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EGEB: SunPower gets Trumped, First Solar sold out for the decade, I heart CO2, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Featured Image Source. SunPower to reduce workforce by 3% in new restructuri… → Read More
World’s largest solar park under development in Egypt
The Benban Solar Park aims to reach somewhere between 1.6-2.0GW of solar power by the middle of 2019. The projects will receive no incentives, however, it will be given a 25 year contract to sell i… → Read More
High-efficiency solar panel pricing fell 37 percent in 2017
According to the IEA, the spot price for ‘mono crystalline’ solar panels fell from 72¢/W to 45¢/W over 2017. That 27¢/W drop represents a 37.5% fall. Mono crystalline solar panels offer… → Read More
EGEB: Onyx Solar’s beautiful building, SunPower stocked before Trump Tariff, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. China Flooded U.S. With Solar Panels Before Trump’s Tariffs – Fo… → Read More
Solar panel efficiency bloodsport ongoing as technology races toward records
The solar panel industry is fighting physics to gain the secrets of turning photons into electrons – and the results of this atomic level battle are showing up for regular people. A trio of s… → Read More
EGEB: SolarEdge ($SEDG) goes big, 1,766 MW for Massachusetts, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Featured Image Source. SolarEdge, the Israeli Inverter maker posts a 70% inc… → Read More
EGEB: 120GW of solar panel supply, Germany considering free public transport, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Featured Image Source. Germany mulls free public transport to quash air poll… → Read More
EGEB: Enphase hearts Panasonic, ‘solar-shifting’ battery, ‘glass on glass’ growing, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Featured Image Source. Enphase and Panasonic announce AC module partnership … → Read More
Huawei’s ‘FusionHome’ solar inverter really wants your house to come alive
Huawei’s first residential energy management system, the “FusionHome Smart Energy Solution”, is being launched in Australia, with availability this quarter. Originally announced last year in June f… → Read More
EGEB: Solar conferences are cool, Turkey leads EU solar, Canada suing Trump’s Tariff, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Featured Image Source. The ‘PV Celltech 2018’ conference in Mala… → Read More
EGEB: US installs 4GW solar Q417 plus Solar Power Northeast pictures – lots of panels!
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. U.S. installs nearly 4 GW of solar in Q4 2017 – GTM Research has given… → Read More
Arizona pushes record energy storage volume and aggressive grid modernization
Arizona’s utility regulator, Andy Tobin, proposed a new energy modernization plan which will update Arizona’s policies on clean energy, storage, biomass, efficiency, vehicles and more. The sweeping… → Read More
EGEB: Take 72% – then let them beg for it, T-Mobile to 100%, NREL strikes again, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Featured Image Source. Colorado’s NREL — a workhorse in national solar, wind… → Read More
World’s largest offshore wind farm starts construction
The world’s soon to be (2020) largest offshore wind farm has begun construction. The project, being developed by the largest offshore wind power developer – Ørsted – is located 74… → Read More
10 really cool Solar Power installations in (and above) the world
Now that solar power is here, and without a doubt racing toward being a leading source of global electricity, we’ve now got some really cool, established solar power systems. Some on Earth, s… → Read More
EGEB: Robotic First Solar, SunPower demands tariff exemption – stops factory, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. First Solar Is Using Robots to Better Tap the Sun – There are just a f… → Read More
Panasonic launches all black solar panel – KURO – for Europe
Panasonic has announced their new HIT KURO (black) solar panel. The panel sports a black backsheet and a black frame, plus it hits a 19.4% efficiency, totaling a peak production value of 325W. The … → Read More
EGEB: Trump tariff exclusions, new solar factory coming to USA, LONGi hits 20.41%, more
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. Trump opens the door for specific products, nations to be excluded from tari… → Read More
Trump taxes solar industry 30% – residential project prices could increase $750-1000
The Trump administration released its official ruling regarding the Suniva Section 201 case, and stated that they agree that the nation’s solar industry has taken damage as a result of global… → Read More
Top residential solar panels from the 10 largest suppliers
There were approximately 98GW of solar power installed globally in 2017, versus 70GW in 2016. That represents 40% volume growth in a single year! Woo, yeah! The top 10 module suppliers delivered ab… → Read More