Following Elon Musk and SolarCity has been the demise of many organizations. Musk is a brilliant mind. He thinks creatively on several different levels simultaneously and knows well how to leverage investor funds to build and experiment while keeping everyone waiting for tomorrow. But, and hold on to your seat, he built a terribly flawed model.
GTM Research’s quarterly Solar Executive Briefing lays out several noteworthy trends to watch for in the solar industry this year. The US solar industry had an impressive 2015, allowing its marked hockey-stick growth to continue — and that growth is only expected to continue through 2016. According to GTM Research, … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love Shayle Kann, the director of GTM Research, is predicting the US solar industry to continue on its impressive growth streak, and to play a “meaningful role” in the future of electricity in the US. The former Fullbright scholar, who now directs GTM Research, the market analysis, … [continued]
The Energy Department has come up with $59 million in seed money to get the US solar industry cracking on the next stage of growth.
Originally published on the US Department of Energy Website Production scale, not lower labor costs, drives China’s current advantage in manufacturing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy systems, according to a new report released on September 5 by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology … [continued]
Last week, I posted letters from Jigar Shah (President of Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy) and a response from Hari Chandra Polavarapu (Managing Director of Solar/Cleantech Research at AURIGA USA LLC). As an update, here’s a response to Hari from Jigar: I want to thank Hari Chandra Polavarapu, the Managing Director of Solar/Cleantech … [continued]
2011 US solar power installations soared to a record, growing 140% year-over-year in Q3, and even greater gains are expected in Q4. Yet the US solar power industry, along with its counterparts in Germany and China, is in turmoil as supply-demand imbalances driven by slanted government policies on trade, investment, foreign exchange and clean energy production and usage push an increasing number of growing businesses to, and beyond the brink of financial solvency.
Silicon solar PV panel buyers have been the beneficiaries, but US investors and manufacturers have been left holding the bag in what’s turned out to be the latest Wall St. investment bank-led speculative bubble.
This comes as no surprise to those of us following the market, but it may come as a big one to FOX News (& friends) — the North American solar photovoltaic market is set to double in quarter four of 2011 compared to quarter four of 2010. The PV … [continued]
SolarCity and BoA-Merrill Lynch announced that they have agreed to terms on financing SolarStrong, a billion-plus dollar SolarCity project – the largest in US history – that could double the number of residential solar installations in the US by installing solar power systems on privatized US military housing communities across the country.
