The Solar Industry Has Paid Off Its Carbon Debts
Robinson Meyer for The Atlantic: Think of all the energy that goes into making a single solar panel. Quartz and copper must be mined. The raw materials must be converted into wafers, then encased in protective material. And after panels leave the factory, they must be shipped all over the world.
Now imagine these consequences spread over four decades—the environmental cost of the solar industry. Given all the research, development, and production time that goes into making any one panel, a skeptical solar-buyer might wonder: Has the solar industry on the whole really saved any energy at all? To that concern, a new analysis answers: Yes.
The solar industry probably paid off its long-term energy and climate “debts” in 2011, a study published this week in Nature Communications finds. Cont'd...
Ideal Power Enters Canadian Market with 360kW Order from KACO new energy
Ideal Power has received a 360kW purchase order from KACO new energy to supply its 3-port, grid-resilient 30kW Power Conversion Systems.
SolarEdge Introduces Advanced Communications and Management Accessories
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. ("SolarEdge") (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, announces the launch of advanced communications and management accessories to enhance module-level monitoring and improve O&M operations.
PIONEERING INNOVATIONS: INTERSOLAR AWARD CELEBRATES ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
Applications can be submitted from January 2017
Solar Frontier to launch SmaCIS: a new strategic product in the Japanese residential market
Using unique solar panels, mounts and construction methods to beautifully smartify even the most complex roofing configurations
In its Largest Quarter Ever, U.S. Solar Market Saw Nearly 2 MW of PV Installed Per Hour in Q3 2016
The United States solar market just shattered all previous quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) installation records. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association's (SEIA) Q4 2016 U.S. Solar Market Insight report, 4,143 megawatts (MW) of solar PV were installed in the U.S. in the third quarter of the year, a rate of one MW every 32 minutes. That pace is even faster today, as the fourth quarter will surpass this past quarter's historic total.
Suntech Announces the Establishment of its European Branch
In order to further improve its sales and services, and develop its markets in Europe, Wuxi Suntech announced the establishment of its European branch in Germany on December 12th.
APsystems upgrades EMA monitoring website with more data and improved interface
APsystems today announced the launch of a new, redesigned version of its Energy Monitoring & Analysis (EMA) website APsystemsEMA.com.
The web-based platform, available for free on any connected device, monitors and reports module-level energy production of solar arrays which utilize APsystems inverters and provides that information to homeowners and end users in a convenient and user-friendly format.
First US offshore wind farm unlocks vast new ocean energy resource
Americas first offshore wind farm began generating electricity today in the waters near Block Island, Rhode Island, opening a new frontier for American energy production. By continuing to tap into abundant offshore wind resources here at home, more clean, reliable electricity can power American homes and businesses while creating well-paying jobs.
Freedom Solar Power, ABC Home & Commercial partner to bring electricity to Haitian orphanage
Freedom Solar Power and ABC Home & Commercial Services are teaming up to bring a 100 percent sustainable off-grid solar system to an orphanage in Haiti that currently does not have electricity.
SolarReserve Wins Platts Global Energy Award for Commercial Application of the Year 2016
Successful commercialization of breakthrough utility-scale solar thermal technology with integrated molten salt energy storage secures worldwide energy award for SolarReserve
Markedslabben AS Solves Wind Farm Layout Challenge Using FICO Optimization
Norwegian start-up company Markedslabben uses FICO Xpress Optimization Suite in algorithm to optimize wind farm layouts and reduce CO2 emissions; company awarded FICO Decisions Award for Analytic Excellence
Canadian Solar Opens Brazil's Largest Capacity Solar Module Manufacturing Facility
To Provide Local Content for Company's Existing 390 MW Brazil Pipeline and Growth
East Africa's Largest Solar Plant Starts Operations
Made up of 32,680 photovoltaic panels, the new 10 megawatt facility is the countrys first grid-connected solar plant and will generate clean, low-carbon, sustainable electricity to 40,000 homes, schools and businesses in the area
Nearly half of residential distributed solar power is owned by private companies
Lucas Mearian for ComputerWorld: About 44% of all solar power that's installed on residential rooftops, known as distributed solar capacity, is owned by private businesses, such as SolarCity or Vivint Solar, according to new government data.
Distributed solar capacity in the U.S., which includes all solar power capacity other than utility-scale installations 1 megawatts (MW) or larger, increased to 12.3 gigawatts (GW) as of September, according to new figures from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In comparison, a cumulative 11.6GW had been installed in the U.S. by the end of 2015. Cont'd...
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