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Solar + Nanotechnolgy: The Future of Energy
One of our Solar Energy World Facebook fans requested a blog post about solar power and nanotechnology. These two technologies combined could pave the way for even more efficient and cost effective solar power generation in the future. This post will give an overview of the concept of nanotechnology, and the effect that it may [...]
Even With Lower Incentives, German Solar Market Grows
A dramatic shift in the German solar market hasn’t slowed its growth. The world’s leading solar market skyrocketed because of a progressive feed-in-tariff program that paid solar system owners more for the power they produced than the retail power rate. The program has changed and the tariff has slipped below the retail rate. But home [...]
Take This Solar Haters: U.S Solar Market Doubles!!
The solar industry never ceases to amaze! Even in these difficult economic times, it’s breaking records and making history. According to new data released today by GTM Research and The Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) at the Solar Power International Conference 2012, the U.S. solar market achieved its second best quarter in history, having installed [...]
Gehrlicher Solar Builds Solar Park in Record Time
In just two and a half months, Gehrlicher Solar completed its Perleberg solar park on the grounds of the former Perleberg military airport in Brandenburg, Germany. The solar system has a nominal capacity of 35 MWp. The farm is expected to produce 33 million kilowatt hours of clean solar energy per year, which is enough [...]
The Insane Growth of the Chinese Solar Market
China’s solar market is undergoing a change that sees much more photovoltaics being installed for on-site generation purposes. The growth in the segment, now the largest segment of China’s photovoltaics market, comes as the number of the country’s overall solar installations are increasing sharply, perhaps slightly reducing pressure for lower prices for PV internationally. The [...]
The Future of Chinese Solar Companies
The whole solar panel industry has been in a tailspin as the massive solar glut takes toll of the whole industry. The industry downturn which started in 2011 has not stopped as solar panel prices have crashed to new all time lows with European demand pull in ending and inventories building up. While many of [...]
Saving Bankrupt Cities With Solar
Municipalities and county and local agencies all over the U.S. are beginning to discover solar can generate revenues. The City of Lancaster is putting teachers in classrooms and cops on the streets with money generated by its investment in solar. For cities facing the strains of these tough economic times, the news is even better: [...]
1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas
What is a gigawatt? One billion (109) watts. That’s the total capacity of all the solar panels Suntech has now delivered to customers throughout North and South America. That’s no small amount of energy: One gigawatt of solar panels is enough to power about 113,000 U.S. homes a year! We passed the 1 GW milestone [...]
BIPV Solar Market to Quadruple
Concerns over aesthetics and performance have limited the uptick of solar installations using building integrated PV (BIPV), but that will change over the next five years, with up to 4.6 gigawatts (GW) in new capacity forecast, according to a new analysis. BIPV technologies will drive more than $2.4 billion in revenue by 2017, compared with [...]