At a time when most solar rebates are shrinking or going by the wayside because of the demand for more solar, Hawaii Energy is bucking the trend by increasing its solar hot water rebates for homeowners. The utility, the pacific island state’s largest, announced March 11 that it increased its instant...
Solar is continuing to become a more important part of the U.S.’s energy mix as it continues to grow at a rapid pace—in fact the amount of solar added online in the U.S. in 2012 was 76 percent higher than in 2011, the previous record holder. That’s according to the GTM Research and the Solar Energy...
A new partnership between Kyocera Solar and VGI Energy to install solar panels on affordable housing projects in Chicago helps Kyocera’s fulfill its original mission.
Kyocera’s founder got involved with solar in 1975 because he wanted to make clean energy more affordable in developing countries,...
That’s the word from the North Carolina Solar Energy Association, which says that House Bill 298 jeopardizes energy business stability. According to the solar advocacy organization, the new bill would unravel clean energy legislation enacted in the state in 2007 that has allowed its clean energy industry...
The massive solar hot water system Easy Energy installed at a Tucson senior living center is an example of exactly the kind of project solar hot water technology works best for.
Easy Energy installed 600 solar hot water collectors on carports in the community along with significant hot water storage...
The U.S. government will likely be one of solar’s largest customers across the country, with the armed forces making significant commitments to solar and renewable energy, as well as the thousands of facilities the federal government has across the nation. But as with many parts of the country, the...
The photovoltaic market will continue its growth in 2013 albeit a little slower than in the past few years, according to a new NDP Solarbuzz report. The report projected that the PV market will grow about 7 percent this year to 31 gigawatts 29 GWs in 2012. The report also predicted that Germany’s solar...
Last week President Obama nominated new heads for the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, the two organizations that most impact the U.S.’s energy future. The solar industry must have seen that as a good thing because numerous companies announced they were moving forward with...
Now that the Sequester has officially begun, people are wondering what the impacts will be, both long term and short term. The message from the two sides of the political spectrum could not be more opposite. Republicans are confident that the concern is overstated, and the wasteful federal government...
Contradictory trends are currently pushing the polysilicon industry to simultaneously restrict production volumes while continuing to add new capacity.
The rationale for reducing plant utilization is obvious. Between 2008 and 2012, with production levels substantially higher than demand, polysilicon...
