The NY Times’ reporting on the California Solar Valley Ranch project and clean energy subsidies is so full of holes that NRG has issued a point-by-point rebuttal. The NYT article is symptomatic of the ugly, protracted decline of mainstream journalism in the US.
The #1 surprise of the recent solar power conference in Texas was a petition brought forth by some in the industry, led by Oregon-based SolarWorld, claiming that China was illegally “dumping” its solar panels in the U.S. (selling the panels for less than it costs to make them). … [continued]
SunRun, “the nation’s leading home solar provider” and solar leasing pioneer, announced yesterday that it has expanded into New York. We’ve covered solar leasing (and SunRun) here on CleanTechnica a number of times, but for anyone not yet familiar with solar leasing’s benefits and downsides, here’s a list for you: … [continued]
A small solar installer in Maryland, solargaines, provided me with this interesting solar power infographic yesterday. Definitely thought is was worth sharing. Of course, this is all about solar power, in general. If you’re actually interested in the cost of solar panels in Maryland, you can check out their site. … [continued]
Sunny-lucky Greece has not been doing well financially, as I think you know. But it’s looking to tap into that solar treasure chest in order to pay back some of its financial saviors, such as soon-to-be-nuclear-free Germany. EU’s energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger, the director general for energy Philip Lowe, and … [continued]
The use of semiconductors, digital and solid state electronics is reshaping the architecture of solar power systems. Along with other innovations, this holds out the promise that solar power systems will soon be performing more efficiently, at higher levels and at further reduced costs. ArrayPower, a Silicon Valley start-up, launched its Sequenced Inverter – the first of its kind – at SPI in Dallas this week. Senior company executives spoke with Clean Technica about their technology and company while at the show.
Solar PV power installations on university and college campuses have surged 450% over the last three years while average cost per Watt has fallen 35% since 2009, according to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, which has just released a new version of its US campus solar installations database.
Football teams, basketball teams and more have been putting solar panels up to power their stadiums. But not all have done so yet, of course…. Now, there’s a big push, created by the Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center, to get the University of Michigan to put solar power on its stadium, the largest football stadium in North America.
The global market for solar photovoltaic (PV) cells will more than double by 2020, rising from 2010’s $30 billion to $70 billion,according to South Korea’s Samsung SDI, which acquired Samsung Electronics’ solar power division earlier this year. Falling prices and supportive government policies will drive the growth.
Solar energy is a common method of clothes-drying in many parts of the world. However, hanging clothes on a line costs time, rather than money, and depends on the weather. The German company Miele has removed the weather and the extra time from the equation altogether by designing the world’s first solar-heated dryer.
