscape of every town around the state and ...

Two projects have been deployed by Canopy Power on private islands in Indonesia. The two 52.5 kW/77 kWh mini-grids were the only alternative to diesel generators due to the lack of a connection with ...

JCP&L is investing $1.6M to modernize the Monmouth County grid, improving reliability for 11,000 customers and reducing ...

Atlantic City Electric will begin testing a new way to power up the power grid: Solar panel systems installed on utility poles. The Mays Landing-based utility said five solar systems were being set up ...