As part of the US Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, the DOE is offering $10 million prize to companies that can install 5,000 new rooftop solar panel systems for an average price of $2/watt or less. The first place prize is $7 million, second place is $2 million, and third place is … [continued]
New Local Solar Policy, Not DeLorean, Moving U.S. to Cleaner Future In the past five years, a new U.S. renewable energy policy has quietly grown more popular, enabling enough solar power (1.21 gigawatts!) to send Michael J. Fox “Back to the Future.” CLEAN programs – Clean Local Energy Accessible Now … [continued]
One of the several companies that received funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the SunShot Initiative last week is Clean Power Finance, an online marketplace for residential solar financing and a provider of solar sales software. The company was awarded two grants for “efforts to build … [continued]
Germany’s once world-leading solar industry is taking it on the chin due to cheap Chinese imports and subsidy cuts. Trade tensions are rising, as German solar companies hit the insolvency wall and Chinese companies gobble up productive assets on the cheap. […]
El Salvador’s non-profit, state-owned power utility is readying the auction of rights to develop the Central American nation’s first utility-scale solar PV projects, one aspect of its national renewable energy strategy. The first solar PV projects are to be co-located and integrated with the transmission infrastructure of the utility’s hydroelectric dams. […]
Vestas’ sale of its Varda wind tower factory to China’s Titan Wind Energy is to save Danish green jobs and confer numerous benefits for both companies. It’s also clear evidence of the effectiveness and success of China’s industrial policy drive to dominate wind and solar PV manufacturing worldwide, one that’s “hollowing out” U.S. and E.U. manufacturing well before they’ve had the chance to mature. […]
And some more top cleantech news from around the interwebs (last roundup of the day): Energy Efficiency TOPTEN USA Releases New Lists of Energy Efficient Televisions — Sharp, Samsung, and Magnavox Lead the Field “It’s a surprising trend: Even as manufacturers pack higher-tech features into their televisions, the new … [continued]
Some top wind energy news from around: Research How Wind Cuts Electricity Bills “Wind as an electricity supply resource has been getting steadily cheaper, and its technical performance characteristics continue to improve as larger turbine sizes and higher hub heights capture both economies of scale and more of the … [continued]
by WWF Humanity is using resources and emitting waste (particularly carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning) at a rate 52 percent faster than the Earth can sustain according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2012. The report was launched from the International Space Station on the 15th of May by André Kuipers, … [continued]
Some top clean transportation news from around: EVs Frost & Sullivan: Electric Vehicles Power to the Forefront of Sustainable, Smart Mobility in Central and Eastern Europe “Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), a region with a population of over 100 million people and a solid macroeconomic environment, … [continued]
