Solar news, galore. Check ‘er out: Fox Energy, Foxconn Subsidiary, To Supply SunEdison With Solar Modules Manufactured In Mexico Study Finds Wind-Solar Hybrid Power Plants Are Twice As Efficient Solar Junction To Provide Solar Cells For European Space Agency Intersolar North America To Put More Focus On Storage New Solar … [continued]
By Sophie Vorrath Reposted from RenewEconomy. The number of Australian homes with rooftop solar power systems has passed the magic one million mark, according to figures from the Clean Energy Regulator, confirming that the milestone was reached in March. SunWiz analysis of the REC Registry contained within PV market insights … [continued]
Reposted from the Rocky Mountain Institute blog: By Albert Chan, Jesse Morris and Leia Guccione Germany is often cited as the king in solar, but its reign may soon be over. Driven by public and government support in the form of healthy feed-in tariffs, Germany is the proud owner of nearly … [continued]
Reposted from RenewEconomy: By Sophie Vorrath What would happen if every Australian household installed solar PV on their rooftops? That’s the hypothetical question a new study has set out to answer, with the main aim of proving a solar point (while rattling a few cages along the way): that solar power … [continued]
Reposted from RenewEconomy: Australia has experienced its own version of the “solar revolution” in the past two years, when some 2,000 megawatts (MW) of rooftop solar PV were added to households – mostly as the result of generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives. The fact that many of these tariffs … [continued]
Reposted from RenewEconomy: The Australian solar PV market could tip the 10,000 mewagatt (10 gigawatt) mark as early as 2017, and could reach the “saturation” levels for owner-occupied houses in many areas in coming years, according to a new report. The five-year forecast prepared by leading market analysts Sunwiz and … [continued]
Here are some more cleantech and green stories that we couldn’t cover but I think are definitely worth a read. Bikes & Feet An Elegant Guide To Walkability Win Win Winnipeg EVs & Hybrids Geneva 2013: Mitsubishi’s Hybrid Pickup Points The Way Forward Geneva 2013: Kia Provo Hybrid Is A … [continued]
For an insane number of solar & wind stories CleanTechnica hasn’t covered, check out this Google Doc. If you’re somewhere in between being as cleantech-obsessed as me and feeling sad when you get to the end of our daily posts on solar and wind power, simply check out these top … [continued]
World temperatures are rising, resulting in increasing mortality from heat stress. Or to put it another way, more people are dropping dead because it’s too damn hot. Unfortunately this is nothing new in Australia. Dropping dead from damn hotness has always been popular in these parts. Here in South Australia … [continued]
Increasing numbers of Australians are finding their desire to add to the amount of rooftop solar they have blocked by rules that were originally meant to help solar power expand. While nearly a million Australian households have benefited from these policies, increasing numbers of Australians are in the unfortunate situation … [continued]
