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"The total capacity of utility and nonresidential systems installed in 2011 increased by 145% and 132% respectively compared with 2010. "

"we are launching our weekly Latin America Report, which will pull together the news and issues most important to the region. Modeled after our weekly Asia Report, the Latin America Report will appear at RenewableEnergyWorld.com every Wednesday."

"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."

"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),"

 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)

" The four projects are expected to create a total of up to 450 construction jobs at peak"

"As in solar, Japan's tariff for wind is the most generous in the world and 43 percent higher than that of next-best "

"After receiving the final building permits on May 21, over 140,000 solar modules were installed on this land in a record six weeks"

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"In the home photovoltaic sector, the prices were 5.84 $/W for privately financed facilities"

"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"

"ike speculates that by 2017, 63.5GW per year will be reached, with almost 232GW of distributed renewable energy added over the five-year period."

"Una capacidad instalada de generación de 52 mil megawatts y una red de conducción con más de 760 mil kilómetros, cifras que colocan a la CFE entre las 10 empresas eléctricas más importantes de América, así como de Europa."

"En la actualidad, la capacidad instalada de energía en el país supera los 4.005 MW. El 64,3% proviene de centrales hidroeléctricas, el 33,9% de térmicas y un 0,7% corresponde a los proyectos de generación alternativa."

" In 2008 leased residential PV systems represented ~6% of the number of installations in the market tracked by the CSI. As of April 2012 that number is now ~60% and growing"

" with more than 4.3GW installed in a period of just six months. This figure compares to just 1.71GW installed in the same period last year."