Ten Countries with the Most Installed Solar Energy (in MW*) We hear a lot about how Germany and Spain have increased solar energy greatly in recent years with supportive government policies. We also hear a lot about China’s big clean…
Portland Now Has Largest Solar Array in the Northwest
The largest rooftop solar array in the Pacific Northwest was finished this week. Portland General Electric (PGE) announced on Monday that it just finished the $14 million solar project that it started building in March. The array covers the roofs…
10 Million Solar Roofs Bill Moves Forward
If you haven’t heard by now, the U.S. Senate Energy Committee advanced a big piece of solar energy legislation last week (prior to the killing of the climate and clean energy bill). Vermont senator and Green Jobs Committee chairman Bernie Sanders…
Huge 6.7MW Solar Station Meets High-Speed Rail in Shanghai, China
The world’s largest stand-alone integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) project began transmitting power to the electric grid in Shanghai on Sunday. This 6.68-megawatt ($23.6 million) solar system, which can produce 6.3 million kilowatt-hours (kwh) of electricity per year (enough power for 12,000 Shanghai…
Spain Opens Largest Solar Power Plant in World, Passes US as Largest Solar Power Generator
Spain has now opened the largest solar power plant in the world, the La Florida solar plant in Alvarado, Badajoz. With the opening of this massive solar power plant, Spain has also now passed up the United States as the…
J.R. Ewing Promoting Solar Energy!
It has been fun discussing who knows J.R. Ewing and who doesn’t with some of my blogging friends (a discussion which got tipped off by engadget’s story, “J.R. Ewing’s back to promote solar power, no one under 30 knows why…
First Solar Buys NextLight for $297 Million
Solar energy giant First Solar closed a major deal to acquire NextLight Renewable Power, LLC for $297 million this week. Read the rest of this entry »
South Korea Companies and Government to Spend Billions More on Clean Energy
The top 30 industrial groups of South Korea are planning to invest 22.4 trillion won ($18.5 billion) in clean energy projects by 2013, Bloomberg reported this week. This proposed investment, which will be for 2011-2013, is a 48% increase over the…