A closely held California renewable-energy developer is proposing the world’s largest solar farm in the Nevada desert, a $5 billion project that would rival the capacity of two nuclear power plants.
Read MoreWhether proscribed by law or not, unequal treatment of women continues to pose challenges in both industrially developed and lesser developed countries worldwide. With an estimated 1.2 billion worldwide people living without electricity, so does energy…
Read MoreThe emergence of the internet has enhanced our need for data in real time through multiple devices. Data needs could be for business, entertainment or collaboration. The latency level for those use-cases is decreasing dramatically. With evolution of cl…
Read MoreAltEnergyStocks.com endorsed Barack Obama for President in 2008 and 2012. In those two elections, we based our endorsements on a point-by-point analysis each candidates’ energy policies, favoring the candidate who expressed the strongest support for po…
Read MorePhilosopher, essayist, poet and novelist George Santayana said: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. The solar industry is expert at repeating its behavior and justifying the often tragic results by referring to them as the so…
Read MoreAs solar PV energy growth rates continue to rise, it is essential that we ask ourselves whether or not we are pursuing solar deployment in a prudent manner. In the last decade solar has largely been focused on pace of growth, which was extremely effective in helping to drive down cost. However, as we enter an era when solar energy is cost competitive, finding a solar deployment “sweet spot” is the next logical step — in other words, focusing not only on maximizing financial value, but also the operational and customer value.
Read MoreJust because you have a worry free warranty on your rooftop solar system doesn’t mean things can’t go wrong. Murphy’s Law — “anything that can go wrong will go wrong” — still applies. On this week’s Energy Show we will discuss the few real world things that can happen that may affect the performance of your rooftop solar system.
Read MoreJenn Runyon, Chief Editor of Renewable Energy World and Paula Mints, Chief Market Research Analyst with SPV Market Research discuss three hot topics in the global solar industry for three minutes each. Today’s topics are the government imposed tariffs, ohw low solar module prices are affecting manufacturers and Florida’s Amendment 1.
Read MoreA boom in solar energy in Texas is about to spoil power generators’ favorite time of day. Developers are expected to build about 4 GW of commercial-scale solar PV capacity in the Lone Star state by the end of the decade, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance Tuesday.
Read MoreThe first commercial solar farm in a project aiming to provide options for Australia’s struggling vignerons has gone live.
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