Monday, May 20, 2013
GE Energy Financial Services – the financial investment arm of the world's largest energy company – has revealed it has more than doubled its global solar power commitments in the last...
Large-scale solar seems to be just getting into its stride and already it's heading along at an eye-wateringly quick pace. Only a few short years ago record-breaking installations were...
The 350-MWh per day, 24-hour operations, solar power plant is now a reality. The first commercial plant to use molten salt storage in a central tower configuration with a heliostat...
Measuring a utility's newly installed solar power – including both photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies – provides an excellent snapshot of the industry...
In the world of renewables, particularly solar, grid parity is a term that is bandied about a lot. But what does it actually mean, and when is it going to happen?
Despite cuts to solar subsidies over the past few years, a new report from Lux Research finds that solar installations have continued to rise – driven primarily by increased demand...
Starting things off, Dr Shawn Qu – chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) since founding Canadian Solar in October 2001 – explains the company's approach to matching...
Analysis of cost data from more than 400 photovoltaic (PV) systems across Europe suggests that while system costs vary by geography due to local permitting mechanisms and siting regulations,...
The German government's June announcement that its scheduled reductions to the solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariff (FiT) would not be implemented in early July has provoked much...
A major market development of module optimisation technologies in recent years has brought down the cost of electronic technologies for providing real-time monitoring data at the module level. Some products also offer additional functionality such as...
