Tuesday, May 21, 2013
We can use simple, effective, and proven policies that have been used to supercharge the New England solar PV industry to incentivize renewable thermal technologies and eliminate oil use for single family homes. Here's the best part, the policies will...
Most states have established a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), which is a legislative requirement for utilities operating in the state to obtain a certain amount of the electricity they sell from eligible renewable sources. For example, utilities...
In 2009, the Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians (BSEE) took an unprecendented step and required that all solar PV installation work performed in Massachusetts could only be performed by licensed electricians. Recently this ruling...
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has made data on the number of projects funded through the Commonwealth solar grant available to the public. You can find the information on MA CEC's website or download it here in excel format. The data is very detailed...
According to a new SEPA report titled “Heating Up: The Impact of Third Party Business Models on the US Market for Solar Water and Space Heating,” Sixteen percent of the 110 million U.S. households are suitable for solar thermal systems, also referred...
The New England solar market is extremely strong. But even with these strong existing players, there is still room for more competition and new players enter every day. With that said, there are number of opportunities and risks that have the ability...
Now that hard installation costs are dropping rapidly in the solar PV industry, everyone's looking at how to decrease soft costs as a means to increase profitability. Across the board support for decreasing solar soft costs is the result of how well...
The solar thermal market has been showing steady growth, but I predict the U.S. industry is on the path for record growth on par with the solar photovolatic industry. Let me explain why. Based on the solar markets trends report, the solar thermal market...
In the past month, I've had many conversations with large solar installers, manufacturers, consultants and developers about how rapidly and in which direction the solar photovoltaic industry is shifting in the U.S. market. There is one thing I've noticed...
The Solar Renewable Energy Credits Versus Feed in Tariffs Debate One of the most critical elements to solar financing is how the system is generating revenue. This happens in two parts: First, power generated from the system is sold by the terms of the...
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