by Gary Chen | Apr 28, 2017 | News
At the turn of the millennium, only wide-eyed dreamers in the power sector would have claimed renewable energy would play a major role on the U.S. grid. Wind and solar were simply too expensive and too difficult to integrate. Fast-forward to 2017, and that dream is...
by Gary Chen | Apr 18, 2017 | News
PV Tech’s preliminary analysis of global solar PV manufacturing capacity expansion announcements in the first quarter of 2017, shows a strong rebound compared to the significantly subdued environment experienced in the second half of 2016. Although capacity expansion...
by Gary Chen | Apr 14, 2017 | News
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Built during the last century, the United States electric grid is in need of an update to account for changes in how Americans get their electricity. A white paper being issued by Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today, is the first...
by Gary Chen | Apr 7, 2017 | News
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader may have been right when he said, “The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.” However, entrepreneurs beyond fossil-fuel folks have long recognized solar power as the non-polluting,...
by Gary Chen | Apr 6, 2017 | News
There’s a new No. 1 solar-powered city in the U.S., with San Diego replacing Los Angeles as the top city for installed solar PV capacity by the end of 2016, according to a new report from Environment America and the Frontier Group. U.S. solar power grew at a...