Over the past few years the UK’s renewable energy industry has been booming and in the last year we have seen it increase dramatically – This was due to the FIT tariff that the UK Government provides as an incentive to switch to a greener way of living and when we heard that this would be slashed in April 2012, …

December 14, 2011—As the US has launched an anti-dumping investigation of China’s solar products, the Chinese PV industry is taking steps towards self-preservation – Taiwanese vendors will reap the benefits of these measures, and will likely see increased sales. According to statistics from EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, module products from China account for over 50% of the U.S. …

Guest post today from our friend Dan Auld who is a San Diego writer whose stories about solar at Wal-Mart and Google and other alternative energy sources. This article points out some interesting stuff about the issues that the solar installation business needs to be aware of in order to survive these hard economic times. Not sure if Rush should …

What is solar photovoltaic suitable for? On this period of unsure career and economic difficulty, a lot of homeowners are looking at installing solar photovoltaic for electricity. Although start-up prices are bigger than other renewable technologies, photovoltaic solar cells have vital advantages and benefits which should be considered. You’ll know what is solar photovoltaic suitable for as you read more. …

What is solar photovoltaic? Well it is one of those technologies that we may say are progressive and can improve our life permanently. With improving utilization, demand of the electricity is also growing day by day. To cope with the case there are latest techniques and technologies tried to get as much electricity as possible. We could well illustrate what …

Solar energy is identified to become probably the most common form of option energy. There is a simple reason behind this. Bear in mind that regardless of where your home or place is, what the climate there might be, inside your vicinity – the sun will often shine. So, even when there’s cloud, solar energy can often be collected and …

I looked into solar for a couple years trying to figure out how I could afford to install solar on my home, but it was too expensive for most of that time. Then along came a great new option to the marketplace. Solar leases were introduced after the solar power companies secured funding sources that would allow them to install …

Ecologists and environmentalists are currently anxious about the today’s state that the entire world has. Fears about the approaching tragedy of our world possess been circulating round the media whether it is in the newspaper, television, movies, radio, and internet. Everybody is just saying that the end world world is currently near. The produced exceptional cues all over he world …

November 10, 2011—According to EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, as product price continues to fall, midstream Taiwanese PV manufacturers’ profits are shrinking. In response to the recent price drop, manufacturers have already lowered their utilization rates; some makers have gone so far as to suspend production to counter the latest price decrease. As for the spot market, inventory dumping …

By Steven Pleging I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models. Remember when the dot.com bubble burst in 2000 and, seemingly overnight, some companies ceased making millions hand-over-fist? Flash forward to 2011, when nearly …

The advantages of solar energy are contributory factors that would seriously affect the way ahead for humankind. Irrespective of how you look at it carbon-based fuels will eventually run out and even in the event that they didn’t they’d become out of date if man ventures into outer space. You’ll notice that none of the “Mars Rover” type cars are …

Good article today from our friends at MJ about the state of the solar power industry after all the hoopla regarding the Solyndra funding issue and other items that have dragged down national discussion of solar power development. Check it out and comment below with your thoughts. The past couple of months have been grim ones for anybody who favors …

IDC Energy Insights MarketScape Evaluates North American Residential Solar Inverter Market New report provides side-by-side comparison of top vendors with emphasis on installer feedback FRAMINGHAM, MA, November 1, 2011 – IDC Energy Insights announced today the availability of a new IDC MarketScape report designed to help installers of residential photovoltaic (PV) systems evaluate inverter technologies and make informed decisions about …

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Despite great leaps in solar panel technology, the biggest obstacle hindering their widespread use is quite pedestrian: stubbornly high installation costs. While the cost of panels has dropped by half since 2007, total installation costs, which include panels, labor and additional equipment, declined just 20% over the same period. Charlie Korman, manager of Solar Energy programs at GE’s Global Research …

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SunConnect Signs Agreement with Macy’s To Develop 1.063 Megawatt Roof-Mounted PV System At New Jersey Distribution Center We have been driving by big huge retail and shipping buildings for years knowing that they suck energy to keep them cool and to keep them warm in winter. Huge roofs that till now have not been load bearing enough to support solar. …

THE PRESENT & FUTURE OF SOLAR Julia Hamm, President and CEO of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) took the audience 20 years into the future during today’s General Session with a visionary presentation about the role of solar energy within an electric utility in the year 2031. Hamm stressed the importance of collaboration between the solar industry and utilities …

Projects provide district with 689 kW of clean, solar power Plymouth Meeting, PA (October 18, 2011) – Tangent Energy Solutions today announced that solar energy generation installations at three Colonial School District (CSD) schools have been fully tested and commissioned – enabling them to start providing power. The three schools are the sites for two separate solar energy projects; one …

El Segundo, Calif., October 3, 2011—After slumping in July and August, Germany’s orders for new photovoltaic (PV) solar systems are set to soar in October and November, generating a surge in demand that may be difficult for major suppliers to accommodate, according to the IHS iSuppli Photovoltaic Service from information and analysis provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). The boom in orders …