Originally published on the ECOreport. (Editor’s Note: it’s worth noting that the numbers below don’t include rooftop solar power, only utility-scale solar power plants.) The Sun Day Campaign has just released a press release proclaiming the fact non-hydro renewables outproduced hydropower for the first time in March 2014. Also, for the first … [continued]
India’s new government, led by Narendra Modi, plans to use solar power to bring electricity to the homes of 400 million people who currently do not have access to it. This announcement comes after BJP’s historic election win last week by securing clear majority. According to a report filed by … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar.
It was just a few days ago that we were reporting on China’s ambitious new solar energy goals — goals which would see China’s installed solar capacity triple in just 3 years, up to 70,000 MW. Impressive ambitions. But those ambitions certainly aren’t reflected in the most recent figures out of … [continued]
When it comes to clean energy, I don’t think there’s a non-cleantech company that deserves more love than IKEA. IKEA is the clear leader in renewable energy by many relative terms (installed renewable energy per acre of rooftop, per $1 of revenue, per store, etc). So, it’s not surprising to … [continued]
It was announced in March that Austin Energy would likely be buying electricity from a SunEdison solar power plant for less than 5¢/kWh under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA). If you’re not familiar with electricity prices, that’s really low. The final deal was just completed last week but with an unanticipated … [continued]
HP’s corporate headquarters will soon be powered partially by solar energy, thanks to a new deal between the tech giant and SolarCity. The new on-site solar energy system being installed by SolarCity will total 1 MW and is expected to offset over 20% of the energy used on-site by HP. … [continued]
The UK will very likely be the biggest solar photovoltaic market in Europe in 2014, according to the new NPD Solarbuzz UK Deal Tracker report. The dominance will be largely fueled by big growth in ground-mounted solar PV projects this year — over 120 large-scale solar PV projects in the … [continued]
Originally published in the ECOreport (with edits). Critics have been pecking away at Germany’s solar program for years. George Monbiot, a columists for the Guardian, wrote, “The real net cost of the solar PV installed in Germany between 2000 and 2008 was €35bn, at the end of which solar PV was … [continued]
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is set to see massive growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in the coming years, according to recent findings in the latest NPD Solarbuzz Emerging PV Markets Report: Middle East and Africa. Year-on-year growth in the market in 2014 is expected to be … [continued]
