New Utility-Scale Solar PV Inverter Technology Could Help Stabilize the Grid (Germany Case Study)
New inverter technology for ‘utility-scale’ solar projects can reportedly help (big-time) in stabilizing the electric grid 24/7. “A new … [continued]
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The State of Solar Power in Europe
This is a top-notch guest post by James Hawkins of the UK on the state of solar power in … [continued]
Clean-Energy-Loving Germany Increasingly Exporting Electricity to Nuclear-Heavy France
Remember last year when Germany decided to speed up its phasing out of nuclear power and switch to clean … [continued]
Solar PV Reducing Price of Electricity in Germany
Oh, the solar power haters* are going to love this one—a recent study by Germany’s Institute for Future Energy Systems (IZES), conducted on behalf of of the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar), has found that, on average, solar power has reduced the price of electricity 10% in Germany (on the EPEX exchange). It reduces prices up to 40% in the early afternoon, when electricity demand is peaking and electricity typically costs the most.
Germany Installed a Record 7.5 GW of Solar Power in 2011
EDITOR UPDATE: Note this comment (pasted below from our comments section): December saw over 3 GW of added capacity, … [continued]
Europe’s Largest Solar Power Park to Open This Year
QUICK NEWS: German solar PV firm Q-Cells has announced that one of its projects, which will be the largest solar … [continued]
Why We Should Democratize the Electricity System (Part 1)
A serialized version of ILSR’s new report, Democratizing the Electricity System, Part 1 of 5.
Germany’s Solar PV Industry Now Employs More than US Steel Industry (Over 100,000)
There’s a nice little statistic for you.
Germany Trade & Invest (GT&I) recently reported that its latest figures show Germany’s solar photovoltaic (PV) industry employs over 100,000 ‘green’ workers now, more than the US steel industry.
Germany: Talk of the Cleantech Town this Week
Germany is all the talk lately. And for obvious reasons. It’s already a world leader in clean energy and now its decided to close all of its nuclear power plants by 2022 (as I reported a little more than a month ago). This has instigated political controversy, wild claims, clean energy enthusiasm, and a number of new reports. It has also helped to light a fire under other countries slower to react on the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan and slower to implement progressive clean energy policies to tackle catastrophic global climate change.
A number of stories focused on Germany have popped up this week that I thought I’d give a little extra attention to.
Google Invests $5M in German Solar Power Plant
Google recently ventured outside the U.S. to put €3.5 million (~$5 million) into a 18.7-MW German solar power plant near Berlin.
