September 6th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Let's take a look at home rooftop solar power system costs, how solar panel costs have come down in time, and Tesla solar's extremely low cost
April 1st, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
A decade ago, wind power was already basically cost-competitive with conventional power sources, utility-scale solar was significantly more expensive but starting to bloom, and electric vehicles were hardly a blip on the horizon and basically unknown to most of us. How did that change in the past 10 years
January 26th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The recent news about tariffs on Chinese solar panels brought out how little MSNBC staff follow the energy industry and how little they understand what the problems are with this specific trade case. Bringing in CNBC Editor-at-Large John Harwood didn't help either, as he also didn't note (and didn't seem to not know) the most important points of the story
March 5th, 2014 | by Roy L Hales
Originally Published in the ECOreport. When Rhone Resch used to get together with the CEOs from other energy sectors for [&hellip
February 5th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
IHS, a “global information company,” has reported that global solar PV installations totalled about 32 gigawatts (GW) in 2012, a [&hellip
January 22nd, 2013 | by Andrew
US imports of silicon solar panels from China have dropped significantly this year with the imposition of unfair trade duties, but PV prices continued to their seemingly inexorable decline
December 31st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
What were the top solar power stories of 2012? Here’s my list — chime in below if you think [&hellip
December 18th, 2012 | by Adam Johnston
As large global supply of solar modules far exceeds demand, prices continue to fall. That’s a good thing to boost [&hellip
July 23rd, 2012 | by Chelsea
It seems two new U.S. tariffs on solar panel makers haven’t stymied market prices or demand. While the import [&hellip
June 14th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
I was on a conference call yesterday with Tom Kimbis, Vice President of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), and Shayle Kann, Vice [&hellip
March 19th, 2012 | by Mathias
Last week you might’ve read about Twin Creeks Technologies and its super-thin solar cells. This company aims to cut the [&hellip
March 15th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Along with the fun charts just released by SEIA and GTM Research yesterday, Bloomberg just released some pretty awesome ones [&hellip
March 15th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
The 2011 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report was released yesterday by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research. [&hellip
January 25th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Some recent solar energy news we haven’t hit yet: 1. Agendas for the 7th Annual Photovoltaics Summit and 4th Annual Concentrating Solar Thermal Power, [&hellip
August 30th, 2011 | by Guest Contributor
A recent industry analysis by Lux Research projects the amount of solar power installed is to grow 15.5 percent per year, but revenues are to stay flat, until 2016. A report from Navigant Consulting discovered that the price of solar panels is down almost 20 percent as of August 2011. The information derived from these two reports show that the consumer is poised to benefit from the price reduction, while manufacturers can expect an almost flat profit margin for the next few years
