The noted solar manufacturer SolarWorld is partnering with the solar-lease provider DZ-4 to bring solar + battery residential-systems to the German market, as per recent reports. As per what’s been revealed so far, interested potential customers will have the option of entering into a 10-year lease-agreement with DZ-4 — an … [continued]
Here are some more great solar stories from around the interwebs, to complement our own solar stories: For Consumers 1. Going Solar Made Easier By Online Shopping Site and Staples Gift Cards 2. New Financing Models to Drive Demand for Commercial Solar 3. Crowdfunding Solar Power for the World’s Poorest People 4. This Social … [continued]
The installed price of solar energy in the US is continuing to decrease steadily, but is still considerably more expensive than it is throughout much of Europe, according to the most recent Tracking the Sun report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). That report — Tracking the Sun VII … [continued]
The noted American thin-film solar cell manufacturer First Solar is aiming to see its modules used in some of the projects that will be developed as part of the 600 MW tender process expected to take place in Germany next year, according to recent reports. The large tender process is … [continued]
One of my Facebook friends, a CleanTechnica reader, recently shared the following graph with me. The key point it shows is that solar PV + storage is cost-competitive with electricity from the grid starting in quarter 4 of this year in Germany. Things are getting serious! If German utilities thought … [continued]
Originally Published on the ECOreport Germany’s renewable sector (RE) is flexing its muscles, with solar production up 28% and wind up 19% during the first half of 2014. As a result, the renewable sector accounted for 31% of the nation’s electricity. If this trend continues, this may be the third … [continued]
Yingli Green Energy* (aka Yingli Solar) is now the third-biggest Chinese brand in Germany, according to a recent study undertaken by Huawei. According to the study — which was completed in cooperation with the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies and TNS Emnid — Yingli Solar came in … [continued]
Originally Published in the ECOreport Between 1 pm and 2 pm on Friday, June 6, Germany’s solar photovoltaic systems generated a record 24.24 GW. The real peak came three days later, when they provided 50.6% of the nation’s electricity, which shows solar technology’s potential. The current reality is that solar contributed … [continued]
The solar energy storage system market in Germany is approaching a boom period, according to many analysts, with a rapid uptick in sales likely as the technology enters wider use. The drive behind this boom is the simple fact that such systems are extremely practical for many people/purposes — most … [continued]
Originally published in the ECOreport (with edits). Critics have been pecking away at Germany’s solar program for years. George Monbiot, a columists for the Guardian, wrote, “The real net cost of the solar PV installed in Germany between 2000 and 2008 was €35bn, at the end of which solar PV was … [continued]
