As the expiry of the previous support scheme for renewable energy in Denmark resulted in a significant expansion with land based wind energy in 2017, we hold our breath to see how the annual technology neutral wind and solar tenders for 2018 and 2019 will pan out in the country. While we wait we can look to Germany and see what happened there at its first attempt.
Much has changed in the national solar market since an earlier analysis of the market and policy landscape in 2014. The solar market as a whole has continued to grow, and small-scale systems are proving to be better deals for communities than larger ones. So, compared with previous rankings of solar capacity, do states that allow third-party leases and power purchase agreements still dominate?
If you’re looking to invest in your financial and our planetary future, there are more options than ever before for impact investing. One of the more exciting and widely discussed opportunities for sustainable investment is in solar. Learn why solar is such a promising investment opportunity, and how you can drive solar investment forward.
18 years of hard work has resulted in the startup infinityPV finally commercializing products with printed solar photovoltaic foil.
Capital expenditure for the global solar PV industry will grow by almost 25% on 2017 levels and punch through the $10 billion mark, returning to levels not seen since 2010 and 2011, according to one of the solar industry’s leading experts, PV Tech’s Finlay Colville.
We are indeed in the era of wind, but solar is booming, and wind will eventually not be feasible — even with the help of batteries.
A citizen-led effort to establish a city-run electric utility in the small northeast Iowa community of Decorah is picking up steam, with advocates — including some local officials — forecasting significant local economic growth powered by the transition.
Today, there’s a battle brewing across the US to reinvigorate a little-used law and bring it into alignment with a modern marketplace riper than ever for small-scale renewables. Like other policies that present compelling local economic value — among them net metering and community solar — PURPA lives or dies by its implementation.
We’ve partnered with Technica Communications* for a monthly roundup of some of the coolest cleantech press releases in a series we are calling Cleantech in Action. Some of the highlights this month include a gym built entirely from bamboo, solar and storage for cooler schools in Hawaii, and solar flowers.
Researchers at the University of Warwick in England went back to the ideas of Nikola Tesla and Albert Einstein to create a new double glazed solar panel that could also be used as a window.
