Solar Inverter Industry Review and Trend Watch
Thesolar PV inverter market is about $2.4 billion and growing as quicklyas the solar market grows. And as the price of PV modules plummeted in2009 – the price of inverters and balance of plant became...
View ArticleElectricity Rates Continue Upward Trend
The latest Electric Power Monthly report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows yet another increase in residential electricity rates for May. This latest increase put rates over 13%...
View ArticleChina Presses The Go Button for Solar
When China announced its 12th Five Year Plan last year, it made some bold goals in sustainable energy: cutting energy intensity by 16%, carbon intensity by 17% and boosting non-fossil fuel sources to...
View ArticleEnergy Investors Look to Industry Trends
The US is by far the world’s greatest user of energy per capita in the world. Each American uses about 87,000 kilowatts in 2008 – that is twice as much as the European Union (EU), the next closest...
View ArticleCurrent Solar Industry Trends: Storage and Low Costs
Predicting the future is always fraught with hazards but a recent survey caught our eye with a bold prediction: nearly one-third of solar installers/integrators world wide expect to utilize storage in...
View ArticleCarports vs Solar Roofs: New Trends in Solar PV
Small and Medium scale Solar PV first became popular as a roof mounted enterprise for residential and office buildings because the roofs were underutilized space, faced little acquisition costs and...
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