Kristine Wong
Kristine Wong is a multimedia journalist who reports on energy, the environment, sustainable business, and food. Her work has been featured in The Guardian (UK / US), The Huffington Post, GreenBiz, and other publications. Before becoming a journalist, she worked in community-based environmental and public health organizations for more than 10 years as a researcher and community organizer. She has degrees in natural resources and journalism from U.C. Berkeley and a master’s degree in public health from the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter
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Kristine's articles
A DOE-funded startup wants to help homeowners learn how much they’ll save from home solar by offering the chance to test drive solar panels before they buy.
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The UC Berkeley-based startup wants to ‘eliminate the wall in Wall Street’ and make solar financing a place where customers know – and like – their lenders.
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The utility Grand Valley Power is working with Grid Alternatives on the first community solar farm to help low-income families save money on their electric bills.
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A brief pilot program run by PG&E; in California using Bidgely’s home energy monitoring tools found surprising ways in which customers cut their energy use.
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It may seem impossible to bring protected historic homes into the solar age, but by following existing guidelines and taking some precautions, creating historic solar homes is possible.
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Historic homes aren’t usually the best candidates for a 21st century makeover. Yet outfitting it with solar is one update that’s been able to happen—and preserve its official designation. ...
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The latest region to have embraced the Solarize model, Solarize South Carolina aims to triple home solar around Charleston in the next 18 months.
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In a groundbreaking program, the nonprofit solar installer will pay for a solar lease so it can access incentives and spread solar to more low-income areas.
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What makes North Carolina a solar superstar, while its southern neighbor has only just plugged in to the solar boom? The answers are obvious and surprising.
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The Texas utility has grown the San Antonio solar industry by committing to grow solar that's locally made — and has added 2,600 jobs to the economy at the same time.
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