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In Focus: Urban Solar Projects
Deutsche Bank recently installed a 122 kW solar array on its North American headquarters in New York City. The array is the largest PV system currently installed in Manhattan. And at 737 feet off the ground, it’s also the highest elevated flat solar panel system in the world. The system is expected to reduce carbon [...]
The United States Army: Embracing Solar
Most people realize that a main benefit of using solar panels to generate energy is the ability to decentralize power production, but have you ever imagined what those implications could mean in an overseas defense scenario? A recent report states that U.S. soldiers have been utilizing solar power in the Afghanistan War for around two [...]
SolarReserve Drops Major Projects on South Africa
Last week SolarReserve and its partners, the Kensani Group Intikon Energy closed on $564 million in financing to develop two 75 megawatt photovoltaic farms. SolarReserve is one of a few companies that pursuing both giant photovoltaic and concentrating solar power projects in the U.S. and abroad. The Letsatsi Project and the Lesedi Project will be [...]
China/EU Battle Carbon Emissions
One of the world’s largest economic powerhouses has reportedly struck a deal with the European Union to cut greenhouses gases. According to Reuters, the European Commission has announced that China will partner with the EU to develop initiatives like Chinese emissions trading schemes. China is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. The EU and [...]
Energy Storage: Future Requirement for Renewable Energy Projects?
Energy storage technology might be moving from a nice-to-have addition to solar and wind installations to a component that’s necessary for project approval, if developments in California are any indication. Solar developer BrightSource Energy and its utility partner Southern California Edison (SCE) may face rejection for two of five proposed power purchase agreements because they are [...]
Record Year for Solar Project Acquisitions
Investors bought a record 3.9 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV projects in 2011, worth an estimated $10.8 billion. That’s a 122% rise from the previous year, reports Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Italy was home to the most deals, with 540 megawatts (MW) purchased, but the top five individual deals in megawatt terms were in the [...]
Take That, Cleantech Haters
Something tells us the cleantech haters on Fox News Channel won’t be talking about this story anytime soon. Illinois’ 23 largest wind farms — several of which are in Central Illinois — will add $5.8 billion to local economies over the life of the projects, according to an Illinois State University study released Tuesday. The [...]
Country by Country, the World is Going Solar
Solar power, which converts sunlight into energy, is beneficial for reducing our carbon footprint and has been accepted as a greener alternative for harvesting power. While harvesting solar energy has a carbon footprint of its own, research shows a solar panel’s carbon footprint is at least 20 times smaller than that of coal. As of late, [...]
Big Growth for UK Solar Farms
United Kingdom is seeing a raft of new Solar Farm projects in the 20-50 MW range even as the solar feed in tariffs have been sharply reduced and in the case of large scale solar farms being capped at 5 MW. This boom has come about by solar developers using the Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) [...]