April 10th, 2014
Via The Conversation, an article on the potential of planted or painted roofs: It’s getting hot in the city, and our overheated cities are only going to get hotter still as more people pile in and development and energy use intensifies. But planting away the problem could be a surprisingly low-cost solution to create […]
Read more »Fight Over Rooftop Solar Forecasts A Bright Future For Cleaner Energy
April 4th, 2014
Via Scientific American, a report on how – as the cost of solar power drops – more consumers find that they hold the upper hand as utilities fight to maintain paying customers and the relevance of the grid: Americans have begun to battle over sunshine. In sun-scorched Arizona a regulatory skirmish has broken out over […]
Read more »April 1st, 2014
Courtesy of McKinsey, a commentary on solar power and how, as costs fall, the importance of solar power to senior executives is rising: The economics of solar power are improving. It is a far more cost-competitive power source today than it was in the mid-2000s, when installations and manufacturing were taking off, subsidies were generous, […]
Read more »Solar Rooftop Market Set To Swell In The US
March 27th, 2014
Via Engerati, an interesting report on rooftop solar, especially at commercial and industrial sites: First Solar, the largest solar panel firm in the US, is pursuing smaller projects and customer-sited systems. This is in response to utilities’ growing need for smaller solar installations. This is predicted to increase the firm’s sales by 36% over the […]
Read more »March 21st, 2014
Via the Dallas Morning News, a report on FirstSolar’s revised focus on the rooftop market: First Solar Inc., the largest U.S. solar-panel maker, is boosting its efforts to install systems at industrial sites and warehouses as utilities demand smaller solar farms. Pursuing smaller projects and customer-sited systems may increase sales as much as 36 percent […]
Read more »Bright Prospects? China’s Rooftop Solar Goal May Be Unreachable
February 28th, 2014
Via Reuters, a report on Beijing’s audacious goal of tripling solar power from small-scale operations: Solar panels are seen on the roofs of residential houses in Qingnan village of Lianyungang, Jiangsu province January 8, 2014. Beijing’s goal of tripling solar power from small-scale operations such as rooftop panels looks overly ambitious, risking disappointment for investors […]
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