Solar Power

California Solar Energy

Nearly all the money has been spent, and the California Solar Initiative is winding down. The direct CSI subsidy for installing PV panels on your house, which started at $2.50 per watt is now just $0.20 per watt.[read more]

Firms Upset With Spain

The Spanish government has stepped on a few toes with its recent retroactive solar power incentive cuts. Now those toes are stepping back.[read more]

Solar Energy Soldier

New developments in the growing partnership between Solar Energy International and the United States military.[read more]

Capacity Markets/shutterstock

There is a difference between energy and capacity, and power plants are compensated for both because both are important to maintaining the electrical system in different ways.[read more]

Solar Energy Cost

 

Faced with a choice between installing a few solar panels on a roof and planting a few trees near the house, could the low-tech option be more energy and financially efficient?[read more]

POWER!

Do you have a solar system at the home? An electric car in your drive way? Smart phones, tablets, game consoles and other electronics proliferating in your home?[read more]

UK Solar Energy/shutterstock

Two questions for you: how many countries in the world source their electricity 100% from renewable sources? And which major European nation that is well-endowed with renewable energy resources, is the worst at exploiting them?[read more]

New Solar Energy Record for California

Late last Friday, grid operator California ISO announced the state set an all-time solar record just before 1:00 pm when it registered 2,071 megawatts worth of solar electricity system-wide, shining new light on the role renewables can play in the state’s clean energy future.[read more]

Installed Solar Energy Capacity

A couple of big solar records were set in Q1 2013 in the US. For one, 49% of all new US electricity generation capacity came form solar, the most ever for a first quarter.[read more]

global energy supplies

This infographic looks at our portfolio of renewables and offers an overview of the share of renewables in the energy supply, country by country.[read more]

renewable energy costs

The latest estimates from the International Renewable Energy Agency shows that onshore wind is already at grid parity with fossil fuel electricity and that solar might be at grid parity in certain select regions by the year 2020.[read more]

Tea Party and Renewable Energy?

The fight to bring cheaper, clean energy to Georgia is uniting some unlikely allies. Renewable energy advocates and leaders of the Atlanta Tea Party are taking on utility giant Georgia Power.[read more]

exponential solar growth?

Adding 1,200 GW of new solar to electricity grids each year will quickly see solar power saturating. Will we figure out how to store electricity on a multi gigawatt scale within a decade?[read more]

The Trust Factor

Re-building trust in the energy industry was the topic of the day at a May 15th event hosted by Edelman and TheEnergyCollective.com. The event was the first live, in-person event we’ve hosted, and you can watch the full event here.[read more]

US Solar PV demand

The latest NPD Solarbuzz North America PV Markets Quarterly has forecast growing US demand for solar photovoltaic panels throughout the rest of 2013 towards a near-20% increase over 2012 levels.[read more]