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Arithmetic trumps Ideology: Digging Into Conservative Misconceptions of Energy Costs
Sep 2nd
September 2, 2010 in Energy & Fuel
Here is an excellent guest post by an energy veteran and businessman on the costs of clean energy compared to old, dirty energy.
We’ve been writing on clean energy more and more these days. It is clearly one way to address global climate change, air pollution, and water pollution. And with another offshore oil production facility catching fire today, the sense of urgency to switch over from “dirty” to “clean” energy is growing.
In this guest post from Tom Rooney, President and CEO of SPG Solar in Novato, California we get a deeper look into the real costs of energy. Tom has More >
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Loading ...The Second Age of Solar – Driving Costs Down End to End to Get to Grid Parity | American Electric Technologies, Inc. AETI
Jul 19th
Posted on July 17, 2010
The Second Age of Solar – Driving Costs Down End to End to Get to Grid Parity
In this article, we shall explore some of the methods and techniques to drive down the costs of solar energy production & maintenance while increasing solar energy production efficiency over a much longer life. By achieving lower costs over life while increasing watts produced over life, solar project financiers and developers are rewarded with a greater return on solar power generation and its sale to the open market, perhaps without the need for incentives by 2016. That would result in solar power becoming the first of the renewable energies to More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Yingli Completes 400-MW Production Expansion
Jul 8th
Published: July 8, 2010
Baoding, China — Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited announced that its latest 400-megawatt (MW) capacity expansion has been completed and is producing panels.
“Given the higher cell efficiency of the Yingli Solar Panda Module, we expect to help our customers further reduce their balance-of-system cost.”– Liansheng Miao, Chairman and CEO, Yingli Green Energy
The new solar PV manufacturing lines include a 300-MW PANDA monocrystalline silicon based production capacity at the company’s Baoding headquarters, and a 100-MW multicrystalline silicon based production capacity in Haikou, Hainan Province.
“We expect these latest production lines to reach full capacity by the More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pike: Solar To Hit Grid Parity by 2013
Jul 2nd
Published: July 1, 2010
Colorado, United States — The solar energy market has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two years, driven by a new abundance of polysilicon, the effects of the worldwide financial crisis, and the plunging price of solar modules.
Between 2010 and 2013, Pike Research forecasts that solar demand will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24%.As a result of these factors, the solar industry has shifted from supply-constrained to demand-driven, and a few strong companies have been able to improve their revenues and market share based on a low cost per watt combined More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jigar Shah (Founder, Sun Edison): “The Solar Industry Controls Its Own Destiny”
Jun 30th
ERIC WESOFF: JUNE 30, 2010
Jigar Shah, solar visionary, speaks on a variety of controversial topics including energy storage, DC-to-DC chips, and trackers.
Jigar Shah, CEO of the Carbon War Room and Founder of Sun Edison, spoke at Camstar’sSummit on Solar Quality event today in Santa Clara, California. I managed to chat with him before he delivered his keynote.
He was adamant. “The solar industry controls its own destiny.” The industry thinks its “controlled by subsidies or the price of silicon,” but in his view, it’s held back more by timidity than by those external factors. Shah went on to claim, “We are going to be at 100,000 More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Future of Residential Solar Energy
Jun 14th
Posted on June 7, 2010
As I’ve watched the residential solar energy market for the past year I’ve often wondered where it is heading. Who will emerge as the dominant players? Will the panel manufacturers ultimately control the industry or will those on the leasing and finance side? How will rebates look in years to come? Will the federal and local governments continue to support residential solar energy?
I’m not enough of a clairvoyant to be able to predict who will dominate the market, but I will say that there is some pretty amazing progress being made. Here are my favorite advances which I More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Adam Capital (Clean Energy Asset Finance), Solar Solutions Close $500k Renewable Energy Loan Agreement
Apr 30th
April 29, 2010
Adam Capital offers collateralized loans between $250,000 and $3 million to commercial scale renewable energy developers of Solar, solar Thermal, Wind, Waste to Energy, and Biofules. SONOMA, Calif.,
Adam Capital Clean Energy Asset Finance, the leading collateral-based lender serving distributive commercial renewable energy developers, today announced the closing of a $500,000 loan with Arizona-based Solar Solutions. Solar Solutions plans to use the loan to install approximately 100 kW of residential solar systems in the Phoenix area.
“The agreement with Solar Solutions is a prime example of Adam Capital’s unique lending model of securing a renewable energy loan primarily by More > (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...SolarBridge gets $15 million venture investment (#Austin #PV #MicroInverter)
Apr 26th
SolarBridge gets $15 million venture investment
Austin-based SolarBridge Technologies has raised $15 million to build out operations for its first product launch.
Rho Ventures and Battery Ventures made the investment. SolarBridge has raised a total of $27 million.
SolarBridge develops technology to make solar panels more efficient. It is one of about two dozen companies that has received money from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund. The fund invested $1.5 million in the company in March.
Founded in 2004 using technology licensed from the University of Illinois, SolarBridge plans to launch its first product by the end of More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Horizon Energy Solutions Launches Solar Power “Sunbelt” (Canada)
Apr 17th
Ontario-based Horizon Energy Solutions, Inc. has recently announced the launch of its commercial solar power generating business, as well as strategic partnerships with several local governments and educational institutions. Dubbed “Ontario’s Solar Sunbelt,” the initiative aims to promote sustainable communities in Canada through the use of green energy. A well-reputed company in the field of power generation and utilities, Horizon is among the first commercial solar power providers in Ontario.
Horizon has disclosed that it is in talks with several industrial, commercial, and educational institutions around the region as it maps out its plans to install solar power facilities. Horizon likewise plans to offer residential More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...70% of PV industry jobs = design, installation & maintenance! (BP Solar Restructures)
Apr 17th
BP Solar Completes Year-long Restructuring San Francisco, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
BP Solar confirmed that it has completed it restructuring efforts that included stopping production at its facility in Maryland. Silicon casting, wafering, and cell manufacturing at the plant ended in late March. Approximately 320 positions will be eliminated out of 430 positions at the Frederick location. BP Solar also said that it will maintain its U.S. presence in sales and marketing, research and technology and project development.
The company recently completed the largest US rooftop solar installation at FedEx Ground’s Woodbridge, New Jersey facility, and 17 rooftop installations at Wal-Mart stores More > (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...
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