Testing and certification company TUV Rhineland has opened a new solar PV module testing facility in Asia. The move would help the company take advantage of the booming solar power industry in India. TUV Rhineland is expected to release the results of the first batch of testing done on solar … [continued]
Have you ever noticed energy blogs or articles about small wind turbines comparing them directly with big wind technology and solar? I am writing this article to provide a little background on where small wind turbines can be very successful and where they make absolutely no sense. It also explains … [continued]
Solar Power International (SPI) has closed out for another year. Many buyers arrived to interview the many and varied solar providers. Deals were made. The solar business market share in the energy sector will grow as a result. The convention a success. For an SPI show-opening overview, remarks, and pictures, … [continued]
Before we shared this chart in an article about the extremely low cost of wind power, one of our readers actually sent it along to me with the dashed red line inserted as above (click on the chart to see it more clearly). It’s exciting to see wind power at such a … [continued]
Admittedly, the article I’m referencing is not new, but I think it’s just about as relevant now as it was in August. It’s the most useful and interesting article I’ve ever seen on the topic of SolarCity stock, so if you’re at all interested in this matter or in the business … [continued]
Editor’s Note: I won’t steal Joe’s thunder on this, but I have been working with Joe almost since the beginning of Cost of Solar and Grid Freedom so I want to chime in about a few things. First of all, Joe is an extremely hard-working, genuine guy. This guy’s trying … [continued]
Prolific journalist and blogger Scott Thill (of Wired, Salon, Huffington Post, Alternet, Grist, SolarEnergy.net, and probably other outlets) interviewed me a little while back about US/EU tariffs on Chinese solar cells and solar modules (which dominate the solar cell and solar module market). Honestly, the interview could have gone either … [continued]
We put a lot of cyber ink into the German, Australian, US, Chinese, Indian, Chilean, and Japanese solar energy revolutions. However, I think the Bangladeshi solar revolution is one we don’t write about enough. One of the biggest reasons for that is probably that it doesn’t compare to the others on … [continued]
In April, I received an interesting report from IBISWorld.com regarding solar panel installation. It is aimed at buyers of solar panel installation services, but it is actually quite detailed, even including breakdowns of vendor costs (including wages, overhead, purchases, and profit) and a 3-year price forecast. You can purchase the … [continued]
Aside from our extensive solar energy coverage, here are some more solar energy stories from around the interwebs that I wouldn’t want you to miss. Just adding a note regarding the first one, I’d just add that it’s almost shocking to me how far we’ve come in recent years. I started … [continued]
