My provocative title represents the increasing awareness that we don’t need to believe in climate change to do the right thing when it comes to energy. Of course, climate change is a real threat to us and our environment. But there are many highly val…
Southwest Windpower Introduces Unique, Web-based Wind Energy Assessment Tool and Website Redesign
Southwest Windpower, the world’s leading manufacturer of personal wind generators, announced today it will launch a proprietary wind energy assessment tool, Sitelook, along with a redesign of its website, windenergy.com. The site will also feature a b…
Principal Solar’s "Unique Roll-up Strategy"
Last week, the announcement that Principal Solar, Inc. was now available for public trading landed in my inbox. It’s currently trading under the symbol PSWWD.PK but will transition to PSWW.PK on June 23rd. I went ahead and used the latter in our Sol…
New Online Roof Azimuth Tool provides "remote compass"
The new online Roof Azimuth Tool from Solmetric simplifies solar site assessment using aerial pictures and Google Maps™ to measure roof azimuth from any computer connected to the Internet. Users locate the roof by entering an address, and then deter…
US Integrators Challenge German Dominance
Thirteen of the top 30 system integrators last year were German and, although Germany’s dominance in newly added PV capacity is set to fall in coming years, it appears clear that German system integrators will still be highly prominent. They have beco…
SeaRoc appointed as CDM Coordinator on Mainstream Renewable Power’s 420MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm
Marine and engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, has recently been appointed as Construction Design and Management (CDM) coordinator for wind farm developer Mainstream Renewable Power on the Neart na Gaoithe offshore site. The d…