Germany’s Energy Intensity Dropped More than 3% in 2011
March 14th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Despite claims that Germany would have to go all dirty energy on us after switching off nukes last year,
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Germany, China, and US Could Install Record Amount of Solar in 2012
March 13th, 2012 | by Joshua S Hill
A number of reports recently released have given a sneak peak into the amount of solar photovoltaic panels that
10 Huge German Solar Energy Myths Bjørn Lomborg is Trumpeting
March 2nd, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
No doubt, you’ve heard about Germany’s likely decision to quickly and severely cut its solar PV feed-in tariff policy, a
New Utility-Scale Solar PV Inverter Technology Could Help Stabilize the Grid (Germany Case Study)
February 21st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
New inverter technology for ‘utility-scale’ solar projects can reportedly help (big-time) in stabilizing the electric grid 24/7. “A new
The State of Solar Power in Europe
February 16th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
This is a top-notch guest post by James Hawkins of the UK on the state of solar power in
Clean-Energy-Loving Germany Increasingly Exporting Electricity to Nuclear-Heavy France
February 9th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Remember last year when Germany decided to speed up its phasing out of nuclear power and switch to clean
Solar PV Reducing Price of Electricity in Germany
February 9th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Oh, the solar power haters* are going to love this one---a recent study by Germany's Institute for Future Energy Systems (IZES), conducted on behalf of of the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar), has found that, on average, solar power has reduced the price of electricity 10% in Germany (on the EPEX exchange). It reduces prices up to 40% in the early afternoon, when electricity demand is peaking and electricity typically costs the most
Germany Installed a Record 7.5 GW of Solar Power in 2011
January 10th, 2012 | by Joshua S Hill
EDITOR UPDATE: Note this comment (pasted below from our comments section): December saw over 3 GW of added capacity,
Europe’s Largest Solar Power Park to Open This Year
November 9th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
QUICK NEWS: German solar PV firm Q-Cells has announced that one of its projects, which will be the largest solar
Why We Should Democratize the Electricity System (Part 1)
August 23rd, 2011 | by John Farrell
A serialized version of ILSR's new report, Democratizing the Electricity System, Part 1 of
Germany’s Solar PV Industry Now Employs More than US Steel Industry (Over 100,000)
June 10th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
There's a nice little statistic for you. Germany Trade & Invest (GT&I) recently reported that its latest figures show Germany’s solar photovoltaic (PV) industry employs over 100,000 ‘green’ workers now, more than the US steel industry
Germany: Talk of the Cleantech Town this Week
June 9th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Germany is all the talk lately. And for obvious reasons. It's already a world leader in clean energy and now its decided to close all of its nuclear power plants by 2022 (as I reported a little more than a month ago). This has instigated political controversy, wild claims, clean energy enthusiasm, and a number of new reports. It has also helped to light a fire under other countries slower to react on the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan and slower to implement progressive clean energy policies to tackle catastrophic global climate change. A number of stories focused on Germany have popped up this week that I thought I'd give a little extra attention to
Google Invests $5M in German Solar Power Plant
April 11th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Google recently ventured outside the U.S. to put €3.5 million (~$5 million) into a 18.7-MW German solar power plant near Berlin
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