SolarStrong: Alive and Kicking
Last year, SolarCity partnered with U.S. Renewables Group Renewable Finance and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in a $1 billion effort to solarize military housing across the U.S. It’s making progress...
View ArticleU.S + Spain = Killing it in CSP
Spain and the United States are leading the world in Concentrated Solar Power installations, according to a report from British energy intelligence firm GBI. Spain, with more than 1,000 megawatts of...
View ArticleSolyndra: Solar’s Poster Child For Failure
If solar industry had a poster child for failure, Solyndra is to solar as Jared Fogle is to Subway. Yes, solar had its share of flops, failures, and fiascos. Wall Street bashes the solar manufacturers...
View ArticleA123 Systems: Going to Zero?
There was so much enthusiasm when high-performance battery manufacturer A123 Systems (NASDAQ:AONE) came on the scene. The promise of an advanced battery manufacturing facility pumping out batteries for...
View ArticleEnergy Security Trust Gameplan Announced
During his State of the Union address earlier this year President Barak Obama called on Congress to create an Energy Security Trust Fund to fund research into biofuels, batteries and more, to help wean...
View ArticleDOD Announces 3GW of Renewables by 2025 Initiative
The Obama administration announced initiatives today designed to improve U.S. energy security by reducing reliance on fossil fuels. The Department of Defense (DOD) made one of the largest commitments...
View ArticleAmonix Closes Nevada Factory
After the recent news of Amonix closing its North Las Vegas, NV factory and the other bad news from Amonix, I am returning to my practice of labeling concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) “The...
View ArticleMultifamily Housing Benefits from Better Buildings Challenge
President Obama’s Better Buildings Challenge – which has generated $2 billion in private financing for commercial and industrial building energy upgrades - is now expanding to multifamily housing....
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