Global Woes Continue With LDK Solar’s Quarterly Earnings
Monday, April 30th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffChina's LDK Solar became the latest company to detail symptoms of the drag caused by oversupply and falling subsidies as it reported mounting losses for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.
BOS Series: Unlocking Solar Secrets of Current and Voltage Fluctuations
Monday, April 30th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn the previous article in this series, we discussed the many factors that impact energy output from solar arrays and why it's important to improve the insight into array performance if lifetime energy yield is to match expectations.
Solar Policy Can Advance (or Delay) Grid Parity by a Decade
Monday, April 30th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn their interactive graphic, Bloomberg Energy Finance calls solar grid parity (when electricity from solar costs less than grid power) the "golden goal." It's an excellent illustration of how the right energy policy can help a nation go gold ...
Apple data center helps fuel Bloom Energy move to East Coast
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Asia Report: U.S., India Strike $125 Million Investment Deal
Monday, April 30th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDays after the United States Department of Energy announced a partnership with the U.K. on offshore wind, the DOE moved toward a $125 million partnership with India that could boost international biofuels production and further development of solar technology ...
The Making of a ‘Living Lab’ for Solar and Efficiency
Monday, April 30th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAlong the waterfront of the Charles River Basin, where rooftop access is scarce, solar panels rarely see the light of day.
PG&E Seeks Approval to Invest in Solar Manufacturing
Monday, April 30th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffA Silicon Valley company's plan to start a solar equipment prototyping service is running up against a June deadline to secure a critical funding from the Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which is seeking regulatory approval to use ratepayers' ...
NLP Solar Sales Training Live Webinar May 2nd & 3rd
Saturday, April 28th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn Climate of Cheap Gas, Forecast for Renewable Energy Finance is Cloudy: Q&A with Michael Butler, CEO of Cascadia Capital
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffCascadia Capital CEO Michael Butler knows renewable energy finance. His investment banking firm has been a key player in some of the clean technology sector's most significant transactions. His forecast for renewable energy is "near term cloudy." The rush ...
What’s Profit Got To Do, Got To Do with It?
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAs the losses add up for leading PV industry manufacturers, and as manufacturing capacities are idled, it is important to remember that the current correction taking place the PV industry could not necessarily have been avoided. But the severity ...
California Solar Installer? Help! (Yourself and Job Security)
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe good people at the Vote Solar Initiative and SEIA need about a minute of your time, and believe me, that minute will be well spent. If you already know about California’s net-metering ticking clock, just click here now ...
What’s Undermining Energy Efficiency?
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffExhilaration swept through the energy efficiency industry as city after city, state after state and nation after nation set aggressive energy saving goals over the last several years. But with target dates nearing in certain jurisdictions, a more sober ...
BOS Series: Your New Solar Array (Actual Performance May Vary)
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffYou just bought a large-scale solar array. The performance expectations you have for your new array, like a new car, are high. Just like the information on the window sticker that claims great gas mileage, your solar array comes ...
Is Lithium-ion a Borgia Battery?
Friday, April 27th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffI've recently learned that lithium-ion batteries might be a triple threat – Borgia batteries – cherished by eco-royalty, poisonous in the extreme, and explosive enough to wreak havoc in a $25 million laboratory that was built to safely manage ...
Latin America Report: Mexico Climate Law Takes Shape
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMexico, a heavyweight in oil production, took a firm stand against climate change by passing a law that would make it the second nation after the United Kingdom to institute legally binding carbon targets.
US Solar Heads East
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNew capacity also increasingly comes as centralised projects rather than distributed PV — another major structural change for U.S. utilities.
Can We Reduce the Ecological Risks of Extended Bioenergy Production?
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFor years experts have discussed the ecological impact of the extended cultivation of energy crops. Scientists have now developed a computer model that allows assessing the impacts and comparing the effectiveness of strategies for the reduction of risks for ...
Canadian Clean Cash: Renewable Energy Impact in the Wake of the Federal Budget
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDespite tension-filled anticipation of the 2012 federal budget announcement on March 29, Canada's Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program continues to be one of the most lucrative research and development (R&D) tax incentives in the industrial world. Last ...
Message to Congress: Not Picking Energy Winners Should Not Mean Disadvantaging Clean Tech
Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLast week I had the privilege to participate in Environmental Entrepreneurs' (E2) annual advocacy trip to Washington, D.C., joining a small delegation of E2 members to voice the economic benefits of clean energy directly to our nation's leadership, from ...
Cargo ship with metal sails would save 30 percent fuel
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