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What’s Driving North America’s Solar PV Market in 2012?

averaregu — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:02:40 +0000

The North American solar photovoltaic (PV) market tacked on nearly another full gigawatt (GW) of installations in 4Q11, echoing a late-year surge seen in other markets (

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Don’t Count Out Solar Water Heating, It’s a $123 Billion Dollar Market

DultimmataMom — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:17:02 +0000

According to a new SEPA report titled?“Heating Up: The Impact of Third Party Business Models on the US Market for Solar Water and Space Heating,”?Sixteen?percent of the 110 million U.S. households are suitable for solar thermal systems, also referred to as solar domestic hot water systems. The report states that at given

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What Happened to Lake Delhi Dam?

Glavmedicina — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Record rainfall, faulty gates and inherent design issues contributed to the July 2010 breach of Iowa’s Delhi Dam, investigators found.

Pathways and Challenges to Institutional Development of On-Site Clean Energy

Nasysaick — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Institutions seeking to deploy on-site clean energy solutions are facing a number of challenging questions:? How can solutions be deployed under tight budget constraints, with a minimum of upfront cost? What deal and financing structures are available to non-tax paying institutions?? Is it best to build and own a system internally, or use

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Germany Invests in Hydrogen Technology for Renewable Storage, Vehicles

erik1965 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:20:26 +0000

The tanks look like they could hold propane, gasoline or any other form of conventional energy.

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Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2012: 10 Percent More than Other Top-10 lists

rvdru — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:08:45 +0000

Maybe it was because Seeking Alpha did not carry my annual list of 10 Clean Energy Stocks for 2012 this year, but no one seems to have noticed that there were actually 11 stocks in the list. Call it the Spinal Tap of top-ten lists.

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Solar Fred’s 7 Keys to Why People Share Marketing Materials on the Web

KerSnurnWet — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

What triggers you to press one of those share buttons above, or email this post — or any website link — to a colleague or friend? Think about it. Because the keys to knowing why people share things are the keys to so-called “viral” solar marketing.

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Asia Report: India Sees 52 Percent Rise in Investments

OVWilliam — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:55:31 +0000

The year 2011 may be remembered in clean energy circles as the moment when India became a major player across several industries.

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Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air?

erik1965 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:07 +0000

NewScientist’s January 28 issue is likely to unsettle clean energy advocates — but it is worth the read.

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Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air?

Suntech, DuPont to Collab on Solar Backsheets, Supply Chain

simeZitte — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:36:42 +0000

It’s easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system’s total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus is of course on the materials side, from metallization pastes used to form contacts on the solar cell, to backsheet materials that protect the panels themselves.

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