In Italy, solar PV power production attained an unprecedented high of 13,810 GWh in the first seven months of the year. That is an increase of almost 20% over that period of the previous year, according to TERNA. Solar now accounts for 7.3% of the electricity mix. In July alone, … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By James Mandel, PhD In recent years, companies have made great strides in offering third-party financing to bring solar and energy efficiency to residential consumers with little or no money down. Consumers view it as free. For example, I can now put solar on my … [continued]
This article originally published on RenewEconomy The rapidly changing nature of Australia’s coal-fired electricity grid has been highlighted by a new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator, which reports that all new electricity generation proposals received in the last 12 months have been either for large scale wind farms … [continued]
Enjoy today’s cleantech buffet. The best around. And just $0 for all you can read! Links are indeed on the article titles… even though it doesn’t look like it. (Note: don’t skip our own stories! In fact, read those first — we think they’re the most important.) Solar China & Japan … [continued]
MAKE Consulting are predicting short-term pain but long-term gain for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) grid-connected wind market, according to the inaugural EMEA Wind Power Outlook Report published earlier this month. They note that 7 of the top 10 global emerging markets are located in the EMEA region, … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Progress. By Mari Hernandez The solar industry is booming across the U.S. and the numbers are staggering. Residential solar installations in 2012 reached 488 megawatts — a 62 percent increase over 2011 installations. And according to GTM Research, a solar photovoltaic (PV) system is now installed every four minutes in the … [continued]
In the United States, a solar system is installed every 4 minutes (360 solar systems per day), according to GTM Research. For such a small industry, that is massive growth. This means that, soon, the solar industry will no longer be small. Of course, this is partly due to the … [continued]
Bloomberg TV has published a new video on various solar energy facts. Quite good. Though, I think it’s a little fast for most people to get the numbers (but maybe I’m wrong) and the “maximum lifespan” figure for solar photovoltaic cells is certainly off. We’ve already got solar panels in … [continued]
Social governance issues such as carbon emissions, social cohesion, civil liberties, and environmental governance are the focus of a report designed to provide investors with deeper insight into issues that could affect a country’s credit rating. Along with this information are factors not typically considered by traditional sovereign ratings, such … [continued]
Realizing that 1) I missed breakfast time today (at least where I live and across the continental US), 2) it’s never breakfast time everywhere across the globe, and 3) we have quite a global readership, I’m switching from doing a “cleantech breakfast platter” to a “cleantech buffet” — sound good? … [continued]
