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Solar Insights: Is solar PV only for the rich?
The plunging costs of solar PV and the arrival of new financing options is demolishing the idea that the technology is just a privileged plaything of the rich. Welcome to mass-market solar PV. The irony, however, is that it’s the very wealthy who are helping make this possible.4 -
Green energy schemes under renewed attack
As predicted, Origin Energy is using the reduced electricity demand forecasts for a new assault on the renewable energy target, and green energy schemes in Australia are now under attack at both utility scale and on the rooftop. But is the scale of the RET actually up for review? -
How big utilities propose to kill solar PV
Solar PV is not just a game-changer to the energy industry, it is the biggest threat to established business models in a generation. But utilities will not go down without a fight, and are contemplating a range of tactics, including changes to metering, tariffs and capacity restraints. Will politicians let them get away with it? -
IEA says renewable energy growth to accelerate
IEA says renewable energy deployment to accelerate despite economic downturn. And it notes solar PV is increasingly competitive, even for miners. It notes how renewables are causing wholesale electricity prices to fall, why coal is being squeezed out in the US, and gas is suffering in Europe.
