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PV Trade Dispute: Settlement in Sight?

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 [...]

New Database at Colorado State University Tracks Energy Legislation in all 50 States

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), [...]

SEIA Applauds Confirmation of New DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz

SEIA Applauds Confirmation of New DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz

WASHINGTON, DC – Calling him “uniquely qualified,” Rhone Resch, president & CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), issued the following statement after Ernest Moniz was unanimously confirmed today as secretary of the Department of Energy: “Ernest Moniz will be an outstanding Secretary of Energy. As a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor, an [...]

Survey: Majority of Investors are Interested in Fossil Fuel-Free Portfolios

Survey: Majority of Investors are Interested in Fossil Fuel-Free Portfolios

According to the First Affirmative Financial Network’s Fossil Fuels Divestment Survey, over half of sustainable, responsible, impact (SRI) investment industry professionals say that retail investors (65 percent) and institutional investors (53 percent) are currently expressing interest in fossil fuel-free portfolios in the face of growing signs of climate change. This online survey was conducted by [...]

Sebastopol Requires All New Residential Buildings to have Solar!

Sebastopol Requires All New Residential Buildings to have Solar!

The small city of Sebastopol, California has become the second community in the state to require that all new residential homes and business buildings include a solar system. The city is home to approximately 7,200 residents and 1.2 MW of installed solar capacity. On May 7th, the City Council of Sebastopol passed its provision, which [...]

PV Generation Potential for January and February 2013

PV Generation Potential for January and February 2013

By Adam Kankiewicz The PV Power Map is a report of national solar resource availability as illustrated by the monthly energy output of a nominal 1-kilowatt DC (kWdc) photovoltaic (PV) system by location. This edition compares PV power output for the months of January and February, and highlights the month-to-month variability real-time energy production can [...]