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As part of our pv magazine LIVE series, we bring you a new video report from SolarWorld’s 2016 Installer Summit in Portland Oregon, including commentary from SolarWorld Americas President Mukesh Dulani.

In his first speech regarding energy, Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump repeated a number of myths about renewable energy and showed no real understanding of energy market dynamics in general.

Lovins’ concept of the “soft energy path” from 1976 is credited in providing the “intellectual DNA” for Germany’s Energiewende (Energy Transition).

Lovins’ concept of the “soft energy path” from 1976 is credited in providing the “intellectual DNA” for Germany’s Energiewende (Energy Transition).

The wide-ranging pact between the leaders pledges work on integrating more renewable energy on the grid and elimination of fossil fuel subsidies

As part of our pv magazine LIVE series, we have published two new video interviews with Sonnen USA CEO Boris von Bormann looking at the company’s new Eco plug-and-play battery storage offering for the U.S. market as well as Sonnen’s trajectory as a company.

The bipartisan group of governors includes only four Republicans. And while rhetoric does not always match action on the ground, Oregon is considering an increase to its renewable energy mandate.

U.S. President Obama pushed solar and other forms of renewable energy in his final State of the Union address, as well alluding to penalizing fossil fuels for environmental externalities.

Amid new efficiency world records, surging growth for emerging solar markets and a bullish report from IHS predicting 272.4 GW of new capacity by 2019, naysayers and doom mongers are still making their voices heard.

The PV manufacturer has announced plans to end its production operations in Germany in March and relocate them to more affordable locations. IHS analyst Stefan de Haan sees the main reasons for the move in the floundering European PV markets and the lack of scale effects.