Asia Report: Is Japan’s Solar Market Overheating?
Published on Mar 20 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
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Operations, Maintenance, and Solar Sheep
Published on Mar 20 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
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...
Loans of $2 Billion Weighed by U.S. for Clean Energy Projects
Published on Mar 20 2013 // business, Energy, Environment, Money and Business
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...
Energy Efficiency Loans Encounter Obstacles in the Secondary Market
Published on Mar 19 2013 // business, Energy, energy efficiency, Money and Business
Although connecting energy efficiency programs and private capital may seem like an ideal partnership, program managers from New York and Pennsylvania have found it is challenging to achieve competitive investment ratings for energy efficiency loan portfolios. Jeff Pitkin and Keith Welks discussed their...
Suntech Plunges As Reckoning Day Comes
Published on Mar 18 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
I rarely write about the same company 3 times in a single week, but in this case the developments are coming so quickly at plunging solar panel pioneer Suntech (NYSE: STP) that an update to this fast developing story is really necessary. Company watchers will know that today, Friday, is the official...
China Seeking Solar Consolidation Damps Hope for Suntech
Published on Mar 17 2013 // business, economy, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
Feed-in Tariff Breakthrough in Iowa?
Published on Mar 17 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy, wind energy
Suntech: Factory Closure and a Train Wreck in the Making
Published on Mar 17 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
Suntech Power, feeling the sting of the tariff the U.S. government imposed on silicon solar cells from China, said Tuesday it will shutter its Arizona factory on April 3 and let go of 43 employees.
High production costs, along with the tariffs and an imbalance of supply and demand in the global solar...
How Solar PV is Winning Over CSP
Published on Mar 17 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
More and more, renewable energies are competing against each other, instead of against conventional energy sources.
If you read the reports from major energy agencies and industry associations, you might be tempted to conclude that there is a bright future where all types of renewable energies will flourish...
