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US Solar Starts 2012 With Another Banner Quarter
The U.S. solar industry installed a record 506 megawatts of new PV capacity in the first quarter of 2012, an 85 percent increase over the first quarter of 2011.
Is Konarka Mitt Romney’s Solyndra?
The Romney campaign seems to have some ‘splainin’ to do after Konarka, backed by Massachusetts under the Romney administration, goes belly up.
China Solar Dispute Boils With New Allegations
SolarWorld’s CEO lashes out at the U.S. industry’s leading trade group and China says five U.S. states are violating trade rules with renewable energy subsidies.
Wind Power Bigs Promise To Be Nice To Birds
The industry, taking a break in its fight to retain a key tax incentive, says it’s committed to implementing recently established siting guidelines.
US Wind Power Surges: Boom Before The Bust?
U.S. wind power installations shot up in the first quarter, but the industry fears what might come when a key tax incentive expires at the end of the year.
Clean Energy On The Farm Gets Big US Assist
The Obama administration is promoting the successes of the Rural Energy for America Program, which backs renewable energy and efficiency on U.S. farms.
High Altitude Wind Power Startup Soars In Test
High-altitude wind power startup Altaeros Energies sends a helium-filled shell holding a 35-foot prototype turbine 350 feet into the air and produces power.
Great Lakes Offshore Wind Gets US, State Push
The U.S. and several Great Lakes states agree to try to “streamline the efficient and responsible development” of wind power on the lakes.
And Chinese Solar Tariffs It Looks To Be!
The Commerce Department set preliminary countervailing duties ranging from 2.90 to 4.73 percent on imports of Chinese solar cells and modules/panels.
Anorexic Silicon Wafer Could Slash Solar Cost
Twin Creeks Technologies says its Hyperion system creates silicon wafers a tenth the usual thickness, and could cut the price of solar panels in half.
Ubiquitous Energy: A Solar Game-Changer?
Miles Barr, who recently completed his Ph.D. at MIT, won the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for a new approach to solar cells that could make generation ubiquitous.
DOE Puts $180M Into Offshore Wind Demo Projects
Hoping to push the U.S. offshore wind industry toward its potential, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announces a six-year, $180 million initiative.
Shocker! California Tops US Renewables List
Ernst & Young has China still on top in the quarterly Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, while California leads in a new state-by-state ranking.