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California Passes the 1GW Barrier
California is the first state to pass the 1 gigawatt (GW) mark in solar that’s generated from the 99% – average homeowners and businesses that have solar on their rooftops. 1.255 GW of solar is being generated by over 122,000 rooftops, and the growth is largely attributable to a big pick-up by low-income and middle-income homeowners. The California Public Utilities [...]
Record-Setting Solar Roof Installed at GlaxoSmithKline $GSK
The pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has beguninstalling what it says is North America’s largest photovoltaic (PV)rooftop solar energy system at its 500,000 square-foot NortheastRegional Distribution Center in York, Pennsylvania. According to the USA Today, the mammoth system, when complete, will be the size of seven American football fields. The 11,000-panel, 3-megawatt (MW) system will be capable of generating 3.4 million [...]
Pre-installed Solar Panels Boost Solar Power Adoption
The residents of The Preserve in Yorba Linda in California willmove into their 90-home community knowing that part of the energy theywill be using is renewable. That’s because the model homes will comewith pre-installed solar panels with no additional cost to homebuyers,the developers say. The project is a joint venture between SunRun, a home solar [...]
3 GW Of PV Installed In Germany In First Half Of 2010
Photovoltaic system installations in Germany in the first half of thisyear are estimated at 3 GW, reaffirming Germany’s leadership position in the solar market, according to Germany Trade and Invest, a foreign trade and inward investment agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2009, Germany accounted for approximately one of every two newlyinstalled modules [...]
UNI-SOLAR brand BIPV installed at Ameridian corporate headquarters
United Solar, a leading global manufacturer of building-integrated androoftop photovoltaics under its UNI-SOLAR brand – and a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices – and its partner InovateusSolar announce the completed 80KW installation of its BIPV product atAmeridian Specialty Services. Ameridian Specialty Services is afull-service general contractor specializing in commercial roofinstallations including UNI-SOLAR laminates. The [...]
Reflecting on the Installed Solar Capacity in 2009
Have you ever wondered where the most completed solar installationswere in the United States? You’re right if you said California. It’s by far the leader in installed grid-tied solar capacity, but the other 9states on the list might be a surprise. By the end of 2009, Californiahad an installed cumulative capacity of 1,102 megawatts. The next [...]
Solar Electric System Installed at San Jose Int’l Airport
The Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) and CanadianSolar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ)recently announced the completion of a 1.12 MW solar electric systeminstallation. SJC Terminal Area Improvement Program As part of the SJC Terminal Area Improvement Program, theroof-mounted photovoltaic system was installed on a new, seven-story,3,350-space Rental Car Center and parking garage located in front of [...]
Reducing the Installed Cost of Solar
I have a simple idea that can reduce the installed cost of solar. Pre-assemble the solar panels into multi-panel blocks before shipping to thecustomer roof. Make (and test) all the electrical and physicalconnections between the each of the panels in the block at the factoryor warehouse. This will reduce the number of connections theinstallation team [...]
23GW Solar Installed Worldwide (Total Capacity)
According to the European PV authority’s market outlook, the amount of solar installedworldwide more than doubled over the past two years to reach 23Gigawatts in 2009. That is especially remarkable when yourealize that annual capacity installations only topped 1GW/yr in 2004. Even more eye-catching, the europeans are projecting installed worldwidecapacity to grow by 50GW or [...]