Knoxville, Tennessee Solar America Cities Project

In 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy selected Knoxville become a Solar America Cities partner and help accelerate the adoption of solar energy technologies. Through this partnership, the City of Knoxville created the Solar Knoxville Program to help promote solar technologies by removing market barriers through a comprehensive, city-wide approach.

Solar Knoxville is:

  • Educating Citizens
  • Strengthening Demand and Supply for Solar
  • Increasing the visibility of solar
  • Inspiring lasting change throughout our community.

This website is just one of the ways we hope to achieve a larger, stronger, and more visible solar industry in Knoxville. It is designed to be a “one stop shop” for citizens, business owners, and students wishing to learn more about solar energy and how it can be used in our community.

How To Go Solar

How to Go Solar

Solar energy is a clean source of energy that is inexhaustible, abundant and powerful! Here are a few reasons why millions of people all over America and the world are integrating solar into their electricity and heating systems.

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Solar Technology 101

Solar Technology 101

Solar technologies use the sun’s energy to provide heat, light, hot water, electricity, and even cooling, for homes, businesses, and industry. Solar energy is a very powerful source of energy because more energy from the sun falls on the earth in one hour than is used by everyone in the world in one year.

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Featured Events

Knoxville Green Building Incentive Program

Remember to turn in your Green Building Incentive Applications soon to take advantage of the offered rebates.  Approved projects are eligible for rebates on energy star appliances and solar installations. This program will be closing in late spring/early summer 2012.  Applications need to be accepted by CAC Housing and Energy Services by April 1, 2012 […]

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Latest Solar News

Latest Solar News

Do cheap imported panels help or hurt the solar industry in the United States?

Controversy over imported solar panels, particularly from China, has been growing.  This article appeared on NPR this morning.  Some say cheap, imported panels increase the number of systems installed in the United States.  Others say they reduce the number of American panel manufacturers.  What do you think? Check out the article and start a discussion

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Tennessee Solar Institute receives Rooftop Solar Challenge Grant

The Tennessee Solar Institute (TSI) was selected as one of 22 regional teams to receive funds from the Department of Energy to improve the efficiency and reduce costs to the process of installing solar on homes and businesses.  TSIwill receive $622,960 and will partner with local building officials to implement model permitting, interconnection, and net metering standards.

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TVA Renewable Energy Program Update

TVA is planning to restructure their Renewable Energy Program. One of the approved changes is the transformation of the Generation Partners Pilot Program into the permanent status Green Power Providers.  The new program will offer an extended customer contract length of twenty years–ten years longer than the current contract length.  However, in year eleven of

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