Originally published on Solar Love. While only 4 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) + energy storage capacity was deployed in the US in 2014, significant change is coming to the sector, according to GTM Research. Altogether, less than 0.1% of all solar PV installations in 2014 were accompanied by … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. According to a new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), solar energy prices are at an all-time low, with the average price of solar energy in the United States having dropped down to 5¢/kWh, representing a 70% decline in power purchase agreement (PPA) … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. As of September 24th, North Carolina passed 1 GW of solar capacity, and is the fourth state to reach 1 GW, following California, Arizona and New Jersey. Earlier in June, the SEIA announced that North Carolina reached 1 GW of solar capacity, but the NC … [continued]
In December 2014, the Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy announced a goal to deploy 3.5 GW of solar PV by 2023. Now, the Ministry has moved forward to almost double the previous “relatively conservative” target and will now be chasing a capacity of 7 GW by 2024 (Plano Decenal … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. To listen to the right wing crazies tell it, global warming and climate change are fictions created by treehuggers and do-gooders on the left who want to interrupt the neverending flow of government dollars that prop up the global business community — those public spirited business … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport This is a huge deal for a state that only has 100 megawatts of capacity. It is also important for high-efficiency, 72-cell solar panels. “This portfolio represents a significant expansion of solar capacity in Oregon – a state that already boasts an impressive percentage of renewables … [continued]
Check ’em out: Vice President Biden – Give Oil Industry’s Tax Credits to Clean Energy Vice President Joe Biden says the oil industry no longer needs the $5 billion in annual tax credits that the government has doled out for years. Instead, he recommended applying half of those credits to … [continued]
The first utility-scale CIS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility in the country of Turkey was recently commissioned, according to recent reports. The commissioning of the project followed a fairly rapid development period of around 3 months, which saw the solar modules supplied by Solar Frontier installed at the one-megawatt (MW) facility … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Solar energy accounted for just 6.77% of Spain’s electricity generation mix during the months of June, July, and August of this year, according to the latest data from Red Eléctrica de España (REE). This figure includes both solar photovoltaic (PV) generation (3.87%) and solar thermal generation … [continued]
A number of Gildemeister’s CellCube energy storage systems were recently deployed in the Czech Republic, as part of various projects, according to recent reports. In cooperation with B64, Gildemeister installed a CellCube energy storage system as part of the National Park Šumava project — in concert with an 11-kilowatt (kW) … [continued]
