Despite an overall drop in clean energy investment in the third quarter, Mercom has revealed total corporate funding for the solar sector grew in the third quarter to $3 billion. Mercom Capital Group published its quarterly report on funding and merger & acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector for … [continued]
Moments ago, Tesla emailed CleanTechnica with information regarding the next step of Tesla’s SolarCity acquisition. There is not much to add regarding the announcement itself, so it will be pasted in full further down, but I think it’s useful to quickly summarize some of our previous articles on this topic to … [continued]
The nonprofit solar energy system installer GRID Alternatives has begun installation of 92 new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on tribal lands in the US — to be spread across 6 different communities in Montana, California, and South Dakota — according to recent reports. The new solar PV installations are being … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Australia’s national solar PV market appears to be slowly rebounding, with rooftop solar installs in September 2016 reaching 66MW for the month, their highest level since July 2015, led by growth in the commercial market and particularly in South Australia. As the latest … [continued]
Originally published on EVANNEX. Tesla Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, JB Straubel, gave a keynote presentation on “Inspired Process” at the HIVE* (Housing, Innovation, Vision & Economics) conference in Los Angeles, California on September 28th. The conference, put on by Hanley Wood Media, is described as bringing together, “the best and brightest … [continued]
Another group hug for US taxpayers: new perovskite solar cell made from quantum dots by Energy Department’s NREL research team.
Look, we all make mistakes, but we also have a range of certain sensitivities and limits that we know not to cross. These are limits we don’t just know logically, but that we have a broader emotional sense and perhaps spiritual sense not to cross. Again, we all fail, but not all of us murder, … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. In an election year in which one candidate is hell bent on expanding the use of coal as an energy source, a new poll by the Pew Research Center shows that 89% of all Americans favor expanding the use of solar power to make electricity … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. In a press announcement, GRID Alternatives Colorado, an affiliate of the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer, recently announced its support for a comprehensive utility settlement being considered by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to address significant state energy policy issues and increase access to solar power … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. On October 5, SolarCity began doing business in South Carolina. It plans to open an operations and installation center in Charleston by the end of the month. It has already begun hiring installers and sales representatives. The company says its rooftop solar systems will allow … [continued]
