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...
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.
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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...
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,...
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...
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...
“It would be reassuring to think that the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl is contained, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in stable shut-down. Unfortunately a look inside the Fukushima plant suggests otherwise,” says the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in an extremely...
India, which plans to raise solar capacity eightfold by 2017, will probably auction more megawatts than planned this fiscal year in a bid to cut chronic power shortages in the world’s second most-populous nation.
The government will tender 750 megawatts of capacity in the first week of May, kicking...
The U.S. Energy Department is reviewing nine applications from companies seeking $4.8 billion in energy-related loan guarantees, the first since the collapse of Solyndra unleashed an avalanche of Republican criticism.
A Government Accountability Office report today showed applications for eight energy-efficiency...
Total SA and Abengoa SA, the European energy producers behind the Middle East’s largest concentrated-solar plant, intend to expand further in the region as governments promote renewables to free up oil for export.
The execution of solar programs in the Middle East would bring “thousands of...