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Envision Solar, GRID Solar Launch Alliance
Envision SolarInternational Inc., a solar master planner, architect and inventor thatdesigns and deploys solar systems, has entered a partnershipwith GRID Solar, a turnkey solar developer that provides consultancy,project management and financing for companies looking to incorporatesolar technology into the design of a new or existing project. According to the companies, the partnership will help property [...]
GE Researching Grid Impact Of Solar Energy $GE
With energy experts forecasting substantial increases in solar power inthe coming decades, GE researchers are working with Arizona PublicService (APS), the state’s largest electric utility, tounderstand how large amounts of solar can best be integrated intotoday’s grid. APS, along with four partners (including GE), wasrecently awarded a $3.3 million High Penetration Solar Deployment grantfrom the [...]
Technology Roadmaps and Industry Standards: A Path Towards Grid Parity
Based upon the experiences of otherindustries, technology developments in cell efficiency and increases inmanufacturing economies of scale will not be enough to reach grid parity goals as fast as the world desires. The solar PV industry needs to look at meaningful cost reduction through a global, robust andwell-organized supply chain. The current learning curve for [...]
One Block Off The Grid Introduces New Orleans Campaign
One Block Off The Grid (1BOG) has launched aNew Orleans solar group purchase campaign. Homeowners in New Orleansinterested in solar power will be eligible for a discounted rate of$6.65/W through local installer South Coast Solar, as well as freeeducation, support and online tools. After a month-long vettingprocess, 1BOG says it selected South Coast Solar for [...]
DOE | $100 Million for Smart Grid Workforce Training
Speaking in Maryland Today, United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a new roundof Recovery Act funding, totaling close to $100 million, creating fifty-four centers in thirty-three states to train the workforce the country needs to buildand maintain a “Smart Grid.” “Building and operating smart grid infrastructure will put tens ofthousands of Americans to [...]
NREL Using $2.79 Million Grant To Study Solar Grid Integration
TheCalifornia Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has awardedapproximately $2.79 million in California Solar Initiative Research,Development, Deployment and Demonstration program grants to theDepartment of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) tohelp the state stimulate solar energy research and build a sustainablesolar market. The grants awarded to NREL are part of thecommission’s first solicitation for projects that focus [...]
Solar Companies Can Find Opportunity Away from the Grid
As solar energy technology continues to evolve, consumers are going tofind that it works with more applications than they may have everimagined. Some signs of this emerging technology can be found in thethin-film and ultra-efficient photovoltaic technologies being developed by somecompanies. Industry analysts have suggested that as thin-filmphotovoltaics continue to become more sophisticated, homeowners couldeventually [...]
Could PV Inverters be the Smart Grid Portal to the Home?
There is an entrepreneurial and venture capital rush in building out the Home Area Network (HAN). Companies like People Power, Tendril, Google,Cisco, iControl, Lixar (bought by Gridpoint), Greenbox(acquired by Silver Spring Networks), Control4, EnergyHub, EcoFactor, et al. are all working on software and hardware pieces of home andbuilding energy management. The millions of deployed smart [...]
New eBook shows how solar manufacturers can shorten path to grid parity
Camstar Systems Inc. announced the release of its latest eBook “Takingthe Solar Industry Beyond Grid Parity.” Grid parity is the pointat which electricity generated from Solar power is equal to grid power.The eBook applies Camstar’s Advancing Product Quality (APQ) model to the Solar industry, and shows how the model enables the achievement of grid parity [...]