The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a massive 392 MW solar farm being built in the Mojave desert. Its investors include Google, NRG Energy (one of the largest energy companies in the US), and BrightSource Energy (which is the lead developer). At 392 MW, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will be the largest solar […]
September 26, 2013
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Generally speaking, reading and debunking horrible clean energy or electric vehicle stories in the mainstream media is not something I enjoy doing. But someone has to do it, and since I’ve been studying cleantech in depth for several years now and am in the blogging business, that someone seems to increasingly be me. Unfortunately, the […]
September 25, 2013
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Here on Cost of Solar, We focus a lot on the benefits individuals themselves receive from going solar. And we’ve written a bit about much broader benefits to society as a whole. However, something sort of in the middle are the benefits solar customers deliver to their electric grids and other grid customers. Let’s take a […]
September 23, 2013
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Across America 2013:Final leg from Washington DC. to New-York City. HB-SIA © Solar Impulse |Revillard| Rezo.ch The Solar Impulse solar airplane thrilled countless Americans this year on its Across America tour. The creators and pilots of the plane also met with some notable business and political leaders (such as Richard Branson and the US Secretary of Energy). […]
September 20, 2013
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The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research recently released their latest quarterly report regarding the US solar energy market. There are a ton of interesting facts from the report, such as the solar panel costs fact above. Just a few of these cool solar power facts are in the infographic below. Many […]
September 18, 2013
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I just spent nearly one week in Ukraine giving speeches about solar energy, wind energy, electric cars, and more. I also got to learn a lot about some of the great stuff happening in the cleantech space in Ukraine. As part of that, I got to tour the world’s 6th-largest solar PV power plant (largest […]
September 17, 2013
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New research by Lazard has found that the wind power and solar power costs have dropped 50% since 2008. Furthermore, the research also finds that solar power costs are now lower than fossil fuel power costs in the specific energy markets in which it competes. Basically, when it comes to solar power costs, there are […]
September 14, 2013
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Flower power may be ripe for a comeback, especially in the progressive city of Seattle. Actually, the comeback may have already started. A Seattle artist, Dan Corson, has gone and built some giant, custom-designed solar power flowers that light up and “sing” as people walk by them. The city art project, funded by the Pacific Science […]
September 11, 2013
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Following up on Friday’s article about ways to save money using the sun, below are some energy saving solutions that are not related to “going solar” or using the sun’s energy in other creative ways. Energy Saving Solutions Using the heat and light of the sun to cut energy use from other means (e.g., fossil […]
September 9, 2013
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One of the best ways to save money is also one of the greenest decisions we can make: that decision is the decision to save more energy. We waste a tremendous amount of energy in the US. Recent studies have found that we waste 61% to 84% of our energy in the US, and that […]
September 6, 2013
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