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Five things we learned from… Clean Energy Week
Mainstream parties defend the RET, but what exactly are they defending? The Coalition is blinded by its hatred of green technologies; why The Greens get it and mainstream parties don’t; why renewables could avert a gas-fired price surge; and why it’s better to be behind the meter than in front of it. -
Intersolar: The solar industry goes mainstream
The first impression of Intersolar North America is somewhat like a grade school student walking into the New York Stock Exchange. This is a place for grown ups, and there is the heavy smell of money. Mainstream solar is here to stay – even if all is not well in the kingdom. -
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. -
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? -
Solar Insights: why solar will win the energy wars
Last week’s surge in solar PV production in Germany is just a taste of what’s to come. And with solar PV costs to fall below coal by the end of the decade, the energy industry is about to be turned on its head. Plus, Yingli’s “hockey stick” demand prediction. (Warning: This story contains graphs that owners of conventional power plants may find disturbing).
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