CleanTechnica » Deutsche Bank 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 Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:29:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76283 About two weeks back, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Since then, oil prices have plummeted to a record five-year low. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and OPEC’s most influential member could potentially support global oil prices by cutting

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/feed/ 39 To Be A Clean Energy Leader, Canada Needs To Get In The Game http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/clean-energy-leader-canada-needs-get-game/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/clean-energy-leader-canada-needs-get-game/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:53:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76054 While private financial institutions & businesses are investing to make Canada a clean energy leader - which citizens want - Ottawa drags it feet

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/clean-energy-leader-canada-needs-get-game/feed/ 39 China Coal Imports Fall By Half In November http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/12/china-coal-imports-fall-half-november/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/12/china-coal-imports-fall-half-november/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2014 18:30:39 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74888 Originally published on RenewEconomy. A cool summer and increased levels of hydro generation has resulted in a significant reduction in coal-generation in China over recent months, but the biggest impact has been on coal imports, which have fallen by half. New analysis from Deutsche Bank notes the precarious nature of the coal industry even in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/12/china-coal-imports-fall-half-november/feed/ 2 Solar Grid Parity In All 50 US States By 2016, Predicts Deutsche Bank http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/29/solar-grid-parity-us-states-2016-says-deutsche-bank/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/29/solar-grid-parity-us-states-2016-says-deutsche-bank/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:30:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74190 RenewEconomy. Rooftop solar PV will reach grid parity in 50 US states by 2016 – up from just 10 now – setting the scene for a dramatic increase in the uptake in household and commercial rooftop solar in the world’s biggest economy. That’s the prediction of Vishal Shah, the leading solar industry analyst at Deutsche Bank, who

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/29/solar-grid-parity-us-states-2016-says-deutsche-bank/feed/ 65 Minister Obuchi Quits, + Japan Feed-In Tariff & Energy Update (In Depth) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/minister-obuchi-quits-japan-feed-tariff-energy-update-depth/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/minister-obuchi-quits-japan-feed-tariff-energy-update-depth/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:55:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73508 March 2011—when the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated four reactors and endangered two others at Fukushima 1—forced a radical rethinking of Japan’s energy picture that continues today with a Japan feed-in tariff program. In the latest round, the utilities are pushing back against the feed-in tariffs and the fruitful development of solar power. To review,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/minister-obuchi-quits-japan-feed-tariff-energy-update-depth/feed/ 9 More Signs That Chinese Coal Use May Have The Brakes On http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/16/signs-chinese-coal-use-may-brakes/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/16/signs-chinese-coal-use-may-brakes/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:05:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73392 China, a major strategic investor in fossil fuels, has set itself a 2014 target of slashing imports of thermal coal, and it looks as if that plan is on track. Guest contributor Justin Guay reported here in August, with a deep analysis, why consumption of Chinese coal had decreased during the first part of 2014.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/16/signs-chinese-coal-use-may-brakes/feed/ 3 Cleantech News: Solar- & EV-Loving Tea Partier Podcast, Barcelona Solar, … http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/13/cleantech-news-solar-ev-loving-tea-partier-podcast/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/13/cleantech-news-solar-ev-loving-tea-partier-podcast/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:59:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=70414 Here’s another cleantech news roundup. I’m making it a short one since I’m *trying* to start doing these once a day again. Wish me luck! Cleantech News Pie (i.e. solar + EVs + other) I was interviewed for another podcast recently. The interesting thing about this one is that it is conducted by a libertarian,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/13/cleantech-news-solar-ev-loving-tea-partier-podcast/feed/ 0 Nearly $1 Billion Loan For Japanese Solar Projects http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/11/nearly-1-billion-loan-japanese-solar-projects/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/11/nearly-1-billion-loan-japanese-solar-projects/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:00:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69297 Investors from other parts of the world are putting money behind Japanese solar projects as the country tries to move beyond the legacy of Fukushima

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/11/nearly-1-billion-loan-japanese-solar-projects/feed/ 2 Solar Industry Battle — Australian Energy Utilities Pushing For End To Rooftop Solar Subsidies http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/solar-industry-battle-australian-energy-utilities-pushing-rooftop-solar-subsidies/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/solar-industry-battle-australian-energy-utilities-pushing-rooftop-solar-subsidies/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 23:00:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67235 Originally published on Renew Economy. Australia’s major energy utilities are now united in pushing for an end to rooftop solar subsidies – pitching the incumbent utilities into a major battle with the solar industry and consumer groups over the treatment of household solar. AGL Energy became the last of the major utilities to throw its

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/solar-industry-battle-australian-energy-utilities-pushing-rooftop-solar-subsidies/feed/ 5 Global Fossil Fuels Face A Loss Of $30 Trillion http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/01/global-fossil-fuels-face-loss-30-trillion/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/01/global-fossil-fuels-face-loss-30-trillion/#comments Thu, 01 May 2014 13:50:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66148 Originally published on RenewEconomy. The global fossil fuel industry faces a loss of $US28 trillion ($A30.2 trillion) in revenues over the next two decades, if the world takes action to address climate change, cleans up pollution and moves to decarbonise the global energy system. The assessment, made by leading European broking house Kepler Chevreux, underlines

