Chinese Solar: The Sleeping Giant Is Waking To A New, Smoggy Sunrise
The Chinese government has set an ambitious new goal of 17.8GW of new installed solar capacity for this year. Can they reach it, and if...
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- Mar 13, 2015
What Happens if the Federal Solar Tax Credit Expires?
The solar industry is booming. But can it sustain its current growth in the absence of the 30% federal tax credit? image: the...
- Feb 24, 2015
SunRun opens New Design Center in Irvine
San Francisco-based Sunrun, the nation’s largest solar company dedicated to residential systems, is expanding its presence in Orange...
- Feb 23, 2015
Enviros and Tea Party Agree: Solar is Good for Florida
Far-left environmental activists and far-right small government conservatives may seem like odd allies, but when it comes to making...
- Jan 29, 2014
Solar employment up 20% since 2012
According to the latest annual National Solar Jobs Census, the U.S. solar industry employed 142,698 people in 2013 – up 20 percent, or...
- Aug 7, 2013
Solar leasing made up 75% of CA installations in 2012
A new report from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) found that over 75 percent of solar panel systems installed in California last year...
- Feb 27, 2013
Report: PV installations reached 29 GW in 2012
According to market research firm NPD Solarbuzz, the annual growth rate for global PV demand fell to a ten-year low in 2012. The upcoming...
- Feb 19, 2013
Almost $1bn generated by 3rd party PV in California in 2012
Third party-owned solar in California generated $938 million last year, amounting to almost 75% of new installations in the state. That...
- Feb 14, 2013
Investment in PV equipment fell 72% from 2011 to 2012
Spending on PV equipment fell from $12.9 billion in 2011 to $3.6 billion in 2012, according to the new PV Equipment Quarterly from NPD...
- Sep 14, 2012
U.S. sees record utility-scale PV installations in Q2 2012
Last quarter, a massive 742 MW of solar power was installed in the U.S., the second-largest quarterly installed capacity in history....
- Aug 27, 2012
PV venture capital funding rises in Q2 2012
Data from the Mercom Capital Group found that venture capital (VC) funding for solar power projects increased to $376 million for the...
- Aug 22, 2012
Major Chinese PV firm posts huge losses for Q2 2012
Yesterday Trina Solar – one of the world’s biggest PV panel manufacturers – announced a net loss of $92.1 million for Q2 2012, more than...
- Aug 14, 2012
SolarWorld faces huge losses for 2012
Yesterday, SolarWorld announced a loss for the first half of 2012, and forecast an operating loss for the full year. SolarWorld is...
- Jul 11, 2012
Cleantech investment slips in Q2 2012
According to a July 10 report from the Cleantech Group, global investment in cleantech fell by 14 percent from Q1 to Q2 2012. Global...
- Jun 15, 2012
SEIA: PV installations in Q1 2012 up 85% over Q1 2011
A new report found that in the first quarter of 2012, PV installations rose 85 percent over the same quarter in 2011. GTM Research and...
- Apr 18, 2012
Report: PV equipment spending will bottom out in Q2 2012 after sustained negative growth
On April 16, NPD Solarbuzz announced a strong forecast for PV equipment spending, with double-digit growth rates from 2013 to 2016. The...
- Feb 18, 2012
Solar shares rally despite “flat” outlook for 2012
Yesterday, two solar energy firms reported higher than expected earnings, sending share prices up, just a day after a forecast for a flat...
- Jan 3, 2012
Solar leasing firm foresees more market consolidation in 2012
SunRun, a company that offers solar leasing and PPAs to over 15,000 customers in the U.S., released predictions for the state of solar...
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