economics of solar power - economics of solar power - Energy, Resources, Materials - Strategy & Analysis - The McKinsey Quarterly
Haven't read this yeet, but it looks interesting. Intro says, solar will grow 20-40 fold by 2020.
NetNow Linkblog: What we're reading today at NRDC
Recent Links Tagged "solar"
Green Wombat: Berkeley approves first-in-nation solar homes financing plan
Berkeley has struck on an interesting model for advancing residential PV. Rolling PV into a new home mortgage has been economic for a while. This could start to make that possible for existing homes too.
The Silicon Shake-Up Solar Companies That Dealt With Shortage Early Prosper - WSJ.com
Subscription required... but this is a good article about the silicon market and solar power.
FT.com / Solar power looks to brighter future (subscription required)
Good news in this article that world polysilicon production is expanding quickly. As noted in the article: "In recent years, solar power growth has been strangled by established polysilicon makers' unwillingness to expand capacity rapidly."
R-Squared Energy Blog: Solar Redux
R-Squared is a great blog and this is part of a particularly interesting string of posts about different forms of transportation energy.
PHOTON - Consulting PV cost report exec sum
Very interesting report executive summary forecasting a drop in the cost of PV energy from $0.25/kWh to between $0.15-$0.10 /kWh by 2010.
Financing Plan Helps New Yorkers Acquire Solar Energy
This fits into news I'm hearing that the solar market is on the verge of major changes in part because of technologies and in part because of financing plans. Now if only they could figure out how to put solar on NYC apartments like the only I live in.
Solar Cell Breaks the 40% Efficiency Barrier
This is great news. As the cost of making solar cells comes down, the balance of system costs (framing, glass, mounting, wires, etc.) become increasingly important and efficiency gains effectively drive these down by reducing the amount needed for a given
