| Content Category: Viewpoint |
| No Easy Answers Yet |
| on 02 Jan 2013 by Jessica Lillian |
| Last January's Sun Dial column posed a series of vital questions that the industry hoped to see answered over the course of the year. At the time, we promised to [read more] |
| Solar After The Storm |
| on 04 Dec 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| While most solar arrays here on the East Coast (including the 24 kW ground-mounted system at the Solar Industry offices) proved to be physically resilient when Superstorm Sandy came barreling [read more] |
| A 'Blue-Collar' Solar Workforce |
| on 27 Nov 2012 by Trini Shrinarine |
| The North American Board of Energy Practitioners' (NABCEP) PV Installer (PVI) certification is becoming an unattainable goal, and therefore, the solar sector is suffering. The wide scope of this test [read more] |
| Keep Them Honest |
| on 02 Nov 2012 by SI Staff |
| COMMENT OF THE MONTH: This reader comment was posted in response to "SolarCity Reveals Details Of Treasury Investigation In Pre-IPO Documents," published on Oct. 8. Re: SolarCity Reveals Details Of [read more] |
| Staying Scam-Free |
| on 01 Oct 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| A former president and some new robots zipping around their tracks on the exhibit floor ranked among the attention-grabbing highlights for many attendees at Solar Power International (SPI) last month [read more] |
| No Roof? No Problem! |
| on 01 Sep 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| "Traditional" residential PV - which, in most cases, involves a privately owned house's rooftop - is alive and well in the U.S. In fact, in 2011, these types of installations [read more] |
| Move Beyond Incentives |
| on 23 Jul 2012 by Kerry T. Kalarney |
| The following letter was submitted in response to "A Different Trade Tactic," published in the June 2012 issue of Solar Industry.To The Editor:Did someone notice that the [anti-dumping] penalty happened [read more] |
| How Low Can You Go? |
| on 01 Jul 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| Launched in 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SunShot Initiative aims to make solar power cost-competitive with fossil fuels by 2020. Last month, the DOE unveiled an attention-grabbing new [read more] |
| A Different Trade Tactic |
| on 01 Jun 2012 by Jessica Lillian |
| Since last October's Solar Power International conference, when SolarWorld announced its anti-dumping complaint and countervailing-duty petition against China, international trade issues have held the industry's collective attention - and inspired [read more] |
| A Safety Issue? |
| on 01 Jun 2012 by Paul Coleman |
| The following letter was submitted in response to "The 'Solar Time Bomb': Mass. PV Project Moving Ahead Despite Backlash," published May 3. To The Editor: While the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [read more] |
