If you’re solar obsessed, beyond our own solar power stories from the past week or so, you may also want to check out some of these pieces:
Germany
- Altmaier Paper on Renewable (1): No Need for Cost Reduction
- Altmaier Paper on Renewable (2): Irresponsible Undermining of Trust in Germany
- Altmaier Paper on Renewable (3): Reducing Payments for New Installations
- Altmaier Paper on Renewable (4): Getting Self Consumed Electricity into the Feed-in Tariff System
- Altmaier Paper on Renewable (5): Surcharge Reductions for Industry
- Discussing Peter Altmaier’s Recent Proposals on Renewable Energy Reform
- Altmaier Proposes Freezing Renewables Surcharge at Current Level
- We Don’t Need Speed Limits for Rockets
- Solar at 11 Euro Cents in Germany
- 2013 Record Year for PV in Germany
Other European Countries
- Review of Polish Feed-in Tariff Bill
- Figures for PV in Flanders and RE in France for 2012
- UK Solar Centre of Excellence Launched
- UK: Solar Installers & Developers Sue Government for £140m
US
- Solar 3D Successfully Fabricates Prototype
- Signs of the California Solar Initiative’s Coming End; If CSI Is Done, Did It Do What the Governator Wanted It To Do?
- New State Study Demonstrates Net Metering Benefit
- One in 20 Harvard Residents Now Generating Solar Power
- Borrego Solar on SREC Funding and Tips for Talking With Banks; Borrego Solar’s CFO Explains SRECs and The Many Ways of Financing Solar
- IKEA Plugs-in South Florida’s Largest Solar Energy System to Become State’s Largest Non-Utility Solar Owner
- Berkeley Report Shows Long-Term Savings From Residential Solar
- Solar for Affordable Development
Other News
- IRENA & Fraunhofer ISE Sign MOU to Increase Renewable Energy Deployment
- Solar Market Research Reports from Pike Research: Solar Demand Outlook North America & Solar Demand Outlook MENA & Solar Demand Outlook Europe & Solar Demand Outlook Asia Pacific & Solar Demand Outlook South America
- Jan ’13 REC Trading: Solar REC Market Continues to Strengthen, Demand Grows 20 Times
- Tier 1 Polysilicon Producers Rationalize Supply to Photovoltaic Industry, According to NPD Solarbuzz
- Nordic Fiberglass Announces Its Debut into the Solar Industry
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