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  The price to install solar PV systems has declined dramatically over the last few decades. Although this trend has continued in recent years, availability of capital remains a major…
Quick! See how fast you can help those who want solar achieve their goals by encouraging an extension of this extremely popular incentive. Take a few seconds to ask your state's representatives to…
(Sun Light & Power's founder and President, Gary Gerber is traveling in Europe, where he learned about the power outages in California. He sent us this message from Croatia on Friday, October 11…
BERKELEY, CA, October 10, 2019 – Sun Light & Power, California's premiere solar solutions provider, announces a partnership with Baja Carports of Martinez, California, to provide three standard…
In a little more than a year, Swedish student Greta Thunberg has inspired a worldwide youth climate change movement. Their numbers continue to grow via a global network of young social media equipped…
The devastating Camp Fire that engulfed Paradise last year started on November 8 and was not contained until November 25. The fire's toxic plume blocked out the sun, inundated the Northern Central…
By Gary Gerber Last Thursday night I went up to the Chabot Space & Science Center in the Oakland hills to attend a memorial for Dr. Terry Galloway, avid amateur astronomer, inventor, survivor…
CALSSA’s Solar & Storage Worker Lobby Day and Info Fair was held on Aug 21, 2019 in Sacramento, where over 250 members of the solar industry met with over 100 legislators to discuss the future of…
Sun Light & Power staffer Nancy Summers interviewed Eric Nyman, solar warrior and one of SLP's Senior Project Developers on the topic of what to look for in quality solar panels for commercial…
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the "big three" California utilities continue to collude in an all-out effort to hijack the hard won jobs created by pioneering solar…
Natural gas (NG) has long been represented as a clean and safe "bridge fuel" capable of transitioning the generation of electricity away from coal, (and recently) toward renewables. In reality,…
BERKELEY, CA, July 31, 2019 – Sun Light & Power, California's premier solar solutions provider, announces the naming of a veteran solar executive, Koralie Hill, to fill the newly created position…
The Solar Power World Top Solar Contractors list includes Berkeley-based solar firm Berkeley, CA, July 23, 2019—With renewable energy expected to be the fastest growing source of U.S. electricity…
A mere 270 years of human population growth, deforestation, cattle farming, and fossil fuel use has elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels by 48%. This man-made disaster has increased the…
We recently had a chance to interview solar power veteran Eric Nyman, Senior Project Developer at Sun Light & Power, about the company's choices for solar panels for our customers. Here are his…

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