Tag: solar energy cost
Natural Gas Power Stranded Asset Risk Reaches a Tipping Point
Investment risk in new and proposed natural gas power plants is on the rise. The risk of them becoming stranded assets has reached a...
Merchant Solar Projects Rise as Contract Prices Fall to Record Lows
The costs of deploying large-scale solar and solar-storage power plants have come down to a level where growing numbers of developers are willing, and...
US Import Duty Exemption Adds Fuel to Anticipated Surge in High-Efficiency Bifacial Solar PV
The US market for high-efficiency, bifacial solar panels is poised to surge higher over the course of the next 12 months, thanks to being...
Scientists Envision 20-Fold Increase in Solar PV Power by 2030
Five-hundred gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity had been installed globally as of year-end 2018 and another 500 GW is expected to be installed...
Solar Magazine’s News Highlights, March 9–16 Week
African island solar minigrids, plans to build a solar power facility at a former coal mining site, and the U.S. solar PV market shows...
Solar Magazine’s News Highlights, March 2–9 Week
Myanmar, Togo join growing list of developing, lesser-developed countries turning to solar-storage for rural, universal electrification; Belgian Scientists beta test hydrogen-producing solar panel; IKEA’s...
The Solar Energy Industries Association and The Solar Foundation Aim to Bring Down U.S....
So-called “soft costs” continue to account for a rising proportion of total installed solar energy systems costs in the U.S. That has led the...
Cypress Creek, Lockheed Martin Team Up with North Carolina Energy Co-op to Integrate 12...
Last edited: April 12, 2018 @ 10:33 AM ET Energy “prosumers” (producer-consumers) are choosing to add lithium-ion battery (LiB) energy storage to on-site, “behind the...
Solar Sets the Pace as Renewables Rise to Global Prominence
“Solar power rose to record prominence in 2017,” according to REN21’s 2018 Renewables Global Status Report. A total of 98 gigawatts (GW) of new...
Applied PV Materials Scientists Zoom in on Perovskite Solar Cell, Module Stability and Scalability
A broad category of crystalline minerals, perovskites have been singled out as a new, photovoltaic (PV) material that could herald the day of cheap,...
US Solar Industry Workshop Participants Believe They Have a New Project Development Framework That...
Brought together by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) to participate in an intensive, practical, 2-1/2 day problem-solving workshop, representatives from 35 US solar industry...
4 Solar Power Predictions for 2017 and Beyond
The Energy Information Administration of the United States reported some exciting news about renewable energy developments over the past year. Additional electricity generation capacity...
