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Is Concentrated PV (CPV) More Efficient Than PV?
The scientific and political stage for the success of solar energy is set.
Markets are huge. Management of growth is the key. Once demonstration plants run according to plans and expectations, just two years should show that CPV does indeed deliver. The past twelve months may not have been the best time to be rolling out a newly commercialized branch of the PV sector, but advoca...
Five Chinese Solar Stocks To Buy Cheap
I certainly got a dose of that bitter pill when I first began studying energy markets back in the early 1990s.You see, the more I read and the more I learned, the more I was convinced that this very dangerous and unsustainable fossil fuel foundation on which our energy economy was built would ultimately leave us vulnerable to economic and environmental catastrophe. There was no s...
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Petra Solar Announces $40m Growth Financing
Petra Solar Inc., a pioneer and market leader in pole mounted smart
grid and solar systems for utilities, has raised $40 million in funding
for expansion.
Two new investors, Craton Equity Partners and
Espírito Santo Ventures, led the latest round with 100 percent
participation from existing investors, Element Partners, Blue Run
Ventures, OnPoint Technologies (US Army's Venture F...
Areva Gobbles Up Ausra
Areva, the swarming energy conglomerate, has won the bidding war and purchased Ausra, the solar thermal specialist.
Two other conglomerates had been bidding on the company, according to sources. One of them, however, was likely not Siemens. Siemens bought rival Solel for $418 million last year.
Like many Silicon Valley-funded startups, Ausra came up with a novel idea for harnessing...
America’s Largest Thin Film Solar Project is Up-and-Running in California
The largest thin film solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the United States, recently began commercial operations in California.
According to a company press release , the 21-megawatt (MW) solar power plant, acquired by NRG Energy, Inc . ( NYSE:NRG ), was developed and constructed by First Solar, Inc . ( NASDAQ:FSLR ).
The Blythe plant, located about 200 miles east of Los Angeles,...
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Better Efficiency Standards Would Save Billions For U.S. Consumers
If Congress passes climate and energy legislation that strengthens energy efficiency and renewable energy standards, Americans may see electric and natural gas costs fall by $113 billion by 2030. In addition, emitters would pay 4 percent less in compliance costs to meet potential requirements under a cap-and-trade scheme, according to a new report by the Union of Concerned...
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Norwegian PM Visits Scatec Solar’s Rural Electrification Project in India
The Norwegian Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, recently made a visit to Rampura in Uttar Pradesh, the first village to get a Community Solar Power Plant by Scatec Solar.
The visit comes as the company, together with Indian and Norwegian governments, is about to launch the scaling-up of the solar energy project for rural electrification in India. Indian and Norwegian government...
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2010/11 PV Demand Likely Stronger than Expected
The Solar Energy market experienced a roller coaster ride in the last six months, mainly because of the policy uncertainty from Germany.
Although the German market is only 40% of the global market (probably less than 40% due to the growing shares from China, Japan and the USA), Wall Street analysts seem to only focus on Germany. The media sometimes also contributes to the specula...
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Petra Solar Announces $40m Growth FinancingPetra Solar Inc., a pioneer and market leader in pole mounted smart grid and solar systems for utilities,...
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