New Study Touts Solar as Investment Opportunity'
"The study concludes that solar is a "real opportunity for anyone looking to take greater control over their monthly utility bills and make a long-term, relatively low-risk investment."
Wind power: TV Rheinland certifies Ming Yang
Type certification for multi-megawatt wind turbine/IEC 61400-22 certification
Comverge Hits Milestone With Agreements to Deploy More Than 400,000 Two-Way Demand Management Devices
Comverge Devices Enable Two-Way Information Exchange Between
Electric Utilities and Their Customers
Triodos Renewables Plc put even more wind in Scottish sails
Major turbines enter development in Aberdeenshire as Scotland continues to go with the wind.
GEM Energy completes energy upgrades for two 100-year-old downtown Toledo buildings
GEM Energy, of the Rudolph Libbe Group, has completed energy upgrades for two downtown Toledo buildings which will turn 100 years old this year – the Toledo School for the Arts and the Toledo Club.
Report: Forget Stocks, Invest In Solar Panels
From ThinkProgress: A new study by the NC Clean Energy Technology Center finds that in all but 4 of the 50 largest cities in the U.S., installing a fully-financed 5 kilowatt solar panel system makes more financial sense than investing in a popular stock market index fund. Further, the same system would beat the costs of buying energy from local utilities in 42 of those 50 cities.
“(S)olar is now not just an option for the rich, but a real opportunity for anyone looking to take greater control over their monthly utility bills and make a long-term, relatively low-risk investment,” concludes the study which was done under funding by the U.S. Department of Energy.
A key qualifier in this good news study is that the benefits of installing residential solar photovoltaic systems are greatest when homeowners finance the systems (at an assumed annual interest rate of 5 percent) rather than buying them upfront. And the study does not investigate the availability of such loans. The study finds that in upfront purchases of solar, residents in just 14 out of the 50 largest U.S. cities would pay less for electricity than if they buy from their local utility. That upfront investment would be a better investment than the broad stock market index fund in 20 of the 50 cities. Cont'd....
PVinsights : The weakening China domestic demand makes solar component prices deteriorate.
In the US, lots of Chinese solar panel makers are doing the serious price promotion to digest their inventories, especially for low efficiency products. In EU, in addition to the weakening EURO against the USD, the slow demand recovery in key European market keeps prices from agumenting.
Reflections from Breakthrough Marine Energy Trials
The marine power plant Deep Green has now been producing electricity for more than a year, and Minesto's founder and CEO Anders Jansson shares his experiences from the trials in this article.
Solar Market Predictions for 2015
IHS Technology analysts top 10 predictions for the 2015 global photovoltaic (PV) market
Training Program for Military Veterans to Maintain Growing Solar and EV Infrastructure
Rather than focus on any one particular technology, the EFST training course educates the participants about the common technologies and service requirements that touch multiple markets, most notably the solar and electric vehicle charging equipment infrastructure.
Upcoming Tradeshow, Conference & Exhibition Summary
March, April, May 2015
2015 promises to be another banner year for the Renewable Energy Industry. Solar and Wind will continue to grow and Energy Storage will continue to dominate the conversation. April offers up some great Energy Storage events here in North America and Europe.
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments Acquires 300-MW Balko Wind from Apex Clean Energy
Balko Wind will comprise 162 GE 1.85-87 wind turbines and is expected to produce enough energy to power about 111,000 homes.
Delta Electronics' 20kW PV Inverters Selected by Takara Leben for Japan's First Large-Scale (15 MW) Distributed Solar PV Power Plant
This 15MW solar project is expected to generate approximately 21,000,000 kWh of electricity per year, enough to power 3,700 homes.
SheerWind to Install 200 KW Wind Power Pilot Project for Tampa Electric
SheerWind's industry-changing INVELOX to be designed, manufactured, and commissioned at Tampa Electric's Big Bend Power Station in Florida
SunEdison And Adani To Build Largest Solar Manufacturing Facility In India With $4 Billion Investment
The facility will create enough solar panels to fuel substantial solar growth in India, furthering India's goals for clean, renewable energy independence, and will add up to 20,000 jobs to the local economy.
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