Record Year For California Third-Party Home Solar Leases
2012 was a record year for third-party residential solar leasing, adding more than $938 million to the Golden State’s economy, according to a Sunrun-PV Solar Report..
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SolarWorld To Supply PV Systems For Group Buying Program
Group buying programs have caught on fast in the US, helping reduce the up-front cost of installing solar PV systems. Via HGACBuy, municipal and state government agencies are getting in on the act.
US Solar PV Trade Group Seeks To Widen Scope Of China Import Duties
The Coalition of American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) is looking to widen the scope of recently imposed duties on imports of silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels manufactured in China. A coalition of some 230 US solar energy industry participants, CASM on February 1 filed appeals with the US Court of … [continued]
Solar PV Crowdfunding Pioneer Mosaic Joins With S&P, Dupont, Others To “Make The Sun Bankable”
Solar Mosaic’s wasting no time as it seeks to build on the initial success of its innovative solar PV crowdfunding platform as it partners to develop credit ratings for rooftop solar energy projects
$9 Million In New DOE Funding For “Big Data” Analytics To Spur Deployment, Reduce Costs…
Seven research teams in six states will lead public-private initiatives to develop and apply new “Big Data” analytical tools that aim to accelerate deployment and realize further costs reductions for solar PV.
Up And Coming Solar PV Innovators Aim To Grow Markets, Drive Costs Even Lower
Alta Devices and Crystal Solar made business headlines this week, a good sign there’s more to come in the way of making solar power yet more affordable and commonplace.
Renewable Energy Revolution: Declining Costs, Surging Capacity
Renewable power costs are declining sharply, with rapid deployment and fast rates of learning fueling ongoing capacity additions and cost reductions, according to a comprehensive new global report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Ongoing Sharp Drop in Solar PV Cost Overlooked Amidst Trade Wars & Insolvencies
Solar PV manufacturing and overall costs continue to fall sharply, but that’s being overlooked as the media focuses on solar trade wars, price wars, scandals and insolvencies.
US Solar Industry Leaders Testify before ITC on Chinese Silicon PV Dumping, Subsidies
Massive Chinese government subsidies have led to equally massive overcapacity and Chinese manufacturers’ exports to the US, and that in turn’s led to a rising tide of US solar bankruptcies and downsizing at a critical juncture in the global industry’s development, US solar industry leaders and supporters testified. The Commerce Dept.’s much anticipated final determination on duties is right around the corner.
Advanced Solar CPV Manufacturing Plant to Open in NC this Month
Semprius and its backers — including the DOE, NREL, Pratt & Whitney, and Siemens — believe record-high efficiency ratings and low-cost production will make the startup’s concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) cells and modules a winner in a global solar market undergoing much turmoil, including bankruptcies, plant shutdowns, slowdowns, layoffs, and cutbacks in government solar incentives and subsidies […]
