As my colleague Mike Mendelsohn has noted in several analyses, the relatively constrained tax equity market may limit the amount of investment flowing to renewable energy projects. [1] [2] To help bolster […]
Germany Maps Out Financing Plan for Renewable Energies
And the federal KfW bank group has introduced a new plan to further accelerate this shift to renewables, with increases in multimillion euro business loans now available. As more renewable energy is […]
Gas Boom Goes Bust
The current boom in drilling for ‘unconventional’ gas has helped raise US production to levels not seen since the early 1970′s. This has been an incredible boon to consumers and has kept […]
Don’t Count Out Solar Water Heating, It’s a $123 Billion Dollar Market
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 […]
Stat of the Day: Wind’s Levelized Cost Now at an All-Time Low
Today’s stat of the day: A levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) evaluation by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) researchers reveals that wind is now at $33 to $65 per megawatt-hour and falling. […]
Germany Invests in Hydrogen Technology for Renewable Storage, Vehicles
he tanks look like they could hold propane, gasoline or any other form of conventional energy. But the storage tanks in Prenzlau, some 70 miles north of Berlin, hold energy produced from […]
Sandia tool determines value of solar photovoltaic power systems
Consistent appraisals of homes and businesses outfitted with photovoltaic (PV) installations are a real challenge for the nation’s real estate industry, but a new tool developed by Sandia National Laboratories and Solar […]
Tough Times for U.S. EV Battery Makers
The U.S. government’s effort to create an electric-vehicle battery industry suffered a setback last week when one of the companies it funded as part of this effort saw its parent company file […]
India’s panel price crash could spark solar revolution – New Scientist
SOLAR power has always had a reputation for being expensive, but not for much longer. In India, electricity from solar is now cheaper than that from diesel generators. The news – which […]
India Leads World In Green Power Growth For 2011
India’s remarkable growth in solar power, which TreeHugger has been following for some time, has gained the nation another superlative: According to new analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, India led the […]
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