Despite oversupply and thin module margins putting many solar suppliers out of business in the past two years, a new report suggests the industry is poised for a quick recovery, thanks to consolidated supply and demand. Lux Research’s upcoming report “Buying Low: The Solar’s Imminent Return to Health and Profitability” … [continued]
This article first appeared on the Lenz Blog Says Ashley Seager in this article at the Guardian titled “Renewable energy’s clean, cheap and here – what’s stopping us?” He knows that from his own experience running a company called AEA solar GmbH that is actually installing solar on German barn … [continued]
(If you’ve read the intro 4 times already, just skip to the final 10 articles.) We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going over on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 … [continued]
The Navy got its first ever solar powered electric vehicle charging station last week, and though it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the Navy’s overall fuel consumption it is yet another demonstration of a slow but steady transition out of petroleum dependency by the US military. The news … [continued]
For several years now, Japan has been on the solar map, being one of the leading manufacturers of solar panels and in the top 5 ranking for countries with the most solar PV installed. Since the Fukushima accident, Japan has been looking to solar even more in order to replace nuclear … [continued]
The US, China and Germany, ranked as the top three most attractive countries for renewable energy investment in 2012, a year in which renewable energy came of age, ushering in an era of democratization of energy, according to the 10th anniversary edition of Ernst & Young’s RECAI.
Graphene is the strongest material in the world, even when it has notable defects, new research has found. Even when stitched together from numerous small crystalline grains, rather than being created directly in its perfect crystalline form, the material possesses its trademark and remarkable strength. This new research contradicts previous … [continued]
We’re trying to get more solar energy stories going over on Planetsave. To catch readers up, I’m doing a short series on the top 50 solar energy stories of 2013 so far. Learning from the Top 33 EV Stories article I recently published, I’m splitting this one into 5 posts. Otherwise, the page … [continued]
This article was originally published on RenewEconomy. We’ve been hearing a lot about the solar revolution recently: from the largest generators and utilities in the US, the entire German power industry, from the world’s biggest solar companies, and from leading energy analysts from the likes of Macquarie Group, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and Citigroup who track the implications for listed … [continued]
I recall that I reacted very strongly to a statement by IEA “Executive Director” Maria van Der Hoeven when introducing a new IEA report on German energy policy. My answer was “Get Lost, IEA.” The statement that infuriated me was this: The rapid, uncontrolled deployment of PV has become a major policy … [continued]
