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What Happens When California’s 33 Percent Renewables Mandate Is Met?

What Happens When California’s 33 Percent Renewables Mandate Is Met?

Herman K. Trabish: June 7, 2013

“If we are going to go beyond 33 percent, it matters how the resources fit together. We have to plan for that.”

Choose Your Adventure: Manufacturing Inverters in the Modern PV Age

Choose Your Adventure: Manufacturing Inverters in the Modern PV Age

MJ Shiao, Nicholas Rinaldi: June 6, 2013

So you think you can run an inverter manufacturer?

SunPower, SolarCity, the CSI and Builders Driving New Solar Home Growth Surge

SunPower, SolarCity, the CSI and Builders Driving New Solar Home Growth Surge

Herman K. Trabish: June 6, 2013

New home builders are starting to recognize how good the solar value proposition is.

Japan: The World’s Hottest Solar Market in 2013

Japan: The World’s Hottest Solar Market in 2013

Eric Wesoff: June 6, 2013

Can solar replace retired nuclear in Japan? Will Japan’s booming solar market have legs, or will it fade like a FIT?

Macho Springs Update: First Solar to Sell Power for 5.7 Cents in New Mexico

Macho Springs Update: First Solar to Sell Power for 5.7 Cents in New Mexico

Eric Wesoff: June 5, 2013

The 50-megawatt Macho Springs solar plant, notable for an ultra-low power price, gets its PPA approved.

Major NY Solar Bill Close to Becoming Law

Major NY Solar Bill Close to Becoming Law

Peter Olmsted : June 5, 2013

A new appreciation of solar after Hurricane Sandy exposes a weak power grid.

EU Imposes Provisional Tariffs on Chinese Solar Imports

EU Imposes Provisional Tariffs on Chinese Solar Imports

Herman K. Trabish: June 4, 2013

Trade war looms.

My View: What’s Good for APS Is Not Necessarily Good for Arizona (or Solar)

My View: What’s Good for APS Is Not Necessarily Good for Arizona (or Solar)

Barry Goldwater Jr.: June 3, 2013

The typewriter, the phone book and the payphone had their day, and the businesses that relied on them either got busy changing or got busy dying.

Department of Interior Green Lights 520 New Megawatts of Renewables for US Public Lands

Department of Interior Green Lights 520 New Megawatts of Renewables for US Public Lands

Herman K. Trabish: June 3, 2013

A solar power tower, PV plant, and geothermal facility are now in search of PPAs and financing.

TruSolar’s “Market-Driven Solution for Industry Growth”

Video: TruSolar’s “Market-Driven Solution for Industry Growth”

Staff: June 3, 2013

TruSolar's Co-Founder, Chase Weir, talks about how standards will help the solar industry reach trillion dollar opportunities in a post-subsidy market.

How to Settle the US-China Solar War

How to Settle the US-China Solar War

Herman K. Trabish: June 3, 2013

The two world powers either rise or fall together.

3 Reasons Why Chinese Solar Inverters Are Half the Cost of American Inverters

3 Reasons Why Chinese Solar Inverters Are Half the Cost of American Inverters

Stephen Lacey: June 3, 2013

Why are costs so much lower for Chinese centralized inverters?

Google Buys into PV Solar in South Africa with SolarReserve and Partners

Google Buys into PV Solar in South Africa with SolarReserve and Partners

Herman K. Trabish: May 31, 2013

Google keeps finding budding renewables opportunities.

How Hannon Armstrong Got the IRS to Approve Its Renewable REIT

How Hannon Armstrong Got the IRS to Approve Its Renewable REIT

Herman K. Trabish: May 30, 2013

Energy efficiency was the key to the first REIT for renewables.

The Microinverter-Optimizer Fight Moves to Commercial-Scale Solar

The Microinverter-Optimizer Fight Moves to Commercial-Scale Solar

Herman K. Trabish: May 30, 2013

A new SolarEdge architecture brings competition to an emerging market.