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Solar Power to the People: The Rise of Rooftop Solar Among the Middle Class Homeowners across the United States have begun a rooftop solar revolution. Since 2000, more than 1,460 megawatts of residential solar installations have been installed across the country, and more than 80 percent of that capacity was added in the past four years. In 2012 alone, rooftop ... Read More »
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Modi, Merkel vow to revive trade efforts, promote clean energy
Modi, Merkel vow to revive trade efforts, promote clean energy * To push for revival of India-EU free trade talks * Germany to provide 2 bln euros for clean energy, solar * India sets up one-stop shop for business approvals (Adds Indian foreign secretary on free trade deal) By Andreas Rinke and Douglas Busvine NEW DELHI, Oct 5 India and ... Read More »
Here comes the sun – 300 days a year
Here comes the sun – 300 days a year While Chancellor Merkel talks trade with Prime Minister Modi, a German firm is finishing a large-scale solar park in Delhi. India is an ideal market for solar power because of its plentiful sunshine – and its increasing number of consumers of energy. Read More…. Here comes the sun – 300 days ... Read More »
This incredible fact will get you psyched about solar power
This incredible fact will get you psyched about solar power There’s one simple fact that may just change your thoughts on renewable power. In a single hour, the amount of power from the sun that strikes the Earth is more than the entire world consumes in an year. To put that in numbers, from the US Department of Energy: Each ... Read More »
Obama aims to boost homeowner renewable energy use
Obama aims to boost homeowner renewable energy use President Barack Obama on Monday expanded his push for greater renewable energy adoption, announcing fresh financial incentives for solar power development and use. The steps include an additional $1 billion in loan guarantees for new research projects and near-term savings for homeowners using renewable energy. Speaking at the National Clean Energy Summit ... Read More »
World’s largest solar power station planned for India
World’s largest solar power station planned for India The world’s largest solar power station will be built in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh over the next 18 months, government officials announced over the weekend. The 750-megawatt (MW) facility will be built on barren government-owned land in the country’s Rewa district, and when complete will positively dwarf the current world’s ... Read More »
World Bank to help 1.1 million rural people in Bangladesh to access clean energy
World Bank to help 1.1 million rural people in Bangladesh to access clean energy he World Bank has signed a $15 million grant agreement with Bangladesh to increase access to clean energy for targeted rural areas through output-based aid (OBA) subsidies. The grant is expected to benefit 1.1 million people living in poor, remote areas of Bangladesh currently lacking electricity ... Read More »
Why solar costs will fall another 40% in just two years
Why solar costs will fall another 40% in just two years It’s been one of the big themes at the World Energy Future Conference here in Abu Dhabi. Solar, and other technologies such as wind power, are no longer more expensive than traditional fossil fuels in many parts of the world. Indeed, they are cheaper. The big oil and gas ... Read More »