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Fossil fuel market is flat in the face of renewable energy growth

Renewable Energy is Smashing Records and Crushing Fossil Fuels

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Richard Matthews | 0 Comments

This is another record-breaking year for renewable energy. In both the developed and developing world renewables are growing at a faster rate than ever before. In 2015, for the first time ever, renewable energy accounted for more than half of new power generation worldwide. Last year, we saw more investment capital being funneled into renewables than ever before and more…

Failure of materials in solar panels already in the field. DuPont calls for more rigorous "real-life" testing standards

Heat and Beat: Why DuPont is Calling for More Rigorous Testing Standards for Solar PV

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Solar power is no longer a boutique industry. At least 900 million solar panels are deployed across the globe. Eighty-one percent of those came online within the last five years. From rural villages in India to the rooftops of suburban America, photovoltaic solar is fast becoming a mainstream source of energy. Every one of those panels is only as good as…

New Low Prices Paid for Electricity in Mexico’s Second Clean Energy Auction

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

New low prices for were set in Mexico’s second clean energy auction as 26 foreign and domestic companies won contracts for 56 projects that will result in more than $4 billion of investment to build out 2.87 GWs of clean power generation capacity over the next three years.

Trump, the U.S. elections, and climate change. A pivotal moment

U.S. Elections are a Pivotal Moment for Climate Change Policy

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Dean Scott, the senior climate change reporter for Bloomberg, moderated a panel discussion this weekend at the 2016 conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists. The topic at hand was the upcoming U.S. elections and what it means for climate change policy, particularly if Donald Trump wins the presidency. You might think that his position on climate change is “typical”…

An early conceptual drawing of NASA Space Solar Power

NASA and a Solar Revolution

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Bobbi Peterson | 0 Comments

It’s no secret that the Earth is in dire need of clean energy alternatives to fossil fuels. The source of that clean energy, however, doesn’t necessarily have to be on Earth. The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) is a team of scientists from Caltech that includes researchers from NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory. These scientists propose building the largest-ever space structure…

Proposed space-based "suntower," one of many examples of solar innovation

The Golden Age of Solar Innovation

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Richard Matthews | 0 Comments

From efforts that mimic nature like leaves and trees, to arrays that float on water or in space, there has been a wide range of solar energy innovations in 2016. From tiny solar applications of nanotechnologies to massive space-based arrays, the growth of solar power is being fueled by market forces, including increasing efficiency and decreasing cost. The number of…

Solar energy just makes sense, going mainstream in the Midwest

Solar Goes Mainstream in the Midwest

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Indiana is going solar. That may seem an odd thing to declare say about a state that gets 85 percent of its electricity generation from coal. Indeed, coal may be king, but the king is approaching the end of its reign. While there are a smattering of solar incentives in Indiana, it’s the market and red-blooded American common sense that…

Renewable Energy is Smashing Records and Crushing Fossil Fuels

Heat and Beat: Why DuPont is Calling for More Rigorous Testing Standards for Solar PV

New Low Prices Paid for Electricity in Mexico’s Second Clean Energy Auction

U.S. Elections are a Pivotal Moment for Climate Change Policy

NASA and a Solar Revolution

The Golden Age of Solar Innovation

Solar Goes Mainstream in the Midwest

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