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Created on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Solar energy, costs, energy price, silicon
May 29 -- Over the past several years, the solar industry has been trying to recover from a crash in the price of silicon—a key component in the construction of solar panels. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
May 29 -- Over the past several years, the solar industry has been trying to recover from a crash in the price of silicon—a key component in the construction of solar panels. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 01 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: First Solar, thin-film solar, power rates, power prices, coal
February 1 -- First Solar Inc. (FSLR), the world’s largest thin-film solar manufacturer, may receive the lowest rates ever for selling U.S. solar power, less than electricity from new coal plants, for ... [ +++ ]
February 1 -- First Solar Inc. (FSLR), the world’s largest thin-film solar manufacturer, may receive the lowest rates ever for selling U.S. solar power, less than electricity from new coal plants, for ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 03 December 2012 / Industry News
Tags: US Senate, military, biofuels, Department of Defense, oil prices, national security
December 3 -- US Senate voted Wednesday to restore the Defense Department's ability to buy biofuels. As the largest petroleum user in the world, the US military says its dependence on oil is a national ... [ +++ ]
December 3 -- US Senate voted Wednesday to restore the Defense Department's ability to buy biofuels. As the largest petroleum user in the world, the US military says its dependence on oil is a national ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 22 October 2012 / Industry News
Tags: electric vehicles, clean energy, transportation, gas prices, Mitsubishi, Ford
October 22 -- With gas prices relatively high, getting around on electric power might be a potential money saver. "These things are really cheap to operate," said Mark Vaughn, a veteran editor ... [ +++ ]
October 22 -- With gas prices relatively high, getting around on electric power might be a potential money saver. "These things are really cheap to operate," said Mark Vaughn, a veteran editor ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 06 June 2012 / Industry News
Tags: electricity prices
June 5, 2012 -- German Economy Minister Philip Roesler said Tuesday that the country needs to do more to ensure the steady and reasonably priced availability of electricity as the country phases out nuclear ... [ +++ ]
June 5, 2012 -- German Economy Minister Philip Roesler said Tuesday that the country needs to do more to ensure the steady and reasonably priced availability of electricity as the country phases out nuclear ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 18 May 2012 / Industry News
Tags: price of solar panels
May 17, 2012 -- "On Thursday, the Commerce Department ruled that China's solar manufacturers are engaged in "dumping" -- that is, they're selling their panels for below-market rates in order to drive their ... [ +++ ]
May 17, 2012 -- "On Thursday, the Commerce Department ruled that China's solar manufacturers are engaged in "dumping" -- that is, they're selling their panels for below-market rates in order to drive their ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 17 May 2012 / Industry News
Tags: price of solar panels, grid parity for solar, BNEF
May 16, 2012 -- Power from solar panels is much closer to price competitiveness with fossil fuel-generated electricity than many policy-makers and investors realize, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. ... [ +++ ]
May 16, 2012 -- Power from solar panels is much closer to price competitiveness with fossil fuel-generated electricity than many policy-makers and investors realize, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 / Industry News
Tags: solar energy company, price of solar wafers
Apr. 30, 2012 -- LDK Solar Co. (LDK), the world's second- largest maker of wafers for cells, cut 5,554 jobs this year after plunging prices cut margins to a record low amid a renewable-energy shakeout ... [ +++ ]
Apr. 30, 2012 -- LDK Solar Co. (LDK), the world's second- largest maker of wafers for cells, cut 5,554 jobs this year after plunging prices cut margins to a record low amid a renewable-energy shakeout ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 30 April 2012 / Member News
Tags: Cascadia Capital, price of natural gas
Apr. 27, 2012 -- The rush of investments into natural gas is siphoning capital that would have gone into the renewable energy sector. Renewable energy is a viable industry long term, it's just going to ... [ +++ ]
Apr. 27, 2012 -- The rush of investments into natural gas is siphoning capital that would have gone into the renewable energy sector. Renewable energy is a viable industry long term, it's just going to ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 09 April 2012 / Industry News
Tags: natural gas price
Apr. 9, 2012 -- State Renewable Portfolio Standards may come under increasing pressure amid low natural gas prices, excess power generation capacity and the cost of compliance, leading energy analyst says. ... [ +++ ]
