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98% of Canadians Believe in Climate Change
A new opinion poll released this week suggests only two per cent of Canadians who responded believe climate change is not occurring. A further nine per cent believe climate change is occurring naturally. And 54 per cent feel both humans and Mother Nature are playing a role. The survey was conducted by Insightrix Research for [...]
Earth Hour Needs to Get BIGGER
At 8:30 pm on Saturday, March 31st (when Earth Hour officially began), I was in Whole Foods in Toronto. Whole Foods, the natural, organic, and overall environmentally-conscious grocery store, is of all places where you expect to find people who know what Earth Hour is. But when the building dimmed their lights, my girlfriend and [...]
PV Industry Will Grow 92% in 2010 to Surpass 15 GW
Global solar photovoltaics (PV) panel production will eclipse 15gigawatts this year, according to GTM Research’s latest report, PV Technology, Production and Cost Outlook: 2010–2015. While subsidy cuts in key markets will lead to slower growth in 2011and beyond, panel production will still exceed 25 gigawatts by 2013. Atthe same time, increasing competition between suppliers will [...]
Taking Action to Grow Solar
Americans love solar energy and 92 percent of them are demanding greater access to it. It’s hard to get that many Americans to agree on anything – let alone something as politically charged as energy. And yet, solar energygenerates that kind of support. Americans understand that solar is a solution to many of the problems [...]
California’s Green Economy Continues to Grow Strong
Gloomy economy aside, The Sacramento Bee reports what we all know to be a continuing truth: California’s green economy is growing. The Sacramento newspaper reports that while California’s manufacturing jobs are waning, green sector manufacturing jobs continue to thrive. “In a study released Wednesday, Palo Alto-based nonprofit Next 10and Collaborative Economics Inc. of Mountain View, found thatmanufacturing [...]
Increased Demand to Grow Yingli’s Solar Business by 400% $YGE
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company, one of the world’s largest photovoltaic solar cell manufacturers, hasannounced it will increase its production capacity by four times as aresult of intensified demand. A Chinese manufacturer, Yingli exports 90% of its solar modulesoverseas to Europe and the United States. Last year Yingli owned 10% of the German solar cell market. [...]
BIPV to grow over tenfold to 2.4 GW by 2016
Historically, building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) have beenrelegated to a niche market because solar modules and panels have simply cost too much and have been too difficult to install on residential and commercial roofs as well as building walls, windows, and other parts of the building structure. Additionally, production of BIPVproducts with appealing aesthetics has been limited. [...]
PV Microinverter Revenue Projected To Grow Significantly
Solar microinverters and DC-DC power optimizers are forecast to generate more than $1.5 billion in revenues over the next five years, accordingto IMS Research‘s recently released report on the rapidly emerging market. Shipments ofthe devices are forecast to grow over 100% per year and will total morethan 16 million in the same period. Even so, [...]
Major Asia Pacific PV Markets To Grow 85% in 2010
Asia Pacific photovoltaic markets are poised to make a significantcontribution to global photovoltaic (PV) market growth in 2010 following improvements in the policy environment in most of the key countries inthis region. According to the Solarbuzz Asia and Pacific Major PV Markets 2010 report, the key emerging country markets of China, India,South Korea and Australia, [...]