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| Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT |
 Institutions seeking to deploy on-site clean energy solutions are facing a number of challenging questions: How can solutions be deployed under tight budget constraints, with a minimum of upfront cost? What deal and financing structures are available to non-tax paying institutions? Is it best to build and own a system internally, or use |
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| Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:07:47 GMT |
 Earlier this month, I attended EUCI’s Utilizing Clean Power Development Conference in Philadelphia. The conference attracted a variety of large institutions (hospitals, municipalities, universities, etc.), developers, and financers to discuss the opportunity and challenges surrounding deployment of on-site renewable energy. Instit |
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| Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:13:29 GMT |
 A big energy-related disaster doesn't just leave horrible marks on people's lives; it also can propel better and quicker policy and technology adoption. Kyocera on Monday said it plans to start selling a system that pairs solar panels with lithium-ion batteries for the residential market in Japan starting this summer. |
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| Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT |
 Kevin Frank was named chief executive officer and president of Voith Hydro Inc. in November 2010. Frank discusses technology, policy and the factors driving the hydropower market. |
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| Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:42:49 GMT |
 If there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust |
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| Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT |
While solar is making steady progress towards the main stream, it ain’t there yet. Many consumers are still suspicious of solar because it’s unfamiliar. They’ve seen panels and solar homes in pictures, but it’s not like buying or selling a car… or is it?
Making analogies to something familiar can be very helpful fo |
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| Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:36:00 GMT |
 Building transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy industry. But can it be justified? Doing so will necessarily involve constructing some of the longest stretches of wire ever undertaken in this country. Much of the best wind and solar resource is located quite distant from the load. Ultimately, thousands of miles of huge power lines will have to be built. It is not illogical to ask whether investment in such massive infrastructure "costs too much and provides too little." It is also not illogical to answer "no," not if the value proposition is laid out appropriately and a well crafted policy and regulatory approach can be established that effectively addresses the issues. |
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| Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:50:00 GMT |
At Scaling Green, we periodically attempt to highlight some of the brightest, most up-and-coming stars – key industry players, thinkers, etc. - in the cleantech world. Today, we feature Tam Hunt, the “managing member of Community Renewable Solutions LLC, a renewable consulting and project development company focused on community- |
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| Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT |
 Michael P. Maley is the newest member of the executive team at Hydro Green Energy LLC, a developer of low-head hydropower projects. Maley discusses the company's technology, its business strategy and his decision to jump into the hydropower business. |
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| Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT |
Welcome to Solar Fred’s 3rd annual Solar Marketing Wish List for the coming year. If you haven’t granted my last two years worth of wishes, take another shot: Here’s 2010 and 2011.
For 2012, the theme is focusing your marketing on building solar communities. And when I say “communities,” I’m not just tal |
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| Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:09:49 GMT |
 With the implementation of AB32, many solar advocates are hoping that the California TREC program will boost solar development the way SREC markets have in the country’s fastest growing solar markets on the East Coast. After much delay, the TREC, or tradable REC or unbundled REC program, finally launched on December 10th, allowing utiliti |
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| Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:36:14 GMT |
 I wasn’t able to attend the [frustrating] climate change talks in Durban, South Africa this year, although I would have loved to. South Africa is an incredible place to visit.
I say the talks are frustrating because they always seem to go the same way. The European nations and some smaller countries attend the meeting armed with serious data |
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| Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT |
 The end of November has come with a string of new and interesting solar project announcements.
The adoption of solar at military installations continued to gain momentum, as Bank of America stepped in to provide a $1 billion loan for SolarCity’s SolarStrong project to bring 300 MW to military residences and two megawatt-plus installations |
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| Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:34:39 GMT |
 This week more than 750 large companies, small businesses and organizations sent a letter to Congress calling for a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury's Section 1603 Program. |
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| Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:08:00 GMT |
 As I have said before, there is deliberate bearishness about solar power, much of it coming from the fossil fuel industries.
They ignore solar economics. Install a capital good now and money comes out day-after-day, year-after-year, literally for decades. Regardless of the current price of grid electricity you will, in time, pay for that c |
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| Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:57:00 GMT |
 Germany is the unquestioned world leader in renewable energy. By mid-2011, the European nation generated over 20 percent of its electricity from wind and solar power alone, and had created over 400,000 jobs in the industry.
The sweet German success is no accident, however, and the following pie chart illustrates the results of a careful |
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| Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT |
 It’s December again (how did that happen!?) and our annual time for reflection here at Kachan & Co. So as we close out 2011, let’s look towards what the new year may have in store for cleantech.
There are eggshells across the sector for 2012. Global economic uncertainty is leaving some skeptical about the chances for emerging clean |
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| Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT |
 Good news, solar PV manufacturers (and inverter companies, too). You may not be just a $/watt commodity after all, at least according to some new solar market research that was recently given to me by one of my solar market research friends, Jon Worren of ClearSky Advisors.
I saw Jon at SPI in Dallas, and we started discussing the latest solar PV |
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| Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:11:20 GMT |
As Americans transition their electricity system to the 21st century, they should ask this question: Does it make sense to pursue strategies such as accelerating the development of new high-voltage power lines that reinforce an outdated paradigm of electricity delivery, or should scarce energy dollars be spent to add new clean, local energy t |
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| Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT |
 Last week at the Renewable Energy Markets Conference, leading corporations, renewable energy generators, and utilities gathered to discuss the state of voluntary and compliance green power and renewable energy certificate (REC) markets. The conference demonstrated the growing use of green power by corporations and institutions, but also highl |
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Source: www.renewableenergyworld.com |
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