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UK Solar Panel Quality: Higher than Expected
Several new pieces of research show the quality of solar panels in the UK is high. Higher than expected. 98% of panels “run to spec” according to Dr Alastair Buckley of the Sheffield Solar Farm Project. “They do what they say on the tin,” he says, using a popular British expression. In other words, ‘they [...]
Top 50 Companies: Brandlogic’s 2012 Sustainability Leadership Report
Each year Brandlogic examine 100 prominent global brands for their report. The select group of 16 companies listed below are Leaders that excel in both real sustainability performance and stakeholder perceptions. Six Challengers from 2011 are new to the Leaders list. In 2011, Brandlogic introduced a powerful new tool for sustainability and communications executives called [...]
Ernst & Young’s Top 5 States for Solar Investment
Ernst & Young released rankings this week that place Nevada and Massachusetts among the top five most attractive states in the country for solar installations. The finance and accounting firm releases a report twice a year evaluating state attractiveness for solar, wind and mixed renewable energy installations. Michael Bernier, senior manager of Ernst & Young’s [...]
Renewables Will Rival Coal (in 2035)
A French agency has released a statement that it believes renewable energy will become coal’s biggest rival for the world’s biggest electricity supplier by 2035. The Paris-based International Energy Agency serves as an energy adviser to nearly 30 countries around the world. It sees a lot of potential for the wind farms, solar parks and hydroelectric [...]
EV Charging Station Market: Ready for Liftoff
Currently electronic vehicles (EVs) only make up a small portion of transportation on the road. But as it increases so will the volume EV chargers. In fact, a new Lux Research report finds that the EV charger market will grow from $140 million in 2012 to $1.15 billion by 2020. While solar charging EV stations [...]
Report: Solar Job Growth Outpaces All Economic Sectors
The U.S. solar energy industry is outpacing the job growth in all areas of the economy, according to non-profit group the Solar Foundation. The organization reported that the solar energy field added jobs at about eight times the rate of the rest of the economy in the 12 months (September 2011 to 2012). Nearly 14,000 solar [...]
Lux Research: Solar Manufacturers Invest in Equipment
The last couple years have been hard on solar panel manufacturers and many might not have a lot of capital for equipment upgrades, but they will have to pony-up to compete, according to a report from Lux Research. The research and analytics firm released its “Turning lemons into lemonade: Opportunities in the turbulent photovoltaic equipment [...]
Report: BIPV Market to Triple
Building-integrated solar is expected to more than triple in dollar volume between now and 2015, according to a new report from NanoMarkets. The research company, based in Virginia, released a report this week that reveals projections for BIPV to grow from a $2.1 billion industry to a $7.5 billion industry over the next two years. [...]
CSP: 11% of Global Energy by 2050
There are reports that global concentrated solar power (CSP) is growing at a quick pace. Global Information predicts that CSP could provide 11% of global electricity by 2050 – with 9.6% from solar power and 1.7% from backup fuels (fossil fuels or biomass). Global Information has been trying to rally business executives to take advantage [...]