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More EV Charging Stations Coming To Germany

Christopher DeMorro — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:35:02 +0000

Germany is going to be getting more EV changing stations as the government looks to grow paltry plug-in car sales

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Chile’s Mineral Industry Is Mining Renewable Energy

Guest Contributor — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:00:50 +0000

Originally published on The Conversation. By John Mathews Mining is the fourth-largest energy consumer in Australia, using roughly 10% of Australia’s total. Some of this comes from the electricity grid — but much is supplied offgrid in the form of diesel and other fossil fuels. Could some of this be replaced by renewable sources? Recently

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Australia’s Rooftop Solar PV Surpasses 4 GW

Giles Parkinson — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:33:46 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. Australia has surpassed 4GW of rooftop solar PV, according to data provided by the Australian Photovoltaic Institute. The revelation comes just days after Australian Bureau of Statistics data indicated that one if five houses around the country had a rooftop solar array. The APVI, which operates the solar map that tracks

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Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar

Anand Upadhyay — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:29:36 +0000

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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20% Of Australian Households Now Have Solar Power

Guest Contributor — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 16:38:33 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath One out of every five Australian households are turning to solar energy for their electricity or hot water, new data has reveled. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that its latest figures show that 19 per cent of households nationally now currently either rooftop solar panels or solar

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This German Village Produces 321% Energy Surplus, Worth $5.7M Per Year

Steve Hanley — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:00:20 +0000

Originally published on EcoLocalizer. The German village of Wildpoldsried is producing 321% more energy than it needs. Selling that energy surplus back to the region’s local utility company adds $5.7 million dollars to the town’s treasury. Wildpoldsried’s green initiative first started in 1997 when the village council decided it should build local industries to bring in

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Animated Guide To The Solar Rooftop Revolution

Derek Markham — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:30:28 +0000

Originally published on Cost of Solar. When it comes to residential solar, we live in exciting times, as the price of solar panels keeps dropping, while other energy costs keep rising, and advances in solar technology are increasing panel efficiencies all the time. Given that we don’t often see a drop in energy prices, so

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Bridges To New Distributed Solar Business Models: New Report Released

Rocky Mountain Institute — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:30:05 +0000

Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. Distributed Solar’s Continued Growth Requires Aligning Interests of Utilities, Solar Companies “Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar” is perhaps the most widely cited solar market statistic today. But while that number is impressive, it doesn’t give a sense for just how quickly distributed solar PV

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NREL & SolarCity Join Forces In Hawaii

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 18:30:47 +0000

Originally published on Solar Love. Hawaii is one of the hottest solar markets in the world. Good solar resources, high electricity prices, and low solar panel prices have made it one of the first markets to hit “grid parity.” But there are still challenges getting the utilities to accept and allow this, as well as

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Three Reasons Universities Are Buying Renewable Energy

Rocky Mountain Institute — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:30:28 +0000

Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Stephen Abbott Colleges and universities have always been focal points of change. The mixture of academic research, student activism, and institutional clout has allowed campus communities to promote widespread technical and social transformations. During the last few years, a few of these institutions have begun to lead in

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SolarCity & US Navy Bring Solar To 6000 Homes In San Diego

Jake Richardson — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:30:59 +0000

Originally published on Solar Love. The U.S. Navy and SolarCity have struck a deal to bring solar power to almost 6,000 homes in the San Diego area. The rooftop solar systems will be designed, built, and installed by SolarCity for Lincoln Military Housing, a private company that manages family housing for the military. The cost

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Staples Offering Gift Cards To Customers Going Solar

Jake Richardson — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:30:59 +0000

Originally published on Solar Love. The national office supply chain Staples has partnered with a solar power shopping website to provide discounts on solar power to their customers. They are giving e-gift cards with values ranging from $125 to $2,500 to customers that install solar systems purchased through the partner, EnergySage Solar. So who is

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New Kangaroo Island Luxury Eco-Villas Are 100% Solar Powered

Guest Contributor — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:30:47 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Visitors to South Australia’s Kangaroo Island can now venture completely off grid, with the unveiling on Wednesday of luxury accommodation that is 100 per cent solar powered. Two new 6-star energy rated eco-villas have been built by the Sea Dragon Lodge as part of a $318,000 expansion project

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Solar Calculator For Michigan And Comprehensive MI Solar Guidebook

Derek Markham — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:30:47 +0000

Originally published on Cost of Solar. You don’t have to live in an extremely sunny location, such as Arizona, New Mexico, or California, to get the benefits of solar power at home, although residents of those states are certainly a great fit for solar. But as demonstrated in some of the leading solar states, such

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UBS Banks Says Solar Plus Storage Makes Economic Sense For Australian Households

Giles Parkinson — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:30:16 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. A new study from investment bank UBS says solar plus storage already make economic sense for Australian households, a finding that could dramatically reshape the nature of the energy industry in the country. The new report suggests that one million households could invest $20 billion in storage systems in current years

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High Network Charges Can Be A Solar PV Shocker

Giles Parkinson — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:30:17 +0000

Originally published on RenewEconomy. Phil was in a state of shock earlier this month when he received his electricity bill from hit electricity utility – the first since a 22kW rooftop solar system had been installed at a local church in Buderim, Queensland, where he works. Everything seemed OK. The addition of solar meant that the church’s energy use fell

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Changing Solar and Wind Feed-In Tariffs To Reflect Regional Differences

Dr. Karl-Friedrich Lenz — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:30:35 +0000

Originally published on Lenz Blog. Craig Morris at Renewables International discusses some interesting numbers on the regional differences in the cost of wind and solar energy in Germany. The big picture is that wind is cheaper in the north, and solar is cheaper in the south. For solar, that makes sense. Solar resources are better

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Small Town In Victoria Sets 100% Renewable Energy Goal For 2022

Giles Parkinson — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 18:00:27 +0000

RenewEconomy. It seems that it is not just towns in New South Wales that are looking to meet all their own electricity needs with renewable energy – a small township in Victoria is also looking to become 100% renewable within a decade. The small town of Yackandandah, about 120kms south of Albury Wodonga, will host

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Solar Grid Parity In All 50 US States By 2016, Predicts Deutsche Bank

Giles Parkinson — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:30:44 +0000

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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Solar PV In India Is Cheaper Than Importing Coal From Australia

Guest Contributor — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:30:18 +0000

RenewEconomy. The results of India’s latest solar auction are in, and it is bad news for developers of Australian coal projects – solar PV is cheaper for Indian users than the electricity price needed to pay for imports of coal from Australia. A tender for 500MW of solar capacity in the sunny, south-eastern state of

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