The global revenue from solar PV installations is expected to total more than $1.2 trillion between 2015 to 2024, according to Navigant Research. According to figures published in a new company report, Distributed Solar PV, Navigant Research concludes that solar PV is at the head of a trend which will see … [continued]
The PV Market Alliance has published new figures estimating solar PV installations during 2015 reached at least 51 GW. According to the PV Market Alliance (PVMA), which encompasses groups from China, Belgium, Spain, Japan, and the US, 2015’s solar PV installations fell in line with its own predictions a year … [continued]
Solar installation figures for 2015 continue to roll in, with South America’s Chile and North Africa’s Algeria both completing strong years. According to the latest figures from Chile’s renewable energy research institute, Centro para la Innovación y Fomento de las Energías Sustentables (CIFES), Chile finished 2015 with installed solar PV capacity … [continued]
A new report from GTM Research forecasts 55 GW of solar PV to be installed globally in 2015, up 36% on 2014’s installation figures. GTM’s figures are published in its latest report, Global PV Demand Outlook, 2015-2015: Exploring Risk in Downstream Solar Markets. The analyst firm believes that, led by China, the … [continued]
Originally published on SolarLove. Offering an alternative to solar leasing programs, the Photovoltaic Division of Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., has introduced a new consumer finance program. The new finance program for solar PV system ownership is being offered to qualified homeowners through Mitsubishi’s authorized solar contractors. Gina Heng, vice president and … [continued]
A new blog post from NPD Solarbuzz’s Vice President, Finlay Colville, sourcing several NPD Solarbuzz analyses, has determined that UK large-scale solar PV installations grew by a whopping 600% during 2013, amounting to a record of 1.45 GW new solar PV capacity added through the 12 month period. Over 90% … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Energy analysts at Deutsche Bank are predicting a huge surge in the uptake of distributed solar PV in the United States, the world’s biggest economy and electricity market, saying solar PV installations could rise 7-fold in coming years and lift overall solar PV capacity to nearly … [continued]
Solar PV installations more than doubled in the Americas in 1H 2012, with demand in the US leading the way. Rapid growth will accelerate in 2H 2012, according to an IMS report, making the US the third-largest market in the world. 1H 2012 results put paid to assertions that the US imposition of anti-dumping tariffs and countervailing duties on Chinese imports would stifle demand in the US, according to the industry association behind the litigation effort. […]
Making solar power more affordable for much larger segments of the US population, third-party-owned solar PV systems have been growing explosively in California. Solar PV systems installed and owned by third-party providers have increased well over 3,000% since they were introduced in 2007, according to a new Sunrun–Solar PV Report study. […]
In the past 10 years or so, the world has seen a clean energy revolution. With growth rates like seen in the telephone industry, computer industry, and internet industry during comparable revolutions, clean energy options like solar and wind have been growing tremendously in recent years.
Clean Edge has been tracking the cleantech industry since 2000 and, in combination with its annual report on cleantech investment and growth, it reflected on the last 10 years as a whole this year. Clean Energy Trends 2011 reports a number of interesting statistics, the most salient of which I’m sharing below.
