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The taxpayer-owned company bought a California solar utility company, Cleantech America, with the twin aims of gaining experience in the solar power industry and taking advantage of generous state subsidies and tax breaks for renewable power producers.
Tags: California, solar power, Guy Waipara, Fresno
An ambitious project to import electricity from North African deserts faces plenty of political hurdles. How long does it take 12 companies plus a potentially larger number of governments from Africa, the Middle East and Europe to get together and complete...
Tags: Desertec Industrial Initiative, Middle Eastern, North Africa, Europe, desertec members, Belgium, Brussels, Environment, European Union, Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation, RWE, Alternative energy, Solar power, Energy conversion, Desertec, Renewable energy in the European Union
But, as Mr Fezzani said in an interview from BP Solar headquarters, the German solar success also represents what troubles solar: the industry relies on subsidies, and cannot survive without them in a world where the cost of traditionally generated electricity,...
Tags: solar panels, Mr Fezzani, solar power, Like Germany, Spain, China, generous electricity, Spanish, Southern California, Madrid, Environment, Photovoltaics, First Solar, Alternative energy, Energy conversion, BP Solar, Technology Internet, Semiconductor devices, Grid parity
David Gardner's top pick took an epic run of 1,334%! On Monday, Greek thin-film PV player HelioSphera unveiled a plan to build a $500 million manufacturing plant in Philadelphia...Japan's Sharp has pulled ahead on a year-to-date basis, with 17% share...
Tags: Suntech Power, Ontario, Trina Solar, LDK Solar Co, NASDAQ, Business Finance, Solar power, SunPower
This helps you work out whether solar power is a viable option for your energy needs. All you need to tell the web-based tool is your address, which direction your roof faces, and what the angle of your roof is. The software already knows the terrain...
Tags: New Zealand, NIWA, solar energy, Nelson, Environment, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Solar water heating, Construction, Solar thermal, Alternative energy, Solar power, Energy conversion, Technology Internet
Ameren Corp. will build solar energy systems in Missouri and Illinois to explore how best to use the sun to generate electricity, the St...Louis headquarters, and another at a site to be determined in Illinois. The electric company tapped Kansas City...
Tags: Kansas City, Environment, Energy conversion, Technology Internet, Alternative energy, Solar power, Solar energy, Photovoltaics, Business Finance, Grid parity, Photovoltaic system, Wind power, Ameren, Renewable energy, Renewable Energy Certificates
India to develop 20 gigawatts solar power by 2022' Washington, Dec 2 : US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said India will be developing 20 gigawatts solar power by 2022. After a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna, Clinton said:...
Tags: India, clean energy, solar power, United States, energy technology, Hillary Rodham Clinton, gigawatts solar, climate change, Thiruvananthapuram, Environment, Energy economics, Mitigation of global warming, Clean coal, Sustainable energy, Global warming, Energy development, Action on climate change
One of the more significant renewable-energy technologies developed in Hawai'i will receive a boost next week when a 4-acre solar farm is blessed and officially begins providing power to the Big Island's electrical grid. A Dec...The 500-kilowatt- capacity...
Tags: Sopogy Inc, Darren Kimura, solar farm, Keahole Solar Power LLC, Kona, Ted Peck, Honolulu, Environment, Photovoltaics, Concentrating solar power, Sopogy, Solar thermal, Alternative energy, Solar power, Energy conversion, Technology Internet, Solar energy
Chinese solar power company Trina Solar Ltd. on Tuesday said it signed a new sales agreement to supply about 8 megawatts of photovoltaic modules to the Chinese domestic market, as part of its efforts to expand sales in China. Shipments began in November...
Tags: Trina Solar Ltd., Minneapolis, Environment, Photovoltaics, Trina Solar, First Solar, Business Finance, Photovoltaic module, Solar power, BP Solar, Technology Internet, Cadmium telluride, Grid parity
With the sun setting before 5 p.m., solar power may be the last thing on your mind these days. But declining panel prices, a federal tax credit and a state rebate all make now a good time to at least investigate whether solar power might make sense for...
Tags: Southern California Edison, california solar, solar power, San Jose, Environment, Renewable energy policy, California Solar Initiative, Alternative energy, Energy conversion, Technology Internet, Solar energy, Renewable-energy economy, Grid parity