U.S. President Barack Obama has fleshed out the details of the clean energy proposals he referred to in his State of the Union address dedicated to setting out his second term objectives.
Japan’s decision to turn its back on nuclear and offer the world’s most generous PV FIT scheme is set to see the country overtake Italy, Germany and the U.S. this year to become the world’s second biggest solar market in 2013.
The Energy Storage conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, began with more than 500 visitors. Project examples show the conditions under which storage systems pay off and make sense.
Documentation relating to the new EU energy infrastructure guidelines has laid bare just how savagely austerity-driven leaders cut the funds available to upgrade grids to harness renewables.
As speculation mounts over whether Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd will default on its bond repayments and be forced to file for involuntary bankruptcy today, it seems the Wuxi Government in China is almost certain to bail Suntech out. Maxim Group writes that the company is “technically insolvent.”
New financial models are expected to help propel solar from being an “alternative energy” to a mainstream industry, states U.S.-based Clean Edge. It adds that PV revenues are forecast to grow to $123.6 billion by 2022. Meanwhile, solar energy will continue to expand as a major economic force, with an increasing focus on the technology’s deployment.
The European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has called for an EU industrial policy to drive innovation and research into solar.
With the Chinese authorities having approved the transaction, Germanys SMA Solar Technology AG now officially owns 72.5% of China-based Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy Co., Ltd.
Spanish firm Abengoa and Californian concentrating solar power (CSP) experts BrightSource Energy have announced plans for the world’s largest twin solar towers.
The French Ministry of Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development has announced a tender for 400 MW of PV plants 250 kW and larger.
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