Ironically, it was John Howard, a long serving Australian Liberal (Conservative) Prime Minister, who brought in subsidies for household rooftop solar in Australia (circa 2007). As well as subsidies for the upfront purchase, there were generous feed-in tariffs (FIT). The solar system on my roof was installed in 2009 and … [continued]
A highly accomplished grid-edge startup, Sonnen, has just received a significant investment from European energy giant Royal Dutch Shell. The investment will help it to develop its U.S. and Australian solar + storage market share.
Following up on my initial “10 Cleantech Solutions Your City Should Implement” post, here are 10 more.
The newest edition of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme report was recently released by the IEA — detailing a huge quantity of different aspects of the global solar PV market as well as country- and region-specific solar PV markets. This 19th edition of the report provides a number of highly interesting/useful … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love under the title, “Tax Threat To Solar Homeowners With Feed-in Tariffs or Value Of Solar Tariffs.” Quite a big deal for US solar policy, solar companies, and even many current solar PV system owners, a solar advocacy organization that is defending net metering in Arizona … [continued]
Here’s some more solar energy and wind energy news from the past weel or so we wouldn’t want you to miss. Of course, don’t miss the top solar energy and wind energy stories of the week (which we’ve already covered). Solar Energy 9 GW (!) Of Solar Power Project Applications … [continued]
This article first appeared on RenewEconomy. The electricity supply industry has resumed and intensified its efforts to change the tariff system for rooftop solar households, in a bid to protect revenues that are falling and their business models that are eroding because more customers are producing their own electricity. 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]
I’ve got a problem. I want you to read every important cleantech story that I see, or at least the headline or summary. (Yep, I’m one of those guys — be careful if you go to see a movie with me that I love.) This root problem creates a couple … [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. […]
