Home Builder Introduces Solar as a Standard in Florida
A home building organization announced that it will offer solar panels standard on their Built to Order™ homes in certain communities in central Florida.
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Solar Innovation, Investment Shifting to Installation (Away from Solar Panels)
The focus of solar innovation and investment is shifting from panels to installation, according to a new Lux Research report, “Swimming Downstream: Evaluating Up-and-Coming Solar Installers and Developers.”
10 New Cleantech Consumer Products
1. New plug-and-play solar modules from Wagan Tech. At the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Wagan Tech unvieled its new Solar e Power™ Cube 1500 and Solar e Power™ Case 450. More from the news release: According to Alex Hsu, Wagan Tech Vice President of Sales, the Solar e Power Series is expected … [continued]
Petra Solar, Enviromena Launch Solar Energy-Smart Grid Systems Project Alliance at Abu Dhabi’s World Future…
Developer of an innovative distributed solar energy-smart grid system, New Jersey’s Petra Solar has struck up an alliance with Abu Dhabi solar energy project developer Enviromena Power Systems to develop integrated solar energy-smart grid systems across the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region.The announcement was made in Abu Dhabi, where renewable energy industry participants from around the globe are gathered for this week’s World Future Energy Summit.
Massive Solar Power Deal Being Made in San Antonio
“In a unique, first-of-its kind generation-to-manufacturing proposal, CPS Energy is entering into negotiations for a power purchase agreement from one of the nation’s largest solar projects,” CPS Energy wrote yesterday. “The project will mean new corporate headquarters and U.S. manufacturing operations for global companies in San Antonio.” The solar … [continued]
On the China-Solar Trade Dispute
If you’re in the solar industry, or care much about it, I’m sure you’ve heard of the “solar trade war”/solar industry trade dispute going on right now. Basically, a handful of solar manufacturing companies from the U.S. and Germany (led by SolarWorld) contend that china is dumping its solar goods … [continued]
Cheap Solar Home Systems Bringing Light, New Opportunities to Millions in Rural Bangladesh
Microfinance provider Grameen Shakti’s efforts to bring affordable, distributed, clean and renewable solar PV electricity to rural Bangladeshis is proving a resounding success. Well over 500,000 of its Solar Home Systems are now up and running across rural Bangladesh, affording new opportunities to millions across the age spectrum, as well as significantly improving environmental and health and safety conditions.
Imperial Valley’s Unique Combination of Solar and Geothermal Resources Make it a Hotbed of Renewable…
California’s Imperial Valley is rich in solar and geothermal energy resources, but its drive to build itself into a clean, renewable energy hub is creating some controversy among the local community, which in large part has been built around agriculture. County commissioners on Tuesday approved LS Power’s application to build the Centinela 275-MW solar photovoltaic energy array on private farmland, bringing the debate, and tensions, to the fore.
More Clean Tech News: China Dumping Solar PV; First Solar’s Desert Sunlight; DoE’s Rooftop Challenge;…
It was another event-filled week of clean and renewable energy news. Among this week’s briefs and links: Chinese solar anti-dumping case moves forward, First Solar’s 550 MW DesertSolar project, offshore and trans-national grid flows hot topic at European Wind Energy Association’s annual conference, Madrid’s big smart grid project, Japan clean energy investment fund & more…
Upcoming Canadian Cleantech Conferences Look to Move Solar, Biofuels Forward
With 2011 winding down, both the Canadian solar and biofuels sectors are having their annual conferences within the next two weeks, to take stalk of the past year and move forward for 2012. The Canadian Solar Industry Association (CanSIA), coming off a proposal in October for the upcoming Canadian Federal … [continued]
