Tag Archives: january
Electricity Rates Up 6% Since January
Last month we reported that residential electricity rates were on the rise after a recent decline. The latest numbersout from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) confirms that this upward trend is continuing. The March 2010 numbers show that the average residential electricityrates were 11.20 cents per kilowatt-hour compared with 10.93 cents per kwh in [...]
Solar News Recap: January 28
President Barack Obama last night delivered the State of the Union Address. The President focused on the economy, above all, emphasizing hisadministration’s efforts to shore up the economy and create jobs. Cleanenergy was mentioned a number of times, and solar in particular got ashout-out about two-thirds of the way through: “And no area is moreripe [...]
Solar Power Recap, January 26th
The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Germany wants to delay by several months planned cuts to that country’s feed-in tariff, reports Reuters.Previously announced cuts to the tariffs led industry analyst to revisedown demand estimates for solar equipment, denting solar stock prices.Following news of the proposed delay, Jefferies analyst Paul Cleggupgraded some solar stocks, according to [...]
LG To Start Producing Solar Cells in January
Solar panels aren’t that different, from a manufacturing perspective, than LCD TVs. That’s one of the reasons South Korean conglomerates like LGElectronics and Samsung aim to become major solar producers. LG todaysaid that it would begin commercial production of solar modules inJanuary. LG’s first factory will have the capacity to produce 520,000modules and it will [...]
Massachusetts Readies New Solar Plan For January 2010
With ambitious initiatives such as its Solar Stimulus Programand a target of installing 250 megawatts’ worth of solar-generatingcapacity in the state by 2017, Massachusetts has shown itself to be avanguard in the U.S. push for solar, and the latest news to emerge fromthe Commonwealth further bolsters this reputation: having tapped outits $68 million state solar [...]