A new report from GBI Research anticipates that the costs of photovoltaics will reach international parity or cost equality with other energy sources by 2020. The report cites that drops in module costs as a driving factor in the lowered costs.
The report: “Solar Photovoltaic Power Market to 2020...
In it’s fifth annual “Tracking the Sun” report, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory determined that the price of installed solar has continued to fall, largely because of price drops in the cost of photovoltaics. While the report also found falling prices in...
Sullivan Solar Power will put free solar installations on the homes of some lucky low-income homeowners’ homes in California this holiday season. For every homeowner that gets a solar system from Sullivan Solar Power this holiday season the company, through a partnership with nonprofit GRID Alternatives,...
The world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has already completed over 100 solar PV installations on its U.S. stores, adding more than 62 MW to solar energy to the grid. In June of this year, the company announced its intentions to put another 90 MW of solar by the end of 2012.
Wal-Mart stores across...
Hawaii is well on its way to meeting its state renewable energy goal of obtaining 40% of its power from locally generated renewable sources by 2030. The Big Island already gets nearly half of its power (44%) of its electricity from renewables, and experts think it could be completely powered by renewables...
When considering solar energy, people have a lot of questions. How much will it cost? How much will I save? What’s the break-even point for the investment? How big of a system will my home require?
I came across this post on GigaOM recently where Pennsylvania homeowner Kevin Tofel detailed his...
Louisiana’s solar industry is booming, thanks to a popular solar energy tax credit and increased awareness as to the importance of clean energy to the region’s future development.
Now a New Orleans housing project, known for its high crime rate before Hurricane Katrina, is poised to become...
Hawaii’s Department of Education is in talks with the state Public Utilities Commission and Hawaiian Electric about its plan to outfit every public school in the islands with solar panels.
The state has an aggressive renewable energy goal and ample sunshine, making solar the logical choice to help...
Samsung Business Leader for East and Central Africa Manoj Changarampatt says that Africans are more likely to have their first experience with the Internet by using a smartphone rather than a computer. This explains why, while many other companies are exiting the African marketplace, Samsung is ramping...
In Oakland, California, Habitat for Humanity has partnered with the local utility (Pacific Gas & Electric) and the city to outfit low-income housing projects with solar panels.
Under the program, known as “Solar Habitat”, Oakland’s District Seven was recently outfitted with solar...
