Prices of PV Solar Panels are Continuing to Fall Globally!
Prices for photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are falling globally and soon generating your own electricity by putting a few panels on the roof of your house may become a reality for people even in the poorest parts of South Africa. Many reasons are contributing to the fact that these costs are dropping. First of all, [...]
Sunshine to be the Middle East’s New Energy Export?
With the shale gas boom dominating energy exploration in the US, the sun-soaked petro kingdoms of the Middle East are looking to solar to ease their own oil addiction and develop a new export business. Masdar subsidiary Masdar PV, for instance, made the thin-film solar panels installed in the Mauritania project at the company’s German [...]
Solar water heating: Help spread the word!
Solar Citizen: Building the renewable energy movement from the ground up! NEWS YOU CAN USE: What’s a Solar Water Heater? Although they are not in the news as often as solar electric (PV) systems, solar water heaters are also a great way to save money and go solar. Solar water heaters use the heat of the [...]
DOE Building Integrated Solar Technologies Roadmap
Wednesday morning, April 17th, SOLAR 2013 kicked off with a multitude of sessions ranging across many different topics. The first passive architecture forum was entitled “DOE Building Integrated Solar Technologies Roadmap.” William Goetzler and Matt Guernsey were the featured speakers representing Navigant Consulting, which was hired by the Department of Energy to develop a Roadmap. [...]
Extreme Weather- Planning: Creating the Framework for Resiliency
As a nation, we have experienced a number of extreme weather catastrophes in recent years. We have continuously been able to connect the extremity of these events with our need to address climate change in order to prepare in the best way possible for the next major disaster. Extreme Weather is a prominent theme at [...]
SOLAR 2013: Industry Honors ASES Award Winners
Gathering for their 58th annual Solar Energy Conference, ASES members honored their most inspiring leaders tonight at a gala awards banquet.
Cheaper by the Dozen: Solar Group Purchase Programs
Neighbors all around the country are getting together and going solar as a group. You can too! NEWS YOU CAN USE: Solar Group Purchasing Have you ever saved money by buying in bulk at Costco? People all over the country are buying solar in bulk and saving money in the process. Called “solar bulk purchase, [...]
Reducing Soft Costs Will Bring Success Beyond 2016
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 [...]
A Solar Challenge Plans to Bring a Solar Car Rally to Nigeria!
The Nigeria solar challenge has concluded plans to bring a solar car rally to Nigeria in conjunction with Kings Polytechnic. The Nigeria solar car initiative is a challenge designed to champion integration, support and encourage technical and scientific success in the field of engineering. It is also aimed at promoting solar car racing. The Solar Car [...]
The International Battery and Energy Storage Alliance has Recently been Established!
The International Battery and Energy Storage Alliance (IBESA) has recently been formed to help facilitate collaboration between solar, electrical energy storage, and smart grid technologies companies. IBESA was created by the International PV Equipment Association (IPVEA) and solar research group EuPD to represent the emerging solar storage sector. This alliance will help give access to market [...]
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