Why German Solar Is So Much Cheaper Than U.S. Solar — Updated Study
February 17th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
The whole “Why is German solar about half the price of U.S. solar?” question is one of the most important
February 17th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
The whole “Why is German solar about half the price of U.S. solar?” question is one of the most important
February 9th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
About a week ago, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) released the Sustainable Energy in America 2013 Factbook (a report commissioned by the Business
December 11th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
As I mentioned in my article covering the latest US Solar Market Insight report (which I just published a few hours ago), I was
December 11th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
I just gave a presentation today to a class of renewable energy graduate students which mentioned solar PV’s tremendous
December 4th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
Downward pricing for solar projected to continue; soft costs made up 40-50 percent of residential and commercial PV prices in
November 29th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Someone recently passed along these great graphs from a German website (you can see an English translation of the webpage they came from here). The overall message: solar PV prices in Germany have dropped considerably in the past few years (as installation has boomed), and the prices are pretty darn low these days
May 18th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
One of our international readers shared the news with me yesterday on our Facebook page that the average installation cost
March 15th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
The 2011 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report was released yesterday by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research.
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
February 29th, 2012 | by Stephen Lacey
Did you know that the landing on the moon was staged? Or that swallowing seeds will cause fruit to grow in your stomach? Or that the cost of solar power has gone up 63% since 2001? If you are tied to reality, you’d know that all three of these statements are utterly false. And while most people know that the moon landing was real and that seeds don’t grow in your stomach, the last falsity is an easy one to slip by people who don’t follow energy — which is almost everyone. In fact, the installed cost of solar has come down nearly 40% since 2001.
December 20th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
This is, clearly, not a definitive analysis showing that renewable energy such as wind and solar lower electricity rates (or