Self-consumption and other new business models for PV “can reduce and ultimately suppress the reliance on dedicated financial support”, according to Marie Latour, senior national policy advisor at the European Photovoltaic Industry […]

The answer to harnessing cost-effective solar power may be just around the corner. A team of researchers from the University of Alberta developed a cost-effective solar cell made with spray-paint like synthetics, […]

The idea of “spacing” is a favorite topic of the oil and gas industry, which is agonizing over how closely it can place wells without having them cannibalize each other. via Fuel […]

Despite rising production and commodity prices, investing at North American oil fields has turned sluggish. via Fuel Fix http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/29/oil-producers-slow-spending-in-north-america/

[pagebreak:FSLR] Raffi Garabedian, the CTO of thin-film solar giant First Solar, spoke at an IEEE Silicon Valley solar event earlier this month in a talk entitled,"CdTe and c-Si Under One Roof." The […]

Electric cars are still a rich person’s indulgence. About 77% of new Leaf and Volt owners have household incomes over $100,000 per year. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/graph-day-drives-electric-cars-48340?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=graph-day-drives-electric-cars-48340

The cost of large scale solar projects has fallen by one third in the last five years and now compete with wind energy in US. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/big-solar-now-competing-with-wind-energy-on-costs-75962?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-solar-now-competing-with-wind-energy-on-costs-75962

In a detailed research report from Deutsche Bank, China’s PV demand, driven by the utility-scale market is growing significantly faster than previously expected. via News – PV-Tech http://www.pv-tech.org/news/china_could_install_15gw_in_2014_says_deutsche_bank_polysilicon_supply_cons?utm_source=pvtech-feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=news-rss-feed

The world’s need is for faster, more focused and more targetted research, scientists say, now that certainty of man-made climate change is established. By Katherine Bagley When a United Nations panel of […]

According to a recent study, there are 806 geothermal power projects in development around the world with a combined capacity of 23,313 megawatts, with the majority located in Asia, North America and […]