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/01/global-fossil-fuels-face-loss-30-trillion/feed/ 13 A Travelogue Through A Changing World: Windfall, The Booming Business Of Global Warming http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/travelogue-changing-world-windfall-booming-business-global-warming/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/travelogue-changing-world-windfall-booming-business-global-warming/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:50:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64914 With this week’s release of the latest IPCC report, over 300 scientists, citing 12,000 scholarly reports, determined that no one on the planet will be untouched by the damaging effects of global warming in coming decades. In fact, climate change impacts and risks are already becoming apparent as the report catalogues the present and future risks to life

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/travelogue-changing-world-windfall-booming-business-global-warming/feed/ 7 First Solar Module Costs To Almost Halve (While Natural Gas Prices Increase) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/26/average-manufacturing-costs-solar-halve-gas-prices/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/26/average-manufacturing-costs-solar-halve-gas-prices/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:08:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64438 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Another of the world’s leading solar PV manufacturing giants has underlined the potential for yet more substantial falls in the manufacturing cost of solar modules, even as the cost of fossil fuels – and gas in particular – surges in the opposite direction. Beyond the near-term revenue forecasts that obsess market

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/26/average-manufacturing-costs-solar-halve-gas-prices/feed/ 26 Solar PV Market May Increase To 500 GW By 2018 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/21/solar-pv-market-may-increase-500-gw-2018/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/21/solar-pv-market-may-increase-500-gw-2018/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:49:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64220 Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. The global solar PV industry is headed into a five-year growth spurt that will put it on track for cumulative installed capacity of 500 gigawatts (GW) by 2018, according to the latest NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz report. The report, released on Thursday, predicts a huge 100GW of solar PV

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/21/solar-pv-market-may-increase-500-gw-2018/feed/ 19 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 Deutsche Bank Lifts Global Solar Forecasts http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/09/deutsche-bank-lifts-global-solar-forecasts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/09/deutsche-bank-lifts-global-solar-forecasts/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:10:35 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=61110 Originally published on RenewEconomy Leading investment house Deutsche Bank has dramatically lifted its demand forecasts for the global solar industry – predicting that 46 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV will be installed across the world in 2014, before jumping by another 25 per cent to 56GW in 2015. It notes that the world’s three biggest

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/09/deutsche-bank-lifts-global-solar-forecasts/feed/ 0 China Looking Towards Distributed Solar Over Utility-Scale http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/11/china-looking-towards-distributed-solar-utility-scale/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/11/china-looking-towards-distributed-solar-utility-scale/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:10:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60027 Originally published on RenewEconomy China is looking to switch the emphasis of its booming domestic solar market towards the “distributed” market – essentially rooftop and small, local, plants – rather than large, utility-scale solar farms. China – for several years the largest exporter of solar modules – is widely expected to emerge as the world’s

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/11/china-looking-towards-distributed-solar-utility-scale/feed/ 3 Nuclear Energy Verdict: Very Disappointing http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/nuclear-energy-verdict-disappointing/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/nuclear-energy-verdict-disappointing/#comments Sat, 09 Nov 2013 06:00:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58722 Originally published on Renew Economy. By Giles Parkinson. The story we published on Friday comparing the costs of new nuclear, now that they have been defined by contract signed by the UK Government for the construction of the $24 billion Hinkley C facility – with clean energy alternatives such as wind and solar, certainly generated a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/nuclear-energy-verdict-disappointing/feed/ 7 Deutsche Says Solar PV Market Could Reach 50 GW In 2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/26/deutsche-says-solar-pv-market-reach-50-gw-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/26/deutsche-says-solar-pv-market-reach-50-gw-2014/#comments Sat, 26 Oct 2013 13:10:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58246 Originally published on RenewEconomy The upgrades to the outlook for the solar PV market continue, with analysts at Deutsche Bank now suggesting that some module manufacturers expect the global market to rise as high as 50GW in 2014. It says solar companies are bullish on the fundamentals of the market and demand from Japan, China

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/26/deutsche-says-solar-pv-market-reach-50-gw-2014/feed/ 17 How The Solar PV Industry Became A Global Phenomenon http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/12/how-the-solar-pv-industry-became-a-global-phenomenon/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/12/how-the-solar-pv-industry-became-a-global-phenomenon/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:40:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56350 This article first published on RenewEconomy The recent slew of quarterly reports from the world’s major solar PV manufacturers have delivered some encouraging news: surplus capacity is being removed, manufacturing costs continue to fall, selling prices have stabilised and margins are improving. Some solar manufacturers may even post a profit later this year or in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/12/how-the-solar-pv-industry-became-a-global-phenomenon/feed/ 61 Deutsche Bank Predicting Huge Distributed Solar PV Uptake http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/05/deutsche-bank-predicting-huge-distributed-solar-pv-uptake/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/05/deutsche-bank-predicting-huge-distributed-solar-pv-uptake/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:40:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56052 Originally published on RenewEconomy. Energy analysts at Deutsche Bank are predicting a huge surge in the uptake of distributed solar PV in the United States, the world’s biggest economy and electricity market, saying solar PV installations could rise 7-fold in coming years and lift overall solar PV capacity to nearly 50GW by 2016. The expected

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