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US, EU Working With China Over Solar PV Trade Disputes

Last year the U.S. Department of Commerce imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese silicon photovoltaic imports. In reaction, China threatened to impose anti-dumping...

Rising Energy Dependency Endangers Europe’s Economy

The issue of energy may have been overshadowed by that of tax at yesterday’s EU summit of Heads of State in Brussels, but its growing importance and impact on Europe’s economy is one...

GM's Commitment to Solar Going Strong

With the amount of energy required to produce a vehicle, it makes sense that automobile manufacturers are exploring solar power to help cut costs and position themselves as environmentally-conscious...

Martha’s Vineyard, Cape Cod Going Solar Thanks to $120M in Financing

Rockland Capital has raised $120 million in financing to support solar installations in nine towns along Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The financing will allow Broadway...

Streamlined Permitting Can Significantly Reduce Costs, Time for Installing Residential Solar

A recent report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) looks at how the permitting process can impact the costs and time it takes to install solar. The report, “The Impact...

Re-Igniting America's Solar Impulse

First came the Wright Brothers. Then it was Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis. In 1990, Eric Raymond made aviation history to much less fanfare with...

The Importance of Understanding our Renewable Energy Worldview: Why Fossil Fuels are our Friends

Disclaimer: This piece does not reflect all individual worldviews but does attempt to unpack what is believed to be a predominant worldview within the Renewable Energy sector.    "Energy...

Rumors of US-China Trade Settlement Talks Fuel Solar Stocks

If short-term traders really have hijacked the sector, which seems probable, it would mark a relatively big setback for stocks that were once popular among aggressive longer-term investors...

NREL hosts solar car competition in Colorado—It’s like the Pinewood Derby but cooler!

Basically it’s like the Pinewood Derby in the Cub Scouts, but infinitely cooler, since the kids on the teams get to design and build their own vehicles with solar panels or batteries...

EVs: Geely Revs Up, BYD Enters Hong Kong

Let’s start with a look at the latest news from Geely, which has announced that Liu Jinliang has left his older role as head of the company’s car sales to focus exclusively on developing...

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