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Editorial Leader: New markets for a new era of power

AND WOW, there are certainly plenty of new markets for the renewable energy industry – and they are finally coming out into the light. Deployment of renewables is an “idea whose time has come”. These are the words of Adnan Amin, director general of the International Renewable ...

Posted 09 April 2013 by Gail Rajgor

tags: renewable energy , solar , solar energy , CSP , wind energy , wind power , renewables , alternative energy , EWEA , IRENA , IEA , blog , Editorial , renewable energy industry , energy markets

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Solar energy: what cost, what outlook and what’s going on in Hawaii?

So cumulative solar PV power installations worldwide shot past the 100GW mark in 2012, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) announced this month. In fact, the figure by end 2012 was just over 101GW. A major milestone indeed. While the global industry still grapples with some ...

Posted 20 February 2013 by Gail Rajgor

tags: Solar , PV , subsidies , renewable energy , EWEA , solar energy , photovoltaics

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Guest Blog: Tragic Fall of a Solar Icon - Sharp sells itself piece by piece

By Sneha Shah. The vicious downturn of the global solar industry has seen innumerable bankruptcies and thousands of job losses. Companies which used to rule the roost in the solar industry like Q-Cells, Evergreen Solar, and Energy Conversion Devices no longer exist today. The most promising o ...

Posted 04 December 2012 by David Hopwood

tags: Sharp Solar , Solar , Photovoltaics , PV

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Surge in solar energy news from South Africa – Top 5 solar power project announcements this month (so far)

The solar power market in South Africa has ramped up a gear, with a stream of project news emanating from the country in recent days. Covering project financial close, contract awards and construction starts, the news covers both solar PV and concentrated solar power (CSP). Why this news flurry? W ...

Posted 15 November 2012 by Gail Rajgor

tags: solar , Solar energy , PV , photovoltaics , solar power , CSP , concentrated solar power , solar electricity , renewable energy , alternative energy , South Africa , South Africa solar , project news , construction , renewable energies , energy news , solar renewable energy , solar news , solar energy companies

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Guest Blog: Global Energy Access by 2030?

By Mathias Aarre Maehlum, EnergyInformative.org Electrical power is probably the most important factor for development and growth. According to International Energy Agency (IEA), there are almost 1.5 billion people in the world that lack access to electricity. The IEA has stated that half of those ...

Posted 12 November 2012 by Gail Rajgor

tags: renewable energy , electricity , solar , photovoltaics , PV , off-grid , rural electrification , india , IEA , Blog , renewables , energy

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Will the oil shock translate into "banker shock..."?

I was just about to write about the soaring oil price, due mainly to the turmoil in Libya and other oil-producing countries, along with the threat of revolt spreading to Saudi Arabia, when an email came in from Jeremy Leggett, the famous oil man turned solar guru. Here in Britain, the last few week ...

Posted 08 March 2011 by Elizabeth Block

tags: oil , solar

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Can global knowledge transfer speed grid parity?

What happens when Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, drops in to Australia’s first carbon-neutral office building to meet Prime Minister Julia Gillard? While they might have exchanged a few private words about the exhilaration of smashing glass ceilings, the topic of the day was not women ...

Posted 22 November 2010 by Elizabeth Block

tags: solar , pv , csp , cost , innovation

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CSP – is it time? Coverage of CSP Today's CSP Project Development USA Conference

Amid optimistic announcements for gigawatts of CSP installations over the next few years, stage whispers of the barriers this industry continues to face continue. At CSP Today’s Project Development conference held in Denver on October 25 and 26, Stephen Mullennix, Partner at U.S. Renewables Gr ...

Posted 01 November 2010 by Paula Mints

tags: csp , solar , pv , permitting

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How much to install PV on a royal roof...?

How much to install PV on a royal roof? Wow, big news: HRH The Prince of Wales has got consent to install 32 solar panels on the 123 ft2 roof of Grade II-listed Clarence House. In late August 2010, nationals such as the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and The Independent gave this major development ...

Posted 13 September 2010 by Elizabeth Block

tags: solar , pv , fit

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AltaTerra FiT freak gives web conference

Rats! I missed it. I planned to dial in to Palo Alto-based AltaTerra’s web conference last month on feed-in tariffs (FiT) but it started at 2pm eastern time, 7pm here. Events, dear e-reader, got in the way. Of course, it was no problem as it’s almost impossible to “miss” any ...

Posted 03 September 2010 by Elizabeth Block

tags: FiT , solar , pv , feed-in tariff

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What does it take to bring you your solar news...?

Following an April 2010 visit to Syria in which I became the first, OK, maybe the second person on the planet to express any interest in Syrian renewable energy, a local Arabic-speaking friend in Damascus emailed me that a notice had gone up at the Japanese Embassy there: a whopping $6 million to go ...

Posted 03 September 2010 by Elizabeth Block

tags: solar , syria , renewable energy

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California’s FiT and Persistent Faith in the Rational Market Theory, among other things

So much happening in California, much of it crucial to the forward progress of solar in the biggest market in the USA. First, unemployment remains high, the budget remains in limbo with outgoing governor Schwarzenegger willing to let the situation pass on through to the next administration, while i ...

Posted 31 August 2010 by Paula Mints

tags: feed-in tariff , FiT , solar , california

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Look! Up on the roof! Is it a technology? Is it a commodity? Is it an appliance? Yes, it’s all of these things! It’s a Solar Panel!

Caught ya – this is really an article about branding. You know, that marketing function that turns needs into wants and functions into attributes – or, scares the heck out of you and then turns around and offers you a safe place to land while it makes you love being scared. The fu ...

Posted 20 August 2010 by Paula Mints

tags: solar , panel , pv , energy , power , renewable

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Ontario: A complicated new frontier for PV

First came the announcement, then came optimism, then came the announcements, then came the reality checks and finally, the changes to Ontario’s wildly anticipated feed-in tariff; not to kill it off, but to control it and, hopefully, help develop a sustainable market. Historically, Canada has ...

Posted 11 August 2010 by Paula Mints

tags: feed-in tariff , solar , pv , fit , transmission

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Do you need to Speak Solar to Thrive in the Solar Industry

There is a wave of new business professionals in the solar industry – and not all of them speak solar. Every industry has its own language along with a host of acronyms to go along with it. The specific language of business can actually obliterate understanding, but, there is no getting aroun ...

Posted 27 July 2010 by Paula Mints

tags: Solar , PV

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