Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
Last week, the Energy Information Administration or EIA (the non-partisan energy data and analysis unit of the federal government) released its Monthly Energy Review, which covers a wide range of energy statistics, including pricing, generation, consumption and CO2 emissions. In...continued→
Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
The second round of 30% cash grants for renewable projects was awarded today by DOE and Treasury. I gave some context for these grants, as well as discussing potential concerns in a post a few weeks back covering the first...continued→
Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
Came across some PV data on the CEC (California Energy Commission) website that I thought worth sharing. Forecasting based solely on historical growth rates typically leads to overaggressive and mostly inaccurate results absent learning rates, annual and cum capacity limits...continued→
Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
One can be forgiven for fearing the demise of our clean energy industry. Recent headlines spell out the rather dour mood in the clean energy sector: “Will Green Energy Wilt from Lack of Funds?” asks BusinessWeek while the NY Times...continued→
Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
Those interested in investing the solar industry may want to check out a recent NREL report on the topic: “A Historical Analysis of Investment in Solar Energy Technologies”. The report analyzes global investment growth patterns in order to shed light...continued→
Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
Just some quick thoughts on news that has been piling up over the last couple weeks. San Francisco Solar Map Lets You Spy on Your Neighbor: Treehugger informs us of the truly epic SF solar map, an example of...continued→
Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
Pacific Gas & Electric, a California based utility, has agreed to purchase 800 MW in solar power from 2 solar companies – OptiSolar and SunPower. This is exciting news for the solar industry, and advocates of clean energy, as it...continued→
Posted by Cai Steger in Moving Beyond Oil
The rapidity of change in the solar sector (both distributed and concentrated photovoltaic) can perhaps best be measured from the first sentence of the “Introductory Note” found in a July 2008 National Renewable Energy Laboratory report on the concentrated photovoltaic...continued→
