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Solar and Moore’s Law
Late last summer, I was walking the neighbourhood near where a rooftop residential solar PV system was about to be installed. People tend to be more interested and less sceptical about solar when their neighbors are getting into it, so it’s good policy to pound the pavement in the hopes of drumming up some business. [...]
WOW! 42 Cents/Watt Solar by 2015
The cost of producing a conventional crystalline silicon (c-si) solar panel continues to drop. Between 2009 and 2012, leading “best-in-class” Chinese c-Si solar manufacturers reduced module costs by more than 50 percent. And in the next three years, those players — companies like Jinko, Yingli, Trina and Renesola — are on a path to lower [...]
U.S Lays Heavy Tariffs on Chinese Solar Cells
The Department of Commerce is standing behind its preliminary decision to impose massive import tariffs on Chinese-made solar technology, despite the threat of potential retaliation from China. The penalties for Chinese-made solar cells range from 18%-250%, with the duties levied on Trina Solar Ltd. (18.32%) reduced and the ones on Suntech Power Holdings Co. raised [...]
China/EU Battle Carbon Emissions
One of the world’s largest economic powerhouses has reportedly struck a deal with the European Union to cut greenhouses gases. According to Reuters, the European Commission has announced that China will partner with the EU to develop initiatives like Chinese emissions trading schemes. China is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. The EU and [...]
The Future of Chinese Solar Companies
The whole solar panel industry has been in a tailspin as the massive solar glut takes toll of the whole industry. The industry downturn which started in 2011 has not stopped as solar panel prices have crashed to new all time lows with European demand pull in ending and inventories building up. While many of [...]
China Strikes Back Against U.S Energy Subsidies
The Global Green War had started with the US imposing duties on imports of Chinese made solar panels and cells. Subsequently dumping charges were also imposed on wind energy equipment made in China as well. China has not been able to do much against these duties as it exports almost 80-90% of its solar products. [...]
Beijing Emerges As Early Capitol Of Chinese Electric Vehicle Adoption
China’s Ministry of Science and Technology has chosen Beijing to serve as the pilot city for an ambitious program designed to someday make the country the world’s leader in electric vehicle adoption and manufacturing. Next year, Beijing’s municipal government will offer subsidies of¥3000 per kilowatt-hour of battery capacity on electric vehicles soldwithin the city. The [...]
Chinese Student Creates Solar Powered Egg House
In an effort to reduce his living expenditure in a city likeBeijing, Daihai Fei, a 24-year-old Chinese student, has started livingin a house that he crafted on a bamboo frame covered with variousinsulating materials topped with a layer of stitched bag. The bags arefilled with sawdust and grass seeds, which the creator waters to enhance [...]
Chinese PV Market Just Getting Started
CCID Consulting Co. Ltd has released a report on China’s PV industry. Global PV market sustains a high growth momentumFor the year 2009, the newly-added installed photovoltaic power capacityneared a total of 5,800MW around the world and the global marketcontinued its high-speed growth at a rate of 46.6 percent. Due to a tight supply of [...]