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BYD’s Massive Growth, Sunrun’s Dominance, Waymo Popping — 11 Top Stories of the Week

November 6, 2024 admin 0 Comments autonomous vehicles, byd, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica top 10, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, phev, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar prices, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 20:20:43 +0000

Cleantech industries are flying, and the past two weeks show more evidence of that. Check out some of the biggest recent stories in the update below. Note that this is part of CleanTechnica’s weekly newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter here! 1. Waymo is growing, fast. Just a few days after … [continued]

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Solar & Wind Cheaper & Cheaper — New Reports

October 31, 2024 admin clean power, lcoe, lcoe solar, lcoe wind, market research, research, Solar energy, solar prices, wind energy, wood mackenzie

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:55:54 +0000

Why are solar power and wind power dominating new power installations? Because they’re cheaper. The problem with some big purchases people make, and plenty of little purchases, is we look at the upfront cost of something instead of the long-term, lifetime cost. The good thing about purchases of big power … [continued]

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Bill Savings vs. Backup Power: Evaluating Operational Tradeoffs for Home Solar+Storage Systems

October 13, 2024 admin batteries, berkeley lab, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, home energy management, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy, solar prices

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:00:55 +0000

Study shows that, in most circumstances, customers should maintain low reserves, prioritizing bill savings over backup power Home battery storage paired with solar photovoltaic (PV) systems can reduce utility bills under certain rate structures while also providing backup power during power interruptions. For power interruptions that come with some warning … [continued]

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Michigan Can Get “Solar For All” Right With These Steps

September 21, 2024 admin clean power, community solar, inflation reduction act of 2022., Michigan, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar for all, solar prices

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:09:30 +0000

Michigan, along with many other states, is set to receive significant funding under the federal Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar for All program (more than $156 million for Michigan specifically). With these funds the state can dramatically increase community and household access to the benefits of solar energy. The program requires that participating … [continued]

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Report: U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturing Capacity Grows Nearly 4× Under New Federal Incentives

September 18, 2024 admin California, clean power, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., investment, Manufacturing, research, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar market insight report, solar prices, solar records, u.s. solar market insight, us solar energy, wood mackenzie

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:00:50 +0000

U.S. solar industry added 9.4 GW of new installation capacity in Q2 2024, but challenges persist that hinder the market’s full potential. ANAHEIM, California and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Solar module manufacturing capacity in the United States now exceeds 31 gigawatts (GW) — a nearly four-fold increase since the Inflation Reduction … [continued]

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Financing Solar Panels Just Became Way Easier in USA. Thank the Climate Bill.

September 15, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., Manufacturing, re-volv, Solar energy, solar panels, solar prices

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:29:46 +0000

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, a new financing model can make solar easier to access for low-income households and nonprofits. Here’s how a church in Compton put it to work. Running in two straight lines across the roof and already providing power to the building below, the twenty-nine brand-new … [continued]

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Soltec & Fraunhofer ISE Jointly Develop Cost-Competitive Prototype for Next-Generation Concentrating Photovoltaics

August 15, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, concentrating solar power, Energy Storage, fraunhofer, fraunhofer institute for solar energy systems, fraunhofer ise, lithium-ion batteries, market research, research, Solar energy, solar prices, soltec

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:23:05 +0000

Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) could once again become an economically attractive and high-efficient PV technology for regions with high direct solar irradiance. To leverage its advantages, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and Soltec have partnered to develop a prototype of a two-axis tracker which is designed to smoothly integrate … [continued]

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Solar Photovoltaics with Battery Storage Cheaper than Conventional Power Plants

August 14, 2024 admin battery prices, clean power, Energy Storage, fraunhofer, fraunhofer institute for solar energy, fraunhofer ise, green economy, research, Solar energy, solar prices

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:19:13 +0000

The new edition of the study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE on the electricity generation costs of various power plants shows that photovoltaic systems, even in combination with battery storage, now produce electricity much more cheaply than coal or gas power plants. The Fraunhofer ISE has … [continued]

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Sheer Chaos As Paint-On Perovskite Solar Cells Take Over

August 12, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, Manufacturing, multi-junction solar cells, oxford pv, oxford university, perovskite solar cells, perovskites, research, SCIENCE, solar cells, Solar energy, solar prices, solar records, tandem solar cells, thin film solar, thin film solar cells, uk, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:33:30 +0000

Solar opponents will have to figure out a new line of attack when perovskite solar cells suddenly plaster the world.

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How Much Money Can I Save With Solar Energy?

August 7, 2024 admin clean power, community solar, renewable energy benefits, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar energy advantages, solar energy benefits, solar energy savings, solar energy technologies office (seto), solar leasing, solar panels, solar prices

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:23:39 +0000

Lowering electricity bills is one of the main reasons why consumers may decide to install rooftop solar panels. Every household is different—from the size of the home, to the number of people living in it, to the electricity needs of those people, to where the buy their electricity—so calculating an … [continued]

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