CleanTechnica » China Solar http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Australia Falls Out Of The Top 15 Utility-Scale Solar Countries http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:30:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74447 RenewEconomy. Sophie Vorrath. The global utility-scale solar market has clocked its fifth consecutive year of record growth, with newly released data showing total capacity has now reached 30.3GW, up from 21.5GW at the start of 2014. Figures released on Tuesday, along with the chart below, show that at the end of September the US was

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/feed/ 8 JinkoSolar Power Develops Another 200MW Plant in China http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/jinkosolar-power-develops-another-200mw-plant-china/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/jinkosolar-power-develops-another-200mw-plant-china/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:04:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73778 JinkoSolar Power, a subsidiary of Jinko Solar, has partnered with the government of Shicheng County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China to develop a 200MW PV power plant. The aggregate investment amount required for the project is approximately $261 million (RMB1.6 billion). Zhuokeng and Fengshan villages host the new plant. In scope and cost, it compares

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/jinkosolar-power-develops-another-200mw-plant-china/feed/ 2 Top Solar Charts From Huge IEA Solar PV Report http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/17/top-solar-charts-iea-solar-pv-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/17/top-solar-charts-iea-solar-pv-report/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:00:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73541 The newest edition of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme report was recently released by the IEA — detailing a huge quantity of different aspects of the global solar PV market as well as country- and region-specific solar PV markets. This 19th edition of the report provides a number of highly interesting/useful graphs, some of which are posted below. Providing

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/17/top-solar-charts-iea-solar-pv-report/feed/ 2 Following China’s Lead To Rely On Homegrown Renewable Industry http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/15/following-chinas-lead-rely-homegrown-renewable-industry/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/15/following-chinas-lead-rely-homegrown-renewable-industry/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:34:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71993 “With the failure of international agreements to fight climate change, the way is open to viewing the role of renewables as more than agents for reducing carbon emissions.” So writes John Mathews, a professor of strategic management at Macquarie University, and Hao Tan, a senior lecturer with Newcastle Business School, in a piece timed to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/15/following-chinas-lead-rely-homegrown-renewable-industry/feed/ 3 Can REthinking Power Generation Create A Renewable Energy Future? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/can-rethinking-power-generation-create-renewable-energy-future/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/can-rethinking-power-generation-create-renewable-energy-future/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:59:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71824 Plummeting renewable energy prices mean we still have time to prevent dangerous climate change, but it's crunch time for action, according to a new report

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/can-rethinking-power-generation-create-renewable-energy-future/feed/ 1 Chinese Solar Panel Production To Double, Big Corporations Going Solar… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:52:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71634 More solar news for you solar lovers: Chinese solar panel production is projected to double by 2017. (sustainablog) Apple, Verizon, Google, UPS, Walmart, Kohl’s, IKEA, GM… there are a lot of big corporations investing in solar now. Remember, corporations are primarily aimed at financial profits. Put 1 and 1 together. (Solar Love) Hawaii is aiming to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/feed/ 2 World’s Largest Private Bank Bullish About Solar, New Energiewende Site (Solar News…) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/largest-private-bank-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/largest-private-bank-solar/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:09:26 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71166 Here’s some more solar news from around the interwebs: World’s largest private bank: solar power, wind power, electric vehicles, and energy storage to take over. (Solar Love) The top solar states in the US per capita and other cool solar stats have been released by a new Environment America report. (Sustainnovate) A new Energiewende site

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/03/largest-private-bank-solar/feed/ 0 China Could Reach 100 GW Of PV Capacity By 2018 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/01/china-reach-100-gw-pv-capacity-2018/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/01/china-reach-100-gw-pv-capacity-2018/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:30:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71363 It was announced in the middle of August that the UK had surpassed 5 GW worth of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity, just the sixth country to have done so. However, Michael Barker, a senior analyst for NPD Solarbuzz, has written in a blog post that such a milestone will soon mean very little as countries

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/01/china-reach-100-gw-pv-capacity-2018/feed/ 20 Transparent Solar Cells, Solar Powering Bayern Munich… (Solar News Roundup) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/transparent-solar-cells-solar-bayern-munich-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/transparent-solar-cells-solar-bayern-munich-solar-news/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:17:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71302 Here’s some more solar energy news from around the interwebs: Michigan State University researchers have made some progress on transparent solar cells, a technology we’ve been covering for years but is yet to make it out of the lab. Michigan State’s transparent solar cells aren’t going to be commercialized anytime soon, but maybe they will

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/transparent-solar-cells-solar-bayern-munich-solar-news/feed/ 15 Solar System Installations Increasing Fast http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/04/solar-system-installations-increase-significantly/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/04/solar-system-installations-increase-significantly/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:00:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70179 Originally published on Worldwatch Institute. New analysis by the Worldwatch Institute examines global trends in the solar power sector Washington, D.C.—The year 2013 saw record-breaking growth for solar electricity generation as the photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) markets continued to grow. With over 39 gigawatts installed worldwide, the PV solar market represented one-third

