CleanTechnica » solar power prices 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 49% Of New US Electricity Capacity Is From Solar, Q1 Record (Report) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/11/49-of-new-us-electricity-capacity-is-from-solar-q1-record-report/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/11/49-of-new-us-electricity-capacity-is-from-solar-q1-record-report/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:04:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=52652 A couple of big solar records were set in Q1 2013 in the US. For one, 49% of all new US electricity generation capacity came form solar, the most ever for a first quarter. Secondly, 723 MW of solar power capacity were installed and put online, again a Q1 record for the US. Let’s run down

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/11/49-of-new-us-electricity-capacity-is-from-solar-q1-record-report/feed/ 4 10 Huge Lessons We’ve Learned From Solar Power Success In Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/09/germany-solar-power-lessons/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/09/germany-solar-power-lessons/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:17:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=42714 Fox & Friends last week had the apparent bravery (or ill-conceived agenda) to mention Germany’s huge solar power success. We’ve written three articles in response to the Fox & Friends clip: Fox News: Can You Get Any More Insane? Fox News Fails BIG TIME On Solar Subsidies Germany Has More Solar Power Because Everyone Wins

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/09/germany-solar-power-lessons/feed/ 91 Ongoing Sharp Drop in Solar PV Cost Overlooked Amidst Trade Wars & Insolvencies http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/16/ongoing-sharp-drops-in-solar-pv-cost-overlooked-amidst-price-trade-wars-insolvencies/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/16/ongoing-sharp-drops-in-solar-pv-cost-overlooked-amidst-price-trade-wars-insolvencies/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:04:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=44034 Solar PV manufacturing and overall costs continue to fall sharply, but that's being overlooked as the media focuses on solar trade wars, price wars, scandals and insolvencies

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/10/16/ongoing-sharp-drops-in-solar-pv-cost-overlooked-amidst-price-trade-wars-insolvencies/feed/ 11 Solar Grid Parity in North Carolina (New Study) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/20/solar-grid-parity-in-north-carolina-new-study/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/20/solar-grid-parity-in-north-carolina-new-study/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:02:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36246 As John Farrell noted in an article in January, grid parity is a complicated matter (and doesn’t take into account important health costs, greenhouse gas emissions costs, and grid costs). But grid parity is rather important because it relates to what actual consumers directly pay for solar-powered electricity compared to conventionally powered electricity. Solar power has

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/20/solar-grid-parity-in-north-carolina-new-study/feed/ 4 Solar “Learning Curve” & “Golden Goal” (Bloomberg Charts) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/15/solar-learning-curve-price-drop-golden-goal-bloomberg-charts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/15/solar-learning-curve-price-drop-golden-goal-bloomberg-charts/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:21:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36106 Along with the fun charts just released by SEIA and GTM Research yesterday, Bloomberg just released some pretty awesome ones that a friend on Google+ shared with me. The first, above, is on the solar ‘learning curve’ or how much solar prices have dropped with increasing installations. Here’s what Bloomberg had to say about this:

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/15/solar-learning-curve-price-drop-golden-goal-bloomberg-charts/feed/ 8 New Solar Power Charts http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/09/solar-power-charts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/09/solar-power-charts/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:17:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=35894   Greentech Media posted a number of solar power charts yesterday on its website, charts which Shayle Kann presented at the SolarTech Solar Leadership Summit in San Jose, California yesterday. This is mostly stuff that any regular CleanTechnica reader would be aware of, but it’s always fun and interesting to see such information in a visual format,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/09/solar-power-charts/feed/ 5 Solar PV Reducing Price of Electricity in Germany http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-pv-reducing-price-of-electricity-in-germany/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-pv-reducing-price-of-electricity-in-germany/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=34741 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

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/09/solar-pv-reducing-price-of-electricity-in-germany/feed/ 17 Falling Solar Panel Costs are Great for Buyers, Bad for Producers (sort of) http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/30/falling-solar-panel-costs-are-great-for-buyers-bad-for-producers-sort-of/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/30/falling-solar-panel-costs-are-great-for-buyers-bad-for-producers-sort-of/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:04:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=30077 A recent industry analysis by Lux Research projects the amount of solar power installed is to grow 15.5 percent per year, but revenues are to stay flat, until 2016. A report from Navigant Consulting discovered that the price of solar panels is down almost 20 percent as of August 2011. The information derived from these two reports show that the consumer is poised to benefit from the price reduction, while manufacturers can expect an almost flat profit margin for the next few years

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