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Colin Bennett

Will Grid Parity Change Everything For The Solar Industry? - 0 views

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    However, even when true grid parity arrives, it's unlikely to generate an abrupt rise in solar system installations due to the high upfront costs and the long-term return of investing in a rooftop photovoltaic system, according to iSuppli Corp. In fact, growth is set to moderate during the years when grid parity arrives for various regions of the world as the industry enters a more mature phase.
Hans De Keulenaer

Greentech Media | First Solar Reaches Grid-Parity Milestone, Says Report - 0 views

  • A 12.6-megawatt system installed by First Solar (NSDQ: FSLR) for Sempra Generation showed that the system can produce electricity at below the price of conventional power in the United States, said Mark Bachman, an equity analyst at Pacific Crest, in a research note Tuesday.
Hans De Keulenaer

PV's "Moore's Law" Required To Drive Increased Material Efficiency - 0 views

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    The road to grid parity for PV power generation will be difficult, needing five or more years to compete with utility power, unsubsidized, on a large scale, noted Mark Thirsk, managing partner at Linx Consulting, at a recent SEMI PV forecast luncheon (Sept. 18) in Santa Clara, CA.
Hans De Keulenaer

Solar PV Becoming Cheaper than Gas in California? | Renewable Energy News Article - 4 views

  • What does that mean? It means that a large number of solar PV project developers believe they can deliver solar electricity at a very competitive price. And these aren't mega-projects either. All of the installations will be between 4.7 MW and 20 MW – a sweet spot for PV projects.
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    Possible article for LE? Grid parity seems to be approaching fast. Interesting point about the ' sweet spot'  for PV systems in the range of 4.7 to 20 MW.
Hans De Keulenaer

Solar power edges towards boom time | UK | Reuters - 0 views

  • Subsidies are needed because solar is still more expensive than conventional power sources like coal, but costs are dropping by around 5 percent a year and "grid parity", without subsidies, is already a reality in parts of California. Very sunny countries could reach that breakeven in five years or so, and even cloudy Britain by 2020. "At that point you can expect pretty much unbounded growth," General Electric Co's Chief Engineer Jim Lyons told the Jefferies conference in London on Thursday, referring to price parity in sunny parts of the United States by around 2015.
Hans De Keulenaer

Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward: The Latest Reports: Solar Utilities, Carbon Offsets, a... - 0 views

  • My colleagues at Clean Edge have just released the Utility Solar Assessment (USA) Study, making the case that solar power has the potential to reach cost parity with retail-electricity rates in most regions of the U.S. in less than a decade — but only if electric utilities step up to the plate.
Hans De Keulenaer

Global Solar Opportunity Tool (Beta Version): A Tool for Policymakers and Energy Analys... - 6 views

  • The Global Solar Opportunity Tool enables analysis and visualization of the technical and economic potential for solar electric technologies ranging from residential rooftop systems to utility-scale installations for countries around the world. The Clean Energy Solutions Center has established this tool to assist policymakers and analysts in understanding the size and location of market opportunities for cost-effective deployment of solar technologies.
Colin Bennett

Italian solar energy rush risks overheating - 0 views

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    Italy, a growing market for renewable energy, is on the road to becoming the first country to achieve "grid parity" - the Holy Grail of solar power, where costs of producing photovoltaic energy finally fall below retail electricity prices.
Colin Bennett

WattHead: What Do We Want? Cheap, Abundant Solar! When Do We Want It? Now! - 0 views

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    The solar industry is booming, ramping up production capacity and driving costs down steadily towards the mythical "Grid Parity" point - the price point when solar on your roof beats paying your utility bill. That's a game changer and the solar industry is steadily heading that direction.
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