Having achieved a “historic” year in terms of photovoltaic installations in 2011, the U.S. solar market is estimated to be worth over US$8.4 billion. Declining system prices and improved financing options were […]
Norway’s green battery vs. hydrogen storage
According to the industry experts present at the first “Energy Storage” conference, held this week in Düsseldorf, Germany, either technology could win the race to enable Germany’s renewable energy future. “It is […]
SCIEnergy Buys Transcend Equity: Watch Out, Serious Energy
Looks like the competition in bundling building energy efficiency technology and financing in a single platform is heating up. SCIEnergy, a startup with a combo software and energy services approach to building […]
ESA Renewables debuts production guarantee program under O&M division
ESA Renewables is taking solar guarantees one step further with the launch of their Solar Power Production Guarantee program, which promises specific monthly energy production for solar energy systems under an ESA […]
Efficiency Standards To Save Americans More Than $1 Trillion By 2035
Sadly, America’s wildly successful energy efficiency standards have fallen victim to politics in recent years. Despite being used over the decades as a way to encourage innovation, increase customer choice, and reduce […]
What Will This Year’s Geothermal Industry Report Reveal?
For those who are counting, it’s March already, and Americans are struggling to make sense of the mood swings surrounding both the weather and the Republican primaries. The GEA’s U.S. Geothermal Power […]
Renewable Electricity Standards Have No Statistically Significant Impact on Rates
There’s a thriving cottage industry devoted to debunking Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Institute. Last October, Bryce said be believed a still-unproven experiment with neutrinos called our entire scientific understanding of global […]
Re-mapping Solar Grid Parity with incentives
Within a decade, 100 million Americans could get cheaper electricity from rooftop solar – without subsidies – than is provided by their utility. This finding from our new report – Rooftop Revolution: […]
German Solar Market Remains Attractive for Residential Investments
Despite the German government’s plan to reduce incentives for new solar installations, some market segments in the country will remain attractive for photovoltaics (PV) in 2012, with the return on investment (ROI) […]
Keeping the Lights on in California Amidst 33% Renewables and Environmental Rulings
California’s 2020 goal of generating a third of its power from renewables will be more complicated than just building enough solar power plants, utility-scale wind projects, and geothermal facilities. Renewable energy, much […]
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