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Global solar installations hit 9GW in latest quarter
Price stabilisation helps boosts 2013 Q3 global solar installations to 9GW, according NPD Solarbuzz Quarterly, with demand up 20% on same time last year.
Adam Johnston

Oct 15, 2013

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Why the hot money is chasing energy storage
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Vinod Khosla are investing heavily in energy storage, predicted to be the next solar boom, and another challenge for incumbents.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 3, 2013

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Soft costs, hard challenges: Lowering the price of solar PV
Why are Germany’s rooftop solar costs half those of America? The answer: ‘soft’ costs. RMI and NREL chart a path to bring them down.
Dan Seif & Jesse Morris

Oct 1, 2013

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Infigen Energy switches on solar as it plans a new power play
Infigen Energy has switched on an experimental 200kW solar PV plant near Canberra – a test project to see how solar energy, wind energy and battery storage can be combined.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 30, 2013

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Why some big utilities are embracing small-scale solar
One of New York’s largest utilities will save $84m by paying developers to put solar panels on the roofs of buildings. And it’s not alone.
Maria Galluci

Sep 25, 2013

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Australian solar needs battery storage, not more PV cowboys
Australia has the opportunity to revolutionise electricity supplies, but is stuck in a policy vacuum. Solar ‘s attraction will never be realised without storage.
Rob Campbell

Sep 25, 2013

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Going solar in the Australian bush
A seven-day escape to the Australian outback doesn’t mean an escape from solar. In fact, this hideaway in the Pilliga Scrub is surrounded by it!
Nigel Morris

Sep 24, 2013

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Solar PV: The true value of distributed energy
How to measure the costs and benefits of the DPV market? A new study finds the devil – and the solution – in the detail.
Lena Hansen & Virginia Lacy

Jul 23, 2013

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Other Good Stuff

Solar program to give power to two million of Peru’s poorest
Peru kicks off phase one of its National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program, to bring electricity to 95% of the population by end 2016.
Don Lieber

Jul 16, 2013

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Australian solar growing up, as PV market eyes next phase
APVA report on state of Australian solar market says PV moving to next phase of development, as several key shifts start to play out.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 27, 2013

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Renewables offer least-cost option for energy shortages in Africa
Report finds renewable energy – particularly solar PV – could play a major role in the electrification of Africa, at less cost than new-build coal.
Jon Walter

Jun 20, 2013

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Graph of the Day: PV module costs to drop to $0.36c/W by 2017
New report predicts production costs for crystalline-silicon PV modules will fall from 50c/W at the end of 2012, to 36c/W by the end of 2017.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2013

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