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Dialogue: The Practicalities of Solar Energy

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When the Department of Energy designated Knoxville as a Solar City a decade ago, the number of solar installers was smaller, the public wasn’t as informed on the benefits of solar, and there were only two medium sized photovoltaic (PV) systems in the city. One was a 15-kilowatt system at Ijams Nature Center, and the other was an 8-kilowatt system at Mellow Mushroom near UT campus. How far have we come since then? And what are the options for homeowners looking to reduce their bills?

That's the starting point for our discussion on this month's Dialogue, with our guests Stephen Levy with the American Solar Energy Society, Harvey Abouleta with Solar Alliance, and Dr. Stephen Smith with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.