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Germany Energy Storage Incentive Could Push PV Market Further

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...

Italy fulfills original FiT scheme

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)...

Conergy Installing Solar at Cost of Conventional Electricity in Spain

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....

Habitat for Humanity Starts First Solar Project for Japan Tsunami Recovery

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...

Rooftop solar could replace nuclear with pumped hydro storage in Japan

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....

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...

Solar bills continue to make progress in Minnesota

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...

Tennessee Valley Authority signs off on 17.5 MWs of small renewable projects

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...

Bill could give renewables same trade and tax advantages as fossil fuels

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...

Skyline Innovations bringing solar hot water to 2,100 residents in California

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...

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