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"The SunShot Prize makes a total of $10 million in cash awards available to the first three teams that repeatedly demonstrate the non-hardware costs, or price to plug in, can be as low as $1 per watt (W) for small-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems on American homes and businesses"

" "Storage is a key technology going forward. It helps to balance solar energy generation with consumption. Customers thus become independent from rising energy costs. We see increasing interest in storage solutions and wish to be at the forefront of this development.""

"From now on, existing and new systems are likely to feature storage."

"As average PV module prices have fallen by nearly 75 percent in recent years, more developing nations are able to turn to solar"

"El costo de la energía residencial en Uruguay es de US$ 277 por MWh, mientras que en Brasil alcanza a US$ 245 MWh, en Chile a US$ 217 MWh y en Argentina -donde los valores están subsidiados- el costo es de US$ 63 MWh"

"Instead of selling solar as cheap and ever cheaper along with the moving target and nebulously defined goal of grid parity, the high quality of solar electricity should be the primary attribute that marketing professionals use when developing their strategies."

 At Solar Power International 2012, a number of manufacturers have launched 300W plus modules that are specifically catering for the booming utility-scale market. ASP claims that the elimination the aluminum frame, reduces each module cost by US$25 or US$0.10/W. Without the frame, no grounding wire is needed (US$0.015/W). Further cost savings on clips, nuts and bolts are realized by integrating the panels into the mounting structure (US$0.04/W)

"From 2009 to 2011, the Sunrain Goup's turnover from solar water heating technology doubled from RMB1.54 billion ($241 million) to RMB3.1 billion ($485 million),"

"El 94% de los uruguayos vive en ciudades. Esas ciudades tiene problemas de seguridad, transporte, polución y acceso a la salud. Muchos de esos problemas pueden solucionarse con sistemas de información que vuelvan a las ciudades más inteligentes."

"As a total percentage, module shipment from the top-10 companies will be equivalent to almost 50% of global module demand in 2012, increasing from 46% in 2011."

"HydroWorld.com reported earlier this month that a Brazilian federal court suspended development of the US$17 billion project, saying indigenous people had not been properly consulted."

"Solar increased by 97.2% while wind grew 16.3% and geothermal by 0.2%."

"Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute in Freiburg are working on longer-term projects, from bendable solar panels to high-speed charging stations for electric cars that might one day act as a battery for the national grid."

"By the end of 2011, there was twice as much PV capacity in larger utility and non-residential solar systems than there had been when the year began."

"An irradiation map tells you only the amount of input solar energy"