Apr. 9, 2012 -- State Renewable Portfolio Standards may come under increasing pressure amid low natural gas prices, excess power generation capacity and the cost of compliance, leading energy analyst says. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 02 April 2012 / Industry News
Tags: wholesale electricity prices
Mar. 30, 2012 -- Cape Wind will reduce wholesale electric prices for the New England region by $7.2 billion over 25 years, according to a new report published today by Charles River Associates, a leading ... [ +++ ]
Mar. 30, 2012 -- Cape Wind will reduce wholesale electric prices for the New England region by $7.2 billion over 25 years, according to a new report published today by Charles River Associates, a leading ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 22 March 2012 / Uncategorized posts
Tags: solar finance, solar panel market, decline in solar panel prices
Mar. 22, 2012 -- The Bloomberg Global Large Solar Energy index... erased 65% of its market value in 2011. At the same time, annual installations jumped 49% to about 28 gigawatts. >>More [ +++ ]
Mar. 22, 2012 -- The Bloomberg Global Large Solar Energy index... erased 65% of its market value in 2011. At the same time, annual installations jumped 49% to about 28 gigawatts. >>More [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 24 February 2012 / Industry News
Tags: price of oil, price of gasoline, dependence on oil, foreign oil, consumer survey on price of gasoline
Feb. 24, 2012 -- The Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) survey found that eight in 10 Americans said that the country's dependence on foreign oil was either a "crisis" or "major problem" and that the cost had ... [ +++ ]
Feb. 24, 2012 -- The Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) survey found that eight in 10 Americans said that the country's dependence on foreign oil was either a "crisis" or "major problem" and that the cost had ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 24 February 2012 / Industry News
Tags: oil dependency, price of oil
Feb. 23, 2012 -- "Ramping up drilling and oil infrastructure can provide some economic benefits, but holding down gasoline prices is not one of them. If we want to be less vulnerable to price spikes, we ... [ +++ ]
Feb. 23, 2012 -- "Ramping up drilling and oil infrastructure can provide some economic benefits, but holding down gasoline prices is not one of them. If we want to be less vulnerable to price spikes, we ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 01 February 2012 / Industry News
Tags: solar panel prices, solar power cost
Feb. 1, 2012 -- There is a bright side to the plunge in solar panel prices - solar power costs have fallen faster than anyone thought possible. >>More [ +++ ]
Feb. 1, 2012 -- There is a bright side to the plunge in solar panel prices - solar power costs have fallen faster than anyone thought possible. >>More [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 12 January 2012 / Industry News
Tags: oil prices
Jan. 11, 2012 -- "...the fact that we live in such a volatile world in which a sudden threat from one country could make $150 oil seem highly possible, should rivet attention, again, on our need to reduce ... [ +++ ]
Jan. 11, 2012 -- "...the fact that we live in such a volatile world in which a sudden threat from one country could make $150 oil seem highly possible, should rivet attention, again, on our need to reduce ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 12 January 2012 / Industry News
Tags: gasoline prices, E85
Jan. 11, 2012 -- Most gasoline in the U.S. has about 10 percent ethanol, so the the 45 cents/gallon VEETC subsidy reduced the price of gasoline about 4.5 cents. The subsidy expired at the end of 2011. ... [ +++ ]
Jan. 11, 2012 -- Most gasoline in the U.S. has about 10 percent ethanol, so the the 45 cents/gallon VEETC subsidy reduced the price of gasoline about 4.5 cents. The subsidy expired at the end of 2011. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 08 November 2011 / Industry News
Tags: falling price of solar energy
Nov. 8, 2011 -- "Building U.S. demand for solar power is a sure way to create jobs at home. But market expansion depends on costs continuing to fall." >>More [ +++ ]
Nov. 8, 2011 -- "Building U.S. demand for solar power is a sure way to create jobs at home. But market expansion depends on costs continuing to fall." >>More [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 08 November 2011 / Industry News
Tags: falling price of solar energy
Nov. 7, 2011 -- "Solar companies are figuring out how to set up systems cheaply: installation and other non-module costs in the United States dropped 17 percent in 2010." >>More [ +++ ]
Nov. 7, 2011 -- "Solar companies are figuring out how to set up systems cheaply: installation and other non-module costs in the United States dropped 17 percent in 2010." >>More [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 08 November 2011 / Industry News
Tags: falling price of solar energy
Nov. 6, 2011 -- "We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power." >>More [ +++ ]
Nov. 6, 2011 -- "We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power." >>More [ +++ ]
