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]
What were the top solar power stories of 2012? Here’s my list — chime in below if you think differently or have anything to add. 10. Giant US CSP power plants move along as planned, ready for completion in 2013. While we didn’t see any big CSP power plants … [continued]
Solar cell and module shipments increased by 80% in Japan in July, August, and September. The cause was government-initiated incentive programs, most notably an aggressive feed-in tariff. These new payment rates to support clean energy are anticipated to shoot Japan into a world leader position in solar energy. 42 … [continued]
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets has estimated Japan could have 7.6 GW of wind power by 2016. For solar, that estimate is 17.3 GW by 2014. Combine those two and you have 24.9 GW by 2016. The total offshore wind potential is at least 1,600 GW. Onshore is 280 GW. Japan … [continued]
A confluence of solar PV stimulus programs will power 80% growth in the Asia-Pacific region in Q4 2012, as demand shifts from Europe to emerging solar PV markets around the world, according to an NPD SolarBuzz forecast. Solar PV capacity is surging in major economic zones around the world, but government incentive programs in China, India, and Japan will make the APAC region the fastest growing. […]
Having built the company into Japan’s largest residential solar power provider, West Power Holdings is ramping up its solar power investments with an initiative that aims to add 500 MW of clean, renewable power to the national grid. West Holdings plans to build 250 solar power plants across the country, partnering with China’s JA Solar and South Korea’s LS Industrial in doing so. […]
Orix Corp. is the latest company to announce it’s expanding and entering Japan’s solar power market following the July introduction of a renewable energy feed-in tariff. The company may up its investments further, financing as much as 400-MW of solar power projects in Japan. […]
This short post will compare two countries to showcase what is possible with solar energy technology. The two countries in question are Japan and the fictitious nation of “Gertalia.” Japan is of course a pioneer in solar technology. Perhaps the country will even become a rising star of solar energy … [continued]
Japanese electronics giants, solar PV players, and power utilities have been working up project plans in advance of a national solar and renewable energy Feed-in Tariff, which industry observers say may catapult Japan past Italy and Germany as the world’s largest solar energy market. […]
Japan’s about to become the next major economy to implement a solar feed-in tariff, and from the looks of it, it’s going to be a generous one. (I can see a herd of solar companies migrating over to Japan now.) Wind and geothermal feed-in tariffs are also on their way … [continued]
