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Rooftop Solar Booms In Japan
Mar 23 2016 01:55 PM | eds in Solar Power
Developing nations such as: . . . . . . China, . . . . . . Brazil, . . . . . . Egypt, and . . . . . . India will pick up the slack, . . . as photovoltaics move beyond a toy of rich industrial nations, . . . into a competitive power source for pla...
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China's Energy Growth
Mar 23 2016 01:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
China’s leaders are desperate to reduce the coal-fired air pollution, . . . that renders the air in big cities, . . . like Shanghai and Beijing virtually unbreathable. China Lays Off Millions of Coal Workers. China now has 43.2 gigawatts of solar cap...
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Mongolia Solar Power
Mar 21 2016 08:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Mongolia’s mostly untapped renewable resources, . . . could be used to kick-start a major cross border power corridor between: . . . . . . Russia, . . . . . . Mongolia, . . . . . . China, . . . . . . South Korea, and . . . . . . Japan, according to a n...
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Germany: How Much Area Used For Solar?
Mar 17 2016 07:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
357,168 square kilometers is Germany’s total area, . . . 255 square kilometers are used for ground-based large scale solar projects, . . . 0.07% of Germany’s total area. . . . 61% on former military installations, . . . 28% on former farm land, and ....
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Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables
Mar 17 2016 01:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiary BHE Renewables, has purchased a . . . 66 megawatt (MW) solar garden portfolio from Geronimo Energy, and . . . 34 MW solar garden portfolio from Geronimo Energy. 3-17-2016 Source: Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables
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The Jagpod
Mar 16 2016 11:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
How many square feet of living space does a Jagpod have? . . . The 20 ft. unit has 144 square feet, for $30,000 and . . . the 40 ft. unit has 300 square feet, for $60,000. 3-16-2016 Source: The Jagpod
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10 World Leading Solar Energy Countries
Mar 15 2016 11:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Ranking the top 10 countries with the most solar power capacity, . . . is a way to see who's doing it best, and . . . who could do it better. (These numbers tell us who is generating the most raw power from solar, . . . not who is providing the gre...
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Solarwatt: Residential Solar + Storage
Mar 14 2016 12:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
Germany, E.ON, will be launching a new . . . residential solar photovoltaic (PV) + home energy storage product, . . . in the country's market in April, . . . a 4.4 kilowatt-hour battery system. 3-14-2016 Source: Solarwatt: Residential Solar + Sto...
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Morocco Is Producing Solar Power At Night
Mar 12 2016 01:30 AM | eds in Solar Power
Morocco is investing, . . . $9 billion to harness sunshine. The Ouarzazate complex uses large curved "mirrors," . . . that track the sun like flowers, and . . . channel radiation to generate steam inside a network of tubes. The steam driv...
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2015 Solar Module: $. 57 Per Watt
Mar 10 2016 09:50 PM | eds in Solar Power
Assuming a stable supply-demand landscape, . . . GTM Research anticipates that global blended prices, . . . will steadily fall at an annualized rate of 5%, and reach . . . $.44 per watt by 2020. 3-10-2016 Source: 2015 Solar Module: $. 57 p...
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Solar Powered Grill
Mar 07 2016 04:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
Solar Powered Grill Solar Powered Grill, Cooks at Night?
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Clean, Affordable, Energy, For Everyone
Mar 07 2016 01:25 PM | eds in Solar Power
It's Time to Light the World, Based on: . . . . . . Radically Affordable LED Lights, . . . . . . Powered by State-of-the-Art Solar, . . . . . . Stored in Next-generation Lithium Batteries, . . . . . . Hyper-efficient Appliances, and . . . . . . Cle...
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2015 Germany: Solar + Battery
Mar 06 2016 07:45 PM | eds in Solar Power
2015 Germany: Solar + Battery
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Panasonic Solar Efficiency 23.8%
Mar 02 2016 02:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
The milestone has been achieved at research, . . . not commercial production level, and was authenticated by . . . Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). 3-2-2016 Source: Panasonic Solar efficiency 23.8%
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World Largest Floating Solar Farm
Mar 01 2016 09:20 PM | eds in Solar Power
United Kingdom, $8.3 million project just weeks away from completion, . . . 23,000 solar panels will be floated on a reservoir, 3-1-2016 Source: World largest floating Solar Farm
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52Mwh Solar Farm & Energy Storage
Feb 26 2016 08:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
95% of daytime demand on Kaua’i, Hawaiʻi, is met by solar. SolarCity’s grid-connected project, will provide a . . . 52 MWh utility-scale battery facility, built to distribute up to . . . 13 MW of solar power, into the evening hours. 2-26-2016 Source:...
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Usa: Solar Tax Credits
Feb 24 2016 03:15 PM | eds in Solar Power
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), says by 2022, . . . 20GW of solar, will be in the ground, . . . that would not have been installed without the . . . extension of solar investment tax credits (ITC). 2-24-2016 Source: USA: Solar tax credits
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German Solar + Storage
Feb 24 2016 03:35 AM | eds in Solar Power
On March 1st, 2016, . . . the new German support program for energy storage systems, . . . coupled with solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays will start, . . . according to the Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi). Battery storage systems, to be installed...
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Cost-Effective Solar Storage System
Feb 23 2016 08:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
Key Problems: How to use Solar, and Batteries for: 1) Emergency Power. 2) Self-Consumption, saving the cost of: . . . . . . Electricity, . . . . . . Transmission, and . . . . . . Delivery. Key Solution: more efficiently exploit the Solar, and Batterie...
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Generator: Diesel/solar + Batteries
Feb 22 2016 03:40 PM | eds in Solar Power
Diesel fuel is very expensive, way up in, . . . Colville Lake, high in a corner of Canada's Northwest Territories. A community of about 150 people, . . . needed to replace its aging diesel generator. So they installed a new one, . . . but suppleme...
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Cheapest-Ever Solar-Power
Feb 19 2016 02:35 PM | eds in Solar Power
Palo Alto's 25-year contract with . . . Hecate Energy, a Nashville-based firm that develops renewable-energy projects, . . . to buy solar power at a price of 3.676 cents per kilowatt-hour. 2-19-2016 Source: Cheapest-ever solar-power
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Lockheed Martin: To Buy 30 Mw Of Solar
Feb 06 2016 03:10 PM | eds in Solar Power
Lockheed Martin,to buy 30 MW of solar power, . . . from Duke Energy Renewables. What is really remarkable about the deal is, . . . subject to intense government scrutiny, and . . . internally divided into business areas, . . . this complicates large-s...
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Elon Musk Vs. Warren Buffett
Feb 01 2016 02:05 PM | eds in Solar Power
Elon Musk vs. Warren Buffett
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