Thursday, June 20, 2013
As more and more solar is installed and some countries, like Germany, are seeing consumers get an increasing amount of their electricity from intermittent sources, grid storage and batteries are sure to be hot topics at this year’s Intersolar Europe in...
The Italians must love the sun! The Italian solar market has been busy. It already has 17 gigawatts of PV installed, making it perhaps the second nation behind Germany (32 gigawatts) in terms of installed solar. But the Conto Energia V feed-in tariff—capped...
Germany’s Conergy, a vertically integrated PV manufacturer and developer, is now installing PV systems in Spain that are producing electricity at grid-competitive rates without subsidies. The company said it’s now hit the 1 megawatt mark of such projects....
Two years after the tsunami and subsequent Fukishima nuclear disaster Japan is still recovering. Now, as part of the recovery efforts, Habitat for Humanity Japan is installing its first solar array on a home there. It’s also the first non-profit there...
Japan could replace more than a quarter of the base-load power it used to get from nuclear plants with existing rooftop solar, according to a report from University of Texas researchers. Because solar panels only produce electricity when the sun is shining,...
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 and engines in this educational event. NREL hosts the events across...
Two pieces of legislation that would expand the amount of solar in the land of 10,000 lakes are moving forward. The Omnibus Energy Bills are working their way through the House and Senate simultaneously and are likely to see a vote before the end of the...
The Tennessee Valley Authority, which provides electricity in seven states, recently announced that it approved more than 250 small renewable energy projects across its service area—all for 2013, and the vast majority of them are solar projects. In all...
A piece of legislation introduced in the Senate last week could make financing solar energy projects as affordable as funding oil, natural gas and coal operations. U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)...
Skyline Innovations will build and finance the installation for solar hot water heating systems across 11 AMCAL multifamily properties in California. The project will give 2,100 families access to hot water at 30 percent lower costs. While there are plenty...
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