Originally published on RenewEconomy. Another of the world’s leading solar PV manufacturing giants has underlined the potential for yet more substantial falls in the manufacturing cost of solar modules, even as the cost of fossil fuels – and gas in particular – surges in the opposite direction. Beyond the near-term … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport SunPower Corp recently announced a three-year agreement to install solar panels at Meritage Homes’ communities nationwide. Meritage Homes Vice President of Environmental Affairs C.R. Herro said the deal could involve thousands of homes. Meritage built 4,238 homes in 2012 and Herro said it is currently building … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. One of the most misunderstood aspects of the solar PV phenomenon over the past 5 years is the idea that it has been that it has been driven entirely by surplus capacity from China, and little else. Defenders of fossil fuel generation will tell you that … [continued]
Originally published on the ECO Report For the past eight years, PHOTON Laboratory has been monitoring solar modules on a shade-free area of land near the historic city of Aachen, Germany. Researchers measure the yield expressed in kilowatt-hours related to the power of the modules and consider solar radiation at … [continued]
Originally published on SolarWakeup. Goldman Sachs sees a transformational moment in renewables and plans to invest in excess of $40 billion by 2021. The motivation for Goldman is to create a return on the capital they invest for their firm and clients, but where will it be invested and how … [continued]
Updated several times, last time being August 29, 2015, in order to update the solar panel and solar cell efficiency record chart. Originally published on Cost Of Solar. One of the most common things people ask when they start to consider going solar or start to plan their life-changing solar expedition is … [continued]
Late last week MidAmerican Solar and SunPower announced that a portion of the 579 MW Solar Star project was successfully syncronised and is now confirmed as delivering energy to the California independent service operator (ISO) grid. Owned by MidAmerica Solar, the Solar Star projects — which including two projects co-located … [continued]
SunPower’s main businesses is manufacturing highly efficient solar modules. However, with the solar leasing trend blowing up, SunPower has been flying into the solar leasing market. Hear SunPower CEO & Chairman Tom Werner say more about that this in the following Bloomberg TV interview: For stories related to the discussion above, … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. US-based First Solar has led the utility-scale solar league for awhile now, but the latest statistics for utility-scale solar construction (EPC contracts) put it way out in the lead. As you can see in the Wiki-Solar table below, First Solar now has built 1,147 MW of solar … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. Home solar panels are “the new granite countertops,” according to Tom Werner, CEO of US-based SunPower, one of the largest solar panel companies in the world. What does that mean? That means that, for an increasing number of new homeowners, solar panels are becoming an add-on … [continued]
