Goldfield Partners is “very confident” it can raise an initial ₤50 million by June to finance contracts it has secured with solar PV system providers to install solar energy systems for residents living government-supported housing. […]
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. […]
One of China’s largest and leading integrated silicon solar PV manufacturers, Trina Solar’s opening a sales and business development office and launching a local supply chain manufacturing partnership in Ontario, the focal point for solar energy in Canada. […]
Abengoa’s Helios 1 solar thermal power plant went live this week, indicative of the leading, but compromised, role Spanish companies are playing in the fast-growing global renewable energy market. Nuclear and hydro power providers have been reaping the benefits of a flawed Electric Power Act that ties the rates they charge consumers to oil prices.
A bill to create feed-in tariffs for the poor and the disadvantaged has passed the California Assembly, with a vote of 49 to 27. The bill — the “Solar for All” bill, AB 1990, is the first significant action on feed-in tariffs in California during this current legislative session. … [continued]
After months and months of controversy, it seems the UK government has finally come up with a solution to its Feed-in Tariff (FiT) saga that makes people in the solar industry and wanting to go solar a bit happier than they have been. It has delayed the next round … [continued]
Continued price reductions along with new residential financing options and owner financing business models will continue to drive healthy growth rates in distributed solar PV as governments scale back incentives, according to a Pike Research report.
No doubt, you’ve heard about Germany’s likely decision to quickly and severely cut its solar PV feed-in tariff policy, a world-leading solar policy that has made Germany a solar power hero of sorts. A friend recently shared a story by Bjørn Lomborg on these cuts with me and asked me for … [continued]
“The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has lost its appeal against a High Court ruling that branded its plans to rush through cuts to solar subsidies as illegal,” the UK’s Business Green reported yesterday. But the UK government is now appealing to the Supreme Court.
