China’s leaders are finding it a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped. In 2009, they announced bold plans to cash in on demand for clean vehicles […]
Arizona’s Solar Market Could be Incentive-Free Next Year and Still Thrive
Arizona finished 2011 with 273 megawatts of installed solar capacity, third best in the U.S., driven by an ambitious renewable energy standard (RES). “The numbers speak for themselves,” said Lon Huber, Southwest […]
US Grid Has $107B in Investment “Gaps” by 2020
The American Society of Civil Engineers finds that failing to spend on grid upgrades will end up costing U.S. homes and businesses nearly $200 billion by 2020. Here’s another grim reminder that […]
Solar Banking, Part 2: Five Key Considerations in Large-Scale Solar Financing
Bank money remains available for utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects, bank officers from CITI and Deutsche Bank agree, but not all the banks that participated in […]
Utility execs expect grid parity for renewables by 2030 – survey
Renewable energy generation will not need subsidies by 2030, but the sector still faces a host of challenges to its growth over the next decade, according to a global survey of power […]
Climate Goals Require $5 Trillion Investment by 2020
Five trillion dollars of investment is needed worldwide by 2020 in renewable power, energy efficiency and cleaner transportation to contain rising global temperatures, the International Energy Agency said. After fuel savings of […]
German Solar PV Demand Still Surprisingly Strong
Despite Germany’s plan to significantly cut solar subsidies, demand is robust for the world leader in solar installations. German solar photovoltaic installations more than tripled to almost 1,800 megawatts in the first […]
GE, Arista to Build Wind, Solar Battery Backup Systems
General Electric’s Durathon batteries may be the fruit of a $100 million research effort out of GE’s transportation division. But it looks like the device’s first big applications are going to be […]
Solar Banking, Part 1: Smart Financial Engineering Funds the Big Solar Projects
Money is available for utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) projects, bank officers from CITI and Deutsche Bank said, but it is vital to know how to leverage every […]
Feed-In Tariff Sets Up Japanese Solar For Growth
Like many other countries upping their renewable energy game, Japan is pulling out all the stops to encourage new growth from solar and wind power. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has […]
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