Originally published on RenewEconomy The big fall in solar PV costs over the last five years is helping redefine the future of energy generation across the world, with grid parity in the retail market achieved in dozens of countries, and even beating wholesale prices in markets such as Chile and … [continued]
Solar industry manufacturing consortium PVMC and NREL aim to help reduce the installed cost of thin-film CIGS solar PV by 75%, an effort that falls right in line with targets set out in PVMC’s thin-film PV industry roadmap and President Obama’s SunShot Initiative.
The Coalition of American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) is looking to widen the scope of recently imposed duties on imports of silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels manufactured in China. A coalition of some 230 US solar energy industry participants, CASM on February 1 filed appeals with the US Court of … [continued]
The 16 founding members of the truSolar consortium aim to develop industry standards and a framework for mitigating risks, optimizing returns, and underwriting solar PV projects.
Alta Devices and Crystal Solar made business headlines this week, a good sign there’s more to come in the way of making solar power yet more affordable and commonplace.
Ups and downs notwithstanding, First Solar has forged itself into the world’s leading manufacturer of thin-film Cd-Te solar PV cells and modules. Management took time out recently to recognize the contributions of its supply chain partners in meeting its business goals in a manner consistent with its broader set of values and ethics. […]
Soft costs can be pretty tough. The cost of solar installations can be generally separated into “hard” costs — representing primary components such as modules, racking, inverters — and soft costs including legal, permitting, and financing. While the former group — particularly modules — have dropped dramatically over the last several years, the latter have not. According to a recent NREL analysis, these costs represent roughly 30% of both residential and utility installations (slightly less for commercial-host systems). See Figure 1. […]
Solar PV manufacturing and overall costs continue to fall sharply, but that’s being overlooked as the media focuses on solar trade wars, price wars, scandals and insolvencies.
Massive Chinese government subsidies have led to equally massive overcapacity and Chinese manufacturers’ exports to the US, and that in turn’s led to a rising tide of US solar bankruptcies and downsizing at a critical juncture in the global industry’s development, US solar industry leaders and supporters testified. The Commerce Dept.’s much anticipated final determination on duties is right around the corner.
Part and parcel of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NY-Sun initiative, which aims to spur job and economic growth by fostering installation of more solar PV systems, the new laws include statewide solar power tax credits, sales tax exemptions, and property tax abatements. […]
