Solar Power Reduces Wholesale Electricity Prices (4 Charts)
A reader recently shared some great Fraunhofer reports on renewable energy in Germany with me. One of them I had already written a pretty long article about back in November, but the second I don’t...
View ArticlePrice Of Solar Much Lower Than You Think
The price of solar power is much lower than people typically think. To help highlight that fact, Solar Love recently helped to commission the following video. Check it out and share it with friends!...
View ArticleUS Solar Jobs Up To ~143,000
The Solar Foundation just released its latest US solar jobs census, National Solar Jobs Census 2013. The key finding is that US solar jobs were up to at least 142,698 as of November 2013. That’s about...
View Article750 MW Indian Solar Auction Receives Bids Totaling 2,170 MW
India’s national solar mission (JNNSM) recently saw its second phase of project bidding close. The auction was for 750 MW worth of projects, but the competing bids totaled 2,170 MW. In total, there...
View ArticleIs Solar Leasing Your Worst Option For Going Solar?
Yesterday, I wrote an article about EnergySage’s new Instant Solar Estimate tool. The tool uses proprietary market price data and “the industry’s leading tools and databases” to deliver pretty awesome...
View ArticleSolar Was #1 Source Of New Electricity Capacity In January
By Sun Day Campaign Washington DC – According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, non-hydro renewable energy...
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Advantages of Solar Energy > Insanity
Originally published on Cost of Solar. The second definition of “insanity” in Google is, “Extreme foolishness or irrationality.” Unfortunately, that definition actually applies to more of what we do...
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Commercial Solar Grid Parity Now Reality In Italy, Germany, & Spain
The days when solar power was more expensive than other power sources are quickly passing us by. News out of Europe is that commercial solar power is now at grid parity in some major European...
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Types Of Power Converters In A PV System
One of the most important parts in PV system architecture is the power converters. The reason is that they play an important role in transforming the different types of electricity, to make the...
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Netherlands Aiming For 100,000 More Solar Roofs In 1 Year
The Dutch solar market saw good growth, approximately doubling from about 100,000 solar roofs to about 200,000 solar roofs. In 2014, the aim is to reach about 300,000. To be exact, 101,326 new...
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Yingli Still #1 Solar Manufacturer
With nearly 10% of the solar module market in 2013, Yingli Green Energy (YGE)* retained the #1 spot in the market. To be more exact, 9.4% of solar module capacity sold in 2013 came from Yingli. #2 was...
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Solar Power Breaks World Record In Q1, IHS Raises 2014 Forecast To 46,000 MW
Solarbuzz recently reported that world solar PV power capacity grew by a record 9,000 megawatts (MW) in the 1st quarter of 2014. However, that record isn’t likely to last long. The solar market...
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51% of New US Electricity Capacity In 1st Quarter Came From Solar Energy, 92%...
If you love solar, you’re going to love electricity capacity trends in the US. In the first quarter of 2014, over 51% of new electricity generation capacity came from solar (51% excludes small and...
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Are Solar Leasing & PPAs Going To Suffer From Maturing Solar Market?
A representative of Soligent recently passed along an interesting note regarding a US movement away from solar PPAs and leases. Basically, as solar costs have dropped and banks have warmed up to solar,...
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Top Solar Module Manufacturers of 2013
The top 15 solar PV module manufacturers of 2013 have been revealed thanks to a new report from the market research firm IHS. As many would no doubt guess, the list is dominated — yet again — by firms...
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Home Solar Loan Program Launched By Mosaic
Mosaic (formerly “Solar Mosaic”) is well known in the solar industry for pioneering what one might call “crowd-investing.” It has allowed common Americans to invest in large solar power projects for...
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Solar Was #1 Source Of New Electricity Capacity In January
By Sun Day Campaign Washington DC – According to the latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects, non-hydro renewable energy...
View ArticleBrazil’s FIFA World Cup Highlights Solar Energy, Energy Poverty
Brazil’s FIFA World Cup this week will highlight both solar energy and ongoing energy poverty in many countries. Four World Cup stadiums now have 5.4 MW of solar electricity capacity. These include:...
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Insane Solar Power Growth (Graph)
The following is a fun graph I recently ran across on Wikipedia. It shows the completely explosive solar power growth that has occurred in California, Arizona, New Jersey, Nevada, and New Mexico since...
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Rooftop Solar Leases Causing Problems For Some Home-Sellers
Rooftop solar system leases are complicating the selling process for some homeowners in the US, thanks to potentials buyers’ lack of familiarity with the leases and reluctance to take them on,...
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