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June 11, 2013 Insight Report: U.S. Installs 723 MW of PV in Q1 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. AND BOSTON, MA — GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today release U.S. Solar Market Insight: 1st Quarter 2013, the definitive analysis of solar power markets in the U.S., with strategic state-specific data for 28 U.S. [...]
The New York Times reported on Monday that the United States and the European Union may separately negotiate settlements with China in the trade cases involving $30 billion a year in solar panel shipments to the West. Times reporter Keith Bradsher wrote, “The plan that is starting to take shape would essentially carve up the [...]
FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) has launched the Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker – a new online database of energy-related state legislation pending in all 50 states, from solar to natural gas and everything in between. This first-of-its-kind database, created in partnership with Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), [...]
By Tony Clifford Solar needs to reach a marketable price point before the Federal tax credit expires in 2016, While there’s debate about what that price point will be, I’m not really concerned with hitting a specific number. The industry simply needs to reach a “tipping point” at which the photovoltaic (PV) industry can sell [...]