Category: Solar
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Latin America Report: U.S. Solar Company Looks to Mexico and Beyond
Latin America is revered for its solar resource. Concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) is seen as a promising technology because of its ability to further harness that solar power. Now, an American-based CPV company is working to bring large-scale develop…
Federal Tax Credits May Handcuff Clean Energy Development
Clean energy advocates should cast aside their worries about increasing Republican scrutiny of energy subsidies. The clean energy industry’s foolish reliance on tax incentives has already handcuffed its expansion.
Unlike the leading nat…
Federal Tax Credits May Handcuff Clean Energy Development
Clean energy advocates should cast aside their worries about increasing Republican scrutiny of energy subsidies. The clean energy industry’s foolish reliance on tax incentives has already handcuffed its expansion.
Unlike the leading nat…
German Solar Output Increases by 60% in 2011
Just weeks after the solar industry installed the one millionth system in Germany, the country’s solar trade association announced that the technology accounted for three percent of total energy generation in 2011 — increasing 60 percent over 2010 t…
Renewable Energy Recap: Argentina
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
Renewable Energy Recap: Israel
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
Asia Report: Wind Tower Trade Case Sparks New Questions
In the solar industry’s trade dispute, alliances have been formed and the conversation has become heated. In the wind industry, we’re just getting started.
Renewable Energy Recap: Brazil
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
Solar Sales up 66% | Solar Profits up 85% | Rich Hessler Solar Business Development Customers
Rich Hessler Solar Business Development Customers report Q2 2011 results.
Top 10 Most-read News Stories of 2011
2011 has been a year of highs and lows for the renewable industry, marked with trade disputes, record installations, bankruptcies, and technological innovations. To review the interesting year in this ever-evolving industry, here are the top 10 most-r…
Renewable Energy Recap: Spain
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
Renewable Energy Recap: Tunisia
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
New Financing Mechanism: Solar-backed Securities
The idea of creating solar-backed securities has generated strong interest among U.S. project developers who want to access more capital to grow their business. The idea also is sprouting up in India, which is only at the beginning of building a marke…
Renewable Energy Recap: United States
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
Tiny Solar Cell Could Make a Big Difference
How small can a solar cell be and still be a powerhouse? How about six hundred microns wide — about the diameter of a dot made by a ballpoint pen? The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently validated greater than 4…
Renewable Energy Recap: China
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
Renewable Energy Recap: India
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
Unlikely Coalition Joins Forces to Recommend Changes to Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff Program
Renewable energy advocates and a solar industry trade group filed a joint submission as part of the province of Ontario’s scheduled two-year review of its groundbreaking feed-in tariff (FIT) program.
India’s Tata Power to Divorce BP Solar
BP Solar is suffering a slow death that is hard to watch and reflects the cutthroat competition that marks an industry that used to be a lot more Pollyanna. The company is closing down and on Tuesday its joint venture partner, Tata Power, said it will…