Some clean transport and solar power stories you probably don’t want to miss: Transport The Arrogance Of Space High-Speed Trains Good For Quality Of Life, Economy, Air, Climate, Society… Rail Competitive With Air Between Many US Cities Housing Near Transit = Good Investment (Also see the APTA press release and the Streetsblog story) DIY … [continued]
The solar photovoltaic sector led gains in renewable energy production, revenue, and employment across the EU’s 27 member states in 2011, according to latest data.
If you’re solar obsessed, beyond our own solar power stories from the past week or so, you may also want to check out some of these pieces: Germany Altmaier Paper on Renewable (1): No Need for Cost Reduction Altmaier Paper on Renewable (2): Irresponsible Undermining of Trust in Germany Altmaier … [continued]
This articles was originally published on Renew Economy. It has been reposted with full permission. There was a huge response to our article on Wednesday, summarising the UBS report on how a boom in un-subsidised solar installations would cause a revolution in energy markets. Most people wanted more details of how … [continued]
Despite publishing about 35 articles on solar power in the past week, there are still a ton of big solar news stories we couldn’t get to but that we wouldn’t want you to miss. Here’s a quick summary of them: 25MW California Solar Project Now Under Construction: SolarWorld has … [continued]
While working on today’s CleanTechnica post on top solar power countries per capita, per GDP, and per TWh of electricity production, I noticed a ton of interesting charts and graphics in the Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics until 2016 report. I thought these warranted a big share and their own post. … [continued]
A group of European economists and scientists have put forward a plan to address the Euro zone’s debt and energy crises: a debt-for-renewables swap.
Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record high in 2011 — 27.4 gigawatts (GW), an increase of 40% year over year — according to the 2012 Marketbuzz report released Monday by NPD Solarbuzz. This is a report filled with numbers, as this article will also be. So, … [continued]
China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co. announced the opening of a new European branch in Zug, Switzerland last week, the latest move by Chinese PV manufacturers to expand their operations globally. Jinko clearly sees promise in Europe’s PV market despite the difficult times, as renewable energy leaders, such as Germany, continue to restructure power and energy markets in an effort to shift from fossil fuels to renewable resources.
