I am involved in the Solar industry through my company. I sit on the PV Group industry steeering committee for SEMI, the semiconductor industry association which sponsors a solar manufacturing section. It is with interest that I have observed almost every country in the world promote the use of solar energy and foster that use through incentive programs to overcome the low cost of established fossil fueled electrical generation. Feed-in tarriffs in Europe have been the key to widespread an

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By Cristi on September 9th, 2009 Alternative energy is not just for temperate or hot climate, nor just for windy shores but for cold places as well and a remarkable example is Alaska.To reduce energy consumption, Denali Education Center has come up with an idea to install a hot water system, and they managed to make it one of the largest in the state. The system, installed by Golden Valley Electric Association, is acting in this moment as a test installation to determine whether simila

Growth in India’s carbon emissions could be nearly halved by the year 2030 through the use of known practices and technologies, according to a new report from McKinsey Company. Through a “step-change in…efforts to lower emissions,” India’s carbon output could grow from 1.6 billion tons in 2005 to only 2.8 billion tons in 2030 as the country’s population expands and its economy develops, the report said. This is down from a previously projected 5-6 billion tons for 2030. If achieved, th

John Woolard, the chief executive of solar thermal energy company BrightSource, sat down at Reuters’ Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit in San Francisco to talk about energy efficiency, project financing and the future of carbon-free power. His advice: build fast!

Air Products India JV Signs Two Photovoltaic Contracts Air Products Gains Foothold in Emerging India PV Market LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced its joint venture in India, INOX Air Products Ltd., has recently signed two new contracts with leading Indian photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers for the company’s SunSource(TM) Solutions gases and materials to support the burgeoning India PV market. INOX Air Products has signed a long-term g

Only a handful of architects and builders today know how to build sustainably. An even smaller number of entrepreneurs have been able to efficiently install and maintain decentralised solar energy to the rural areas. We do not today have the capacity to do what we keep talking about doing for the environment. And there is [...]

BERLIN, Sept. 9 (UPI) — Europe’s solar energy industry is facing a wave of bankruptcies because Asian companies offer their products much cheaper. Several German producers of solar cells, panels and modules, including large market-leading companies …

JACKSONVILLE, FL — Stimulus dollars are heading to Jacksonville to create jobs. Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc ., a company whose goal is to Renew the Nation, has announced a $387,000 stimulus grant that will help them train displaced workers in …

BOULDER, Colo. - (Business Wire) Distributed energy generation, using a variety of renewable power technologies, is one of the most important tools for addressing the challenge of meeting the world’s growing electricity demands. Within the …

The 3420 panel solar array is far from the state’s largest, but Carolina bSolar Energy/b is using a unique method to make sure the panels stay efficient: weed-trimming sheep. The sheep gobble up weeds around the Solar Panels to keep them …

by Chris Ulrich Solar energy is one of the hot conversations in today’s marketplace. With government incentives at record highs-and some utilities paying you to switch to solar …

Kender Energy Inc. is a development phase company active in the field of solar energy. Its present prototypes of Solar Panels are being developed into a full-scale solar energy production system. The particularity of the Kender solar panel system and …

BrightSource Energy , developer of large-scale solar thermal plants, has contracted engineering giant Bechtel to build its $3 billion Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System in California — a complex of three solar plants expected to produce 440 megawatts (enough to power about 330,000 homes). Bechtel will also be investing equity in the project — giving BrightSource some of the support it needs to fulfill other contracts amounting to 2.6 gigawatts worth of energy. Oakland, Calif.-based

Image via: Solyndra Just yesterday Mike reported that the current recession could cut the solar panel manufacturing industry in half by 2010 . Now we have reports that the US Government finalized its $535 million deal with Read the full story on TreeHugger

The Interlock House . Sure it may sound a little dark and maybe even eerie, but this structure is almost exactly the opposite. Planned, designed, assembled, disassembled and then reassembled again by students and faculty at Iowa State University in Ames, the 800 square feet solar house is light, airy and incredibly energy efficient. Well, that’s according to my standards anyway…the team will learn just how their design stacks up against 19 other inter/national entries in Washington, D.C. at

Conventional wisdom dictates that states in the sunbelt should be the leaders in solar energy installations and incentives. However, conventional wisdom goes right out the window with a new study released by Global Solar Center, a New York City-based solar consulting firm servicing both residential and commercial sectors. The hands-down winner in offering solar energy incentives is none other than New Jersey, followed by Pennsylvania. New York, Delaware, and Colorado also make the top of the

Solar energy panels have become more affordable in recent years making it a viable alternative energy option for savvy home owners looking for savings on their monthly utility bills and the environmentally conscious who also enjoy the financial advantage, but focus more on the benefits solar energy panels have on global warming and independence from [...]

Elected less than a week ago, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) may be new to power but according to a recent Bloomberg piece , it has already acknowledged the urgency of the clean energy race. Centered on an aggressive target to reduce carbon emissions 25% by 2020 from 1990 levels and increasing the share of renewables to 10% of its energy mix by 2020, the DPJ has set forth a proposal to achieve those cuts that is on course to outdo its predecessor, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), in bot

Israel was the only Middle East representation to make the new Global Cleantech 100 list, and according to the survey 5 companies made the cut. According to the search engine on the Guardian, only 4 made the cut, they are water purification company AqWise , solar company Solel Solar Systems , energy storage company EnStorage , wind energy gear box company IQWind. Additionally, Better Place , the electric car company which is registered as a US company, but founded by Israelis, made t