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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 [...]
Light Bulbs: What Does The Future Look Like?
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that you missed a major change in light bulb manufacturing as you danced beneath New Year’s Eve disco balls, toasted each other and sang “Auld Lang Syne.” Nevertheless, the traditional song could have been dedicated to 100-watt incandescent light bulbs. As of January 2013, 100-watt incandescent bulbs can no [...]
PV Market to Reach 31MW in 2013
The photovoltaic market will continue its growth in 2013 albeit a little slower than in the past few years, according to a new NDP Solarbuzz report. The report projected that the PV market will grow about 7 percent this year to 31 gigawatts 29 GWs in 2012. The report also predicted that Germany’s solar market [...]
The PV Solar Industry in 2016
Four years is a long time in the solar industry. Think about what’s happened in the U.S. industry since 2009: We’ve seen a recession, a massive boom in federal spending, a precipitous drop in solar module prices, a wave of bankruptcies, a nasty trade battle with China, a slowdown in utility-scale projects, a strong gain [...]
Current Solar Industry Trends: Storage and Low Costs
Predicting the future is always fraught with hazards but a recent survey caught our eye with a bold prediction: nearly one-third of solar installers/integrators world wide expect to utilize storage in more than 40% of their installs by 2015! Oh and they need microinverters to come down in cost by 50% before they are willing [...]
In Focus: Solar Sponges
As the news continues to get more depressing about the advance of climate change – hurtling forward toward worst case scenarios - we’re seeing beginning efforts to create technologies that will counter it. Not that we believe technology will fix this problem, but we do think it will help in significant ways, especially during the decades [...]
Walmart Boosts Solar Production in Ohio
The amount of solar used in Ohio is about to rise by 10% – why? Simply because Walmart is installing solar PV on the roofs of 12 stores in the state. This demonstrates the influence a huge corporation’s shift to renewable energy can have. With 4.5 megawatts of solar, Walmart has about a tenth of [...]
PV Rebates Ending Soon in California
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which coordinates California’s solar incentives programs through the California Solar Initiative, said earlier this week that residential solar incentives in an increasing number of utility service areas are reaching fulfillment. And the solar industry and its supporters, like the Vote Solar Initiative say that’s a good thing. But another [...]
Kingtec Solar: Poised to OWN The Solar AC Market
“One Hundred million affected by Indonesian power outage“; “Short circuit in Brazil leaves 190 million without power”, “Over 375,000 customers without power in San Francisco“; “Up to 90% of population in Chilewithout power”; “600 million in India face power outage” . The number and frequency of electrical power outages is as staggering as the number of people impacted. Surprisingly still, [...]