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Apr 9, 2015

Chinese Solar: The Sleeping Giant Is Waking To A New, Smoggy Sunrise

The Chinese government has set an ambitious new goal of 17.8GW of new installed solar capacity for this year. Can they reach it, and if...

Mar 13, 2015

What Happens if the Federal Solar Tax Credit Expires?

The solar industry is booming. But can it sustain its current growth in the absence of the 30% federal tax credit? image: the...

Feb 24, 2015

SunRun opens New Design Center in Irvine

San Francisco-based Sunrun, the nation’s largest solar company dedicated to residential systems, is expanding its presence in Orange...

Feb 23, 2015

Enviros and Tea Party Agree: Solar is Good for Florida

Far-left environmental activists and far-right small government conservatives may seem like odd allies, but when it comes to making...

Jan 29, 2014

Solar employment up 20% since 2012

According to the latest annual National Solar Jobs Census, the U.S. solar industry employed 142,698 people in 2013 – up 20 percent, or...

Aug 7, 2013

Solar leasing made up 75% of CA installations in 2012

A new report from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) found that over 75 percent of solar panel systems installed in California last year...

Feb 27, 2013

Report: PV installations reached 29 GW in 2012

According to market research firm NPD Solarbuzz, the annual growth rate for global PV demand fell to a ten-year low in 2012. The upcoming...

Feb 19, 2013

Almost $1bn generated by 3rd party PV in California in 2012

Third party-owned solar in California generated $938 million last year, amounting to almost 75% of new installations in the state. That...

Feb 14, 2013

Investment in PV equipment fell 72% from 2011 to 2012

Spending on PV equipment fell from $12.9 billion in 2011 to $3.6 billion in 2012, according to the new PV Equipment Quarterly from NPD...

Sep 14, 2012

U.S. sees record utility-scale PV installations in Q2 2012

Last quarter, a massive 742 MW of solar power was installed in the U.S., the second-largest quarterly installed capacity in history....

Aug 27, 2012

PV venture capital funding rises in Q2 2012

Data from the Mercom Capital Group found that venture capital (VC) funding for solar power projects increased to $376 million for the...

Aug 22, 2012

Major Chinese PV firm posts huge losses for Q2 2012

Yesterday Trina Solar – one of the world’s biggest PV panel manufacturers – announced a net loss of $92.1 million for Q2 2012, more than...

Aug 14, 2012

SolarWorld faces huge losses for 2012

Yesterday, SolarWorld announced a loss for the first half of 2012, and forecast an operating loss for the full year. SolarWorld is...

Jul 11, 2012

Cleantech investment slips in Q2 2012

According to a July 10 report from the Cleantech Group, global investment in cleantech fell by 14 percent from Q1 to Q2 2012. Global...

Jun 15, 2012

SEIA: PV installations in Q1 2012 up 85% over Q1 2011

A new report found that in the first quarter of 2012, PV installations rose 85 percent over the same quarter in 2011. GTM Research and...

Apr 18, 2012

Report: PV equipment spending will bottom out in Q2 2012 after sustained negative growth

On April 16, NPD Solarbuzz announced a strong forecast for PV equipment spending, with double-digit growth rates from 2013 to 2016. The...

Feb 18, 2012

Solar shares rally despite “flat” outlook for 2012

Yesterday, two solar energy firms reported higher than expected earnings, sending share prices up, just a day after a forecast for a flat...

Jan 3, 2012

Solar leasing firm foresees more market consolidation in 2012

SunRun, a company that offers solar leasing and PPAs to over 15,000 customers in the U.S., released predictions for the state of solar...

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