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Fitch Ratings Finds Solar Outperforms Wind Globally

Fitch Ratings, a company that specializes in credit ratings and research, says solar consistently outperforms wind power among global renewable energy project ratings, according...
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UC Irvine Engineering Students Get Firsthand Look At Solar

Irvine, Calif.-based Sunpin Solar, a utility-scale solar developer and owner, recently hosted an educational solar tour for local engineering students from the University of...
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SolarPACES Conference Coming To New Mexico In October 2020

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the U.S. will host the world’s biggest conference on concentrating solar power (CSP) in Albuquerque,...

SPI 2019 Underscores Importance Of Clean Energy Industry Collaboration

Solar Power International (SPI), Energy Storage International (ESI) and North America Smart Energy Week 2019 concluded last week in Salt Lake City with more...

Intersolar North America Moves To San Diego In February

Solar Promotion International GmbH and FMMI GmbH have announced that three of their North American events – Intersolar, ees (electrical energy storage) and Power2Drive...

U.S. Solar Jobs Fall For Second Year In A Row

The U.S. solar industry had 242,343 workers in 2018, representing a 3.2% decline from 2017, reports The Solar Foundation (TSF). According to TSF’s National Solar...

The Case For Solar As A Way To Reduce Our Reliance On Foreign Energy

Wartime technologies have always had a habit of working their way into post-war civilian applications – everything from microwaves to GPS to the internet,...

Solar Now Providing Almost 2% Of U.S.’ Electrical Production

Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind) accounted for 19.2% of net domestic electrical generation during the first quarter of 2018, according...

Solar Finally Beats Biomass For Annual Electricity Generation

Electricity generation from solar resources in the U.S. reached 77 million MWh in 2017, surpassing, for the first time, annual generation from biomass resources, which generated...

Solar Training Program Launches At Massachusetts High School

A new solar training program has been launched at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, Ma. Unveiled on May 10 at a...

NREL: Pairing Solar With Low- To Moderate-Income Housing Is A Win-Win

A recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that pairing solar PV with rooftops of low- and moderate-income...

Berkeley Lab Analyzes Income Trends Of Residential Solar Adopters

The Electricity Markets & Policy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is offering new insights into the economic trends of residential solar adopters in the U.S. According to...

Despite Hurdles, U.S. Solar ‘Delivered Impressively’ In 2017

Although overall growth of the U.S. solar industry was down in 2017 compared to 2016’s record-shattering numbers, last year’s capacity additions still represent 40% growth...

Stable Electric Grid, 100% Renewables And Low Costs? It’s Possible, Says New Study

Renewable energy solutions are often hindered by the inconsistencies of power produced by wind, water and sunlight and the continuously fluctuating demand for energy....

Project Developers Tout Bee-Friendly Solar Sites

This week, solar stakeholders in Maryland and Florida are abuzz with excitement about projects designed to be environmentally friendly for bees and other wildlife. In...

NREL Study: ‘Demand For Green Power Is Ubiquitous’ In The U.S.

The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released Status and Trends in the U.S. Voluntary Green Power Market (2016 Data). The report is part...

‘Solar Saves Lives’ Initiative Doubles Down On Industry’s Hurricane Relief Efforts

Building on the work that the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and a host of individual solar companies have already done in the weeks...

Vivint Solar Expands Footprint Into Delaware Market

Vivint Solar Inc., a full-service residential solar provider, has expanded its nationwide footprint into Delaware. Following this expansion into the “First State,” Vivint Solar...

Global Infrastructure Partners Will Acquire Equis Energy In Record $5B Deal

Equis Pte. Ltd. and U.S.-based investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have announced the execution of binding documentation for the sale of 100% of Equis Energy for...

Solar Sector Sees ‘Mixed Bag’ Of Financial Activity In Q3 Uptick

After hitting a three-year low last quarter, total corporate funding in the global solar sector slightly rebounded during the third quarter of this year (Q3’16), according...

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