Tag: solar power

January 10, 2017

Innovative Solar Systems, an Asheville, NC based Solar Farm Development company is once again dominating the solar power energy market by having the largest pipeline of projects in development in the Texas market. ISS company representatives report that ISS has […]

December 21, 2016

While 2016 is expected to eclipse the 10-gigawatt annual mark for the first time ever, and by a wide margin, three trends are expected to shape the near-term U.S. solar market outlook. Looking ahead to 2017, each of these trends […]

December 1, 2016

Imagine you worked in a high-growth technology market where the pricing of the end product is almost always decreasing, and sometimes falls by 17 percent every six months. No imagination is required for this scenario if you work in the […]

November 23, 2016

A breakthrough in solar power could make it cheaper and more commercially viable, thanks to research at the University of Warwick. In a paper published in Nature Energy, Dr Ross Hatton, Professor Richard Walton and colleagues, explain how solar cells […]

November 16, 2016

When Congress narrowly passed multi-year extensions of federal solar and wind tax credits at the end of 2015, almost no one expected to be talking about their death less than a year later. But when Donald Trump and the Republican […]

November 9, 2016

The costs associated with generating solar energy have dropped quite dramatically over the past decade. The average cost of solar cells has dropped from a whopping $76.67/watt in 1977 to as low as $0.26/watt in 2016. In places like Dubai […]

October 31, 2016

Tesla Motors Inc. is getting ready for one of its biggest unveilings to date: a new home roofing system that redefines the aesthetics of solar power, combined with massive wall-hung batteries to provide electricity into the night. The new products will […]

October 24, 2016

Target has hit a solar energy bullseye. The Minneapolis-based retail giant topped all other American big businesses going solar, according to a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). In the 2016 Solar Means Business report, Target knocked out former […]

October 21, 2016

Construction has wrapped up on a $180 million solar farm in Minnesota that’s billed as the largest single solar power facility in the Midwest and one of the largest in the country. The North Star Solar project in Chisago County […]

October 19, 2016

The future of solar in New York will be guided by a Department of Public Service report set to be released in the next week. The DPS staff report on the Value of Distributed Energy Resources will outline recommendations to […]

October 11, 2016

NextEra Energy Resources and Xcel Energy officially celebrated the commissioning of the new Roswell and Chaves County Solar Energy Centers. Together, the centers feature 600,000 solar panels with trackers that follow the sun from east to west to maximize energy […]

October 10, 2016

The world’s energy mix is changing – and fast. A recent report from the World Energy Council found that renewable sources of power now represent around 30 percent of the world’s total capacity and 23 percent of total global electricity […]

September 30, 2016

In a discovery that could have profound implications for future energy policy, Columbia scientists have demonstrated it is possible to manufacture solar cells that are far more efficient than existing silicon energy cells by using a new kind of material, […]

September 12, 2016

Innovative Solar Venture I LLC (ISVI) and Innovative Solar Venture II LLC (ISVII) are Early-Stage Solar Farm Project Development SPV’s. With nearly 3GW of Solar Projects under management in each SPV for a total of 5.5 GW, the ISV’s invest […]

August 31, 2016

Almost a decade ago, Texas surprised everyone by surpassing the king of wind, California. Texas now has over 18,000 megawatts of wind power installed, compared to just 6,100 megawatts or so for California, coming from behind and quickly tripling California’s […]

August 8, 2016

Solar Mosaic, which specializes in loans for residential solar, has pulled in $220 million in financing in a new round led by Warburg Pincus. The money isn’t for funding loans, emphasizes co-founder and president Dan Rosen. The funds come as equity […]

June 28, 2016

Maryland is the latest state to adopt a community solar program, and a review of the program rules shows that the state is serious about getting community solar right. It meets at least 3 of the 4 principles for a […]

June 24, 2016

Solar power solutions provider Sunworks announced that its agricultural and commercial divisions have collectively been awarded approximately US$24 million in new commercial solar solution orders totaling over 12MW since the company unveiled its first quarter 2016 earning in May. These […]

June 24, 2016

Solar power generation could grow from 2% of the global total to 13% by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency. The solar industry is poised for a massive expansion, according to the International Renewable Energy […]

June 23, 2016

According to GTM Research’s Q2 2016 U.S. PV Leaderboard, regional installers are now growing faster than top national installers such as SolarCity, Vivint Solar and Sunrun. This highlights a trend that has flipped in the past year — and which […]