The push to design green has turned the photovoltaic market into a $4 billion global industry that grows an average of 20% to 25% a year. Richard King, team leader for photovoltaics research and development for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), says the U.S. photovoltaic industry currently generates about 120MW a year, but by 2020, the nation could produce a few... Read More
By a vote of 81-19, the U.S. Senate has approved the tax package that includes a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury's Section 1603 program. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) President and CEO Rhone Resch praised the Senate for its decision.
"With bipartisan leadership from Sens. Cantwell, Feinstein, Ensign and LeMieux, the Senate... Read More
The global electric power industry is evolving from a financial and engineering model that relies on large centralized power plants owned by the utilities to one that is more diverse in both sources of generation and ownership of the generation assets, according to a new report from Pike Research.
Renewable distributed energy generation (RDEG), which includes both... Read More
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