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/04/solar-system-installations-increase-significantly/feed/ 2 Solar Energy News Buffet http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:00:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69875 As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and following the birth of a sweet little cleantech lover. Inevitably, “roundup articles” of important or interesting cleantech news we didn’t cover dropped off as a result. With a big backlog of stories I wanted to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/26/solar-energy-news-buffet/feed/ 5 Bloodhound Gang Tracks Source Of China Distributed Solar Fail http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/18/bloodhound-gang-tracks-source-china-distributed-solar-fail/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/18/bloodhound-gang-tracks-source-china-distributed-solar-fail/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:50:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69585 By Anders Hove. It started with a mystery: what happened to the huge amount of distributed solar China was supposed to deploy in 2014? We were a well-selected bunch of curious cleantech investigators: Alan Beebe and three of his colleagues from EY’s cleantech practice, a solar finance expert from a US solar company, Julian Schwabe

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/18/bloodhound-gang-tracks-source-china-distributed-solar-fail/feed/ 8 13.5 GW Of Solar PV Estimated For China This Year http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/29/13-5-gw-solar-pv-estimated-china-year/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/29/13-5-gw-solar-pv-estimated-china-year/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 09:30:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67424 IHS, a market research group, has updated its forecast for China and estimated that China will install about 13.5 GW of solar PV this year. Approximately 4 GW of that will be distributed PV, based on updated projections made after a poor first quarter in this sector. (For the sake of comparison, Japan still has

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/29/13-5-gw-solar-pv-estimated-china-year/feed/ 2 World Solar Power Capacity Increased 35% In 2013 (Charts) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/13/world-solar-power-capacity-increased-35-2013-charts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/13/world-solar-power-capacity-increased-35-2013-charts/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:50:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65306 With about 37,007 megawatts (MW) of solar PV power installed in 2013, world solar PV power capacity increased about 35% to 136,697 MW. Whereas Europe had dominated annual growth for years up until 2013 (10 years, to be precise), solar PV growth was much more evenly split last year, and China actually topped the tables.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/13/world-solar-power-capacity-increased-35-2013-charts/feed/ 37 SunPower Gets 70 MW CPV Deal In Inner Mongolia http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/sunpower-gets-70-mw-cpv-deal-inner-mongolia/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/sunpower-gets-70-mw-cpv-deal-inner-mongolia/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:50:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65091 Originally published on Solar Love. SunPower* has long been an efficiency leader in commercially available solar PV cells and modules. It also routinely ranks in the top 10 for global solar module sales. If the even-higher-efficiency concentrated solar PV market ever takes off, it seems SunPower will also be a leader there. It just landed

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/sunpower-gets-70-mw-cpv-deal-inner-mongolia/feed/ 2 China Is #1 In Renewable Energy Investment, US #2, Japan #3 (CHART) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/china-1-renewable-energy-investment-us-2-japan-3-chart/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/china-1-renewable-energy-investment-us-2-japan-3-chart/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:43:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64957 With record-breaking solar installations in the US, and solar actually coming in as the #2 source of new electricity capacity in 2013, you might think the US was the #1 market in the world for renewable energy investment. Of course, if you follow how much renewable energy China is installing… or if you just read

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/china-1-renewable-energy-investment-us-2-japan-3-chart/feed/ 24 2013: Renewable Energy’s Best of Times, Worst of Times http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/2013-renewable-energys-best-times-worst-times/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/2013-renewable-energys-best-times-worst-times/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2014 16:05:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64533 2013 was a classic good news-bad news year for renewable energy with surging solar, green building, and EVs counterbalanced by slowing wind and investment

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/27/2013-renewable-energys-best-times-worst-times/feed/ 2 China Confirms 14 GW Solar Target For 2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/14/china-14-gw-solar-target-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/14/china-14-gw-solar-target-2014/#comments Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:00:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62663 Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorath China has upgraded its target for national solar installations for 2014, raising it to 14GW from 10GW, the target that was previously set by the state energy regulator, in January. Deutsche Bank reports that China’s National Energy Administration published a statement on its website on Wednesday revealing the new

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/14/china-14-gw-solar-target-2014/feed/ 6 China Brings 2014 Solar PV Target Up To 14 GW http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/24/china-brings-2014-solar-pv-target-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/24/china-brings-2014-solar-pv-target-2014/#comments Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:32:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=61710 Originally published on RenewEconomy. China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has reportedly increased the 2014 target for new solar PV capacity installations to 14GW – up from its previous target of 12GW. The increase was noted by Deutsche Bank analysts, who said the target represents a near 50 per cent increase on the actual capacity installation

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/24/china-brings-2014-solar-pv-target-2014/feed/ 4 Shunfeng Aims For 10,000 MW Of Solar PV Projects By 2016 (That’s A Lot!) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/08/shunfeng-aims-10000-mw-solar-pv-projects-2016-thats-lot/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/08/shunfeng-aims-10000-mw-solar-pv-projects-2016-thats-lot/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:53:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=61088 It’s no secret — China is installing solar power faster than you can say “Bob’s your uncle.” The recently announced goal of one large Chinese solar developer is just another indication of that, but it’s certainly a big one. Shunfeng Photovoltaic says that it is now aiming to install 20,000 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity

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