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CleanTech Bites

Mixed Greens: Coal to replace gas if carbon price dumped
Reputex predicts coal power to beat out gas if carbon price axed. Obama nominations send mixed message; Yingli loss blow-out; CO2 buys Ecofund.
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath

Mar 5, 2013

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Commentary

Deutsche sees “sustainable” global solar market in 2014
Deutsche Bank says global solar market may transition from a subsidised to a sustainable market in 2014 as more industrial users turn to solar.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 25, 2013

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CleanTech Bites

Solar module price forecasts lowered to 42c/watt
New forecast for solar modules predicts a fall to 42c/watt by 2015. Little wonder the head of India’s largest generator says the future is solar.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 12, 2013

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Commentary

Solar Insights: China lifts PV target to 35GW
China lifts its 2015 solar PV target again, California signs on for first large solar thermal with storage plant, Yingli reports rebound in margins, solar PV funding goes mainstream.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 1, 2013

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Solar Insights: SolarCity sets prices for IPO
SolarCity tests the limits in IPO; Transfield’s Spanish solar thermal project; large scale solar boom continues in Chile, Sunergy says Australia provides one quarter of revenues.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 30, 2012

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SolarCity’s big challenge: Prove that energy bills can fall
Not many companies have dared make a full-frontal assault on the decades-old business model of energy utilities. That’s because no-one had a disruptive technology or a disruptive game plan. SolarCity says it has one, which is why its IPO will be viewed with great interest, including in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 9, 2012

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CleanTech Bites

Mixed Greens: Transport fuel use could be halved by 2030, says IEA
IEA says current technologies, with govt support, could halve vehicle fuel consumption. Plus: US wind credit battle; another China ETS; and another Arctic low.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 20, 2012

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Featured

Solar PV industry licks its wounds as last tariff falls
As the Baillieu government brought down the curtain on the last major feed in tariff, solar companies reported they were awash in red ink. The industry, which now employs 15,000 people, is craving stability, and fair value for energy that householders produce, and export to the grid. They may not get it.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 4, 2012

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Commentary

Mixed Greens: India’s 1GW solar punch
India mulls fast-tracking 1GW of solar auctions; China’s solar pain, renewables attractiveness gain; a geothermal deeps win; and Hanwha’s Q-Cells approval.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 30, 2012

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Other Good Stuff

Big solar moves: Building on Japan’s mega-solar market
A Japanese home improvement company has launched a program to build 250 solar plants with a combined generating capacity of 500 MW.
CleanTechnica

Aug 27, 2012

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