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Asia Report: Is Japan’s Solar Market Overheating?

Published on Mar 20 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy

Most of the projections we’ve seen for 2013′s biggest solar markets (Solarbuzz, IHS iSuppli, Deutsche Bank) put Japan as #4 behind China, the US, and Germany, and ahead of a number of countries led by Italy. Maxim Group and Lux Research have Japan squeaking into third place. But now, one...

Florida’s Broward County Encourages Solar Energy with Easier Permits

Published on Mar 20 2013 // economy, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy

Making energy from the sun seems a no-brainer for the Sunshine State, but cost has proven to be a hurdle. Broward County has taken a big step to cut costs for solar-panel systems on rooftops and homeowners, businesses and other counties are taking notice, a Go Solar conference showed Friday. With help...

Ready or Not: Arizona Takes Steps Toward Incentive Free Solar

Published on Mar 20 2013 // economy, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy

Over the past several years Arizona has become one of the fastest growing solar markets in the United States due in large part to a strong policy framework coupled with excellent market fundamentals. However, as of February 2013 Arizona’s solar incentive program was severely curtailed and uncertainty...

Operations, Maintenance, and Solar Sheep

Published on Mar 20 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy

As gigawatts of commercial- and utility-scale PV power plants spring up around the world on a monthly basis, one critical industry sector that’s growing in tandem is operations and maintenance, usually referred to simply as O&M. Whether the service is provided by the engineering, procurement,...

CSP giants Abengoa, BrightSource partner on giant Palen Solar project

Published on Mar 20 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy

Two of the giant concentrating solar power (CSP) companies, Abengoa and BrightSource Energy have agreed to jointly develop, build and operate the 500 MW Palen Solar Power Project. BrightSource purchased the Palen project from Solar Millennium, which went bankrupt. But now the two CSP companies will...

Vermont renewable energy industry fighting damaging legislation

Published on Mar 20 2013 // Energy, renewable energy

More than 150 clean energy business owners in Vermont signed a letter to state senators this week urging them defeat a controversial piece of legislation that could damage renewable energy advances there. While Vermont has a reputation for liberally supporting solar energy and other renewable technologies...

DOI approves 1.1 GWs of renewable projects in Southwest

Published on Mar 20 2013 // economy, Energy, Money and Business, renewable energy

Earlier this week, and perhaps as his last salvo in office before retiring as Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, announced approval of three new giant renewable energy projects, the McCoy Solar Energy Project, the Desert Harvest Solar Farm and the Searchlight Wind Energy Project. Secretary Salazar...

Week in review: Solar booms into 2012 and beyond

Published on Mar 20 2013 // Energy, solar energy, Week in Review

Last week the U.S. solar industry reported that the amount of newly installed solar power was 76 percent higher in 2012 than in 2011. And while that’s great for the industry, some states are having legislation introduced that would curtail the growth of solar—on purpose. Meanwhile the government...

IMUT’s Green Sun Team Solar Decathlon 2013 gets First Solar modules

Published on Mar 20 2013 // Energy, solar energy

First Solar announced today (March 18) that Inner Mongolia University of Technology’s (IMUT’s) Team Green Sun will compete in China’s first Solar Decathlon with 13 kilowatts of First Solar’s modules. The company donated the 150 photovoltaic modules to the university and will provide support...

Indy airport array leading Midwest solar development

Published on Mar 20 2013 // Energy, solar energy

The new 75-acre solar farm at the Indianapolis International Airport that broke ground last week is one among about 30 new solar projects in development in Indianapolis Power and Light’s portfolio. “This has been two years in the making,” said IPL spokeswoman Brandi Davis-Handy. “We’re very...