https://phys.org/news/2019-03-europe-faring-renewable-energy.htmlThe European Union’s use of renewable energy—such as hydropower, wind and solar—reached 17.5 percent in 2017, keeping it on track for a target of 20 percent by 2020. Original Title: How Europe is faring on […]
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/03/rgs-energy-ditches-residential-install-arm-to-focus-on-powerhouse-solar-shingles-sales/RGS Energy today announced that its Board of Directors determined to exit its main residential solar installation business to focus on the Powerhouse shingle market. RGS Energy became the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the […]
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/03/solar-for-new-construction-solutions-to-enter-key-emerging-market/Traditionally, for rooftop solar installations, solar is added on to an existing building. But a vast new solar market is emerging in recent years: solar for new construction. In fact, in California alone — where […]
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/29/renewables-produced-more-energy-than-brown-coal-and-gas-over-summerReport finds rise in solar and wind generation almost eclipsed capacity lost when Hazelwood power station closed Growth in wind and solar energy over the past two years has almost entirely replaced the lost output […]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greentechmedia/news/~3/uzS858FUDCM/sunpower-sells-commercial-solar-to-goldman-sachs SunPower is offloading 233 megawatts of commercial solar project leases to a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Renewable Power for $86.9 million, a filing this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows. The […]
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26032019/puerto-rico-clean-energy-100-percent-hurricane-recovery-solar-natural-gas-prepa A rapid remake of the hurricane-torn territory’s power supply won’t be easy, and a utility’s natural gas infrastructure plans could make the goal hard to meet. By Phil McKenna When Hurricane Maria shattered Puerto […]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WindpowerEngineering/~3/rfJrFVzX1pA/Despite its exit from the Paris Climate Agreement in 2017, the United States still invested $64,2 billion in wind, solar, and hydro energy generation in 2018, remaining the second most attractive nation for renewable energy […]
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/03/install-tip-solve-quality-issues-to-improve-installation-business/This installation tip was provided by Jason Trager, managing partner and founder, Sustainabilist According to our internal data, over 30% of solar installations are quality deficient. Process improvement experts believe this leads up to 40% […]
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/03/install-tip-use-relaxed-fire-pathway-codes-to-build-bigger-arrays-on-roofs/This installation tip was provided by Jeff Spies, president, Planet Plan Sets; codes/standards chair, California Solar and Storage Association A few years ago, many solar installers were caught off-guard when code updates introduced fire setbacks […]
http://www.solarpowerportal.co.uk/news/farewell_fits_scottish_solar_market_endangered_by_fit_collapse_trade_body_w?utm_source=rss-feeds&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generalThe closure of the feed-in tariff is “endangering” Scotland’s active domestic solar market, trade body Scottish Renewables has warned. Original Title: Farewell FiTs: Scottish solar market endangered by FiT collapse, trade body warns Full Text […]
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