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2014: The Year of Solar Grid Parity
Because of strong demand for rooftop solar forecast this year in key markets and further drops in pricing, Deutsche Bank believes the solar industry will transition from subsidized to sustainable in 2014. The industry passed the 100 gigawatt (GW) threshold in 2012 and because of strong demand expected this year, the Bank expects solar to grow 20% – to [...]
The Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
Here’s an article that presents some specious logic associated with electric vehicle adoption. In particular, the greening of conventional vehicles militates away from, not towards, the adoption of EVs; the payback in fuel consumption for an EV is far more attractive when the car one’s replacing gets 25 MPG than 60 MPG. Having said this, [...]
Technology Adoption Rules Facing Electric Vehicles
I suggested recently that the solar-charged driving and EV revolutions are stuck in first gearand, at least in terms of numbers, can’t really be considered revolutions – although the concept of solar-charged driving very definitely is revolutionary. The main reasons for the comparatively slow adoption of EVs and solar-charged driving are cost and competition. The [...]
The Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
In response to my recent piece of electric vehicles, a few readers sent me  John Peterson’s position on the subject. Thanks, but I’m already quite familiar with it.  John’s a brilliant, honest, and levelheaded guy; in fact, I plan to visit him in Switzerland when I’m in Europe next spring. Having said this, I disagree with [...]
A Milestone Year for Solar, but Many Miles Yet to Go – Pt. 2
Much hasbeen written about upstream development in US renewable energy. Techadvances are impressive, and there is a reason why renewable technologycontinues to attract venture funding. However, the US is failing on the downstream – the installation side of the renewable equation. SEIA reports that all US grid-connected solar to date totals about one gigawatt.A gigawatt [...]