I have no idea why people love time-lapse videos. Our eyes are certainly attracted to things that move quickly, and for some reason it’s fun to see people in hardhats and machines building a solar project from nothing, condensing days or weeks into minutes. Below are two recent time-lapse solar videos that I saw on Twitter
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Psst! Solar Fred Marketing Tip: Film Your Solar Projects in Time Lapse
System-level monitoring, continued adoption of string inverters for large PV installs, and improvements by Chinese suppliers are among the trends gleaned from a survey of inverter buyers & sellers.
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Survey Reveals Customers’ Wish List for PV Inverter Improvements
One dollar per watt: that’s the mark the solar industry is hoping to hit in order to become cost-competitive with conventional energies. In a bid to reach this magic number in the next two years, various Asian manufacturers are striving to reduce costs by increasing volume production. An alternative direction that will benefit the industry in the long term is to target increased efficiencies primarily through new manufacturing processes, new higher-quality materials for metallization and changing the structure of the cell.
Energy efficiency in the U.S. is much light and little heat — literally.? Government policy pays a great deal of attention to saving electricity, but focuses little on the thermal energy we waste
The New England solar market is extremely strong. But even with these strong existing players, there is still room for more competition and new players enter every day.
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Opportunities and Challenges in the 2012 New England Solar Market
North America is at an inflection point in managing organic materials. Just as paper, metal and plastics were the darlings of the recycling industry a few decades ago, our society is defining a new relationship with organic materials — one that harnesses the full carbon, energy and nutrient potential of organics. In order to help shape that new relationship, industry leaders are cultivating North America’s awareness and understanding of anaerobic digestion’s features, benefits and potential role in society
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Integrating Anaerobic Digestion Into Our Culture Part 1: Language, Visuals and Values
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U.S. Department of Defense Takes Forceful Lead as Early Adopters of Solar Energy
Asia-Pacific markets together added 2.8-gigawatts (GW) of solar PV installations in 4Q11 on the way to a total of 6GW for the entire year, an eye-popping 165% growth, thanks in large part to a massive run-up in China’s domestic sector, according to calculations from Solarbuzz.
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Asian Solar PV Installs Surging, China "Blistering"
During the fourteen years that I’ve lived in Switzerland, the Germans have been the world’s staunchest supporters of green power and alternative energy. Their aggressive development of wind power was breathtaking, as was their warm embrace of photovoltaic power.
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Dark Clouds Threaten German Clean Energy Ambitions
The U.S. geothermal power industry is poised for a bit more rapid growth now that the U.S.
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Accelerating Geothermal Growth Through DOE Initiatives
