The Stillwater geothermal plant in Nevada has added a solar array and now provides 59 MW of clean, steady power. Geothermal produces power 24/7 while the solar provides extra power during the day when it is most needed.
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The tariffs are anywhere from 31%-250% which could easily about kill the booming solar installation market here. Renewable energy does not need a trade war between two nations. Let’s hope this is just saber-rattling by the US. China could retaliate by raising tariffs on US polysilicon entering their country for use in creating solar panels, something [...] Apples, Currier & Ives, 1868. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.) Responding to criticism over energy consumption at its data centers from Greenpeace and other activist groups, Apple made an announcement on its website on Thursday, May 17, 2012: Apple’s data center in Maiden, North Carolina, will draw about 20 megawatts [...] First Solar’s four-month construction time for its 17-megawatt thin-film Paloma solar facility in Gila Bend, Arizona, was “the fastest the industry has ever witnessed, to our knowledge, anywhere,” according to Program Manager Ted Geisler. Gila Bend is doing much more too in fast tracking renewable energy development. Green Tech Media has more SunPower and First Solar, two major American solar photovoltaic companies, are closing factories. Overcapacity, competition from China, and governments cutting back on tax credits and subsidies are the primary reasons. This does not bode well for the growth of solar power. Blythe Solar Power groundbreaking. Credit: whitehouse.gov The 1 GW Blythe Solar Power Project in California was supposed to be the biggest solar power plant ever. But builder Solar Trust filed bankruptcy recently parent corporation did the same in Germany. Solar Trust is also the recipient of a $2.1 billion loan, the second largest loan [...] By contrast, the US slumbered along, installing 1.8 GW of solar power in 2011. We make a great show here about renewable energy. But the truth is, many other countries are way ahead of us. Obama just announced plans to expedite wind farms in the Great Lakes. Good! But this will probably take years to [...] SharedSolar is installing microgrids powered by solar in areas that previously had no power. Users prepay for their power using text messages on cell phones. “When you go to a place where there’s no electricity and then you switch on the lights, it’s difficult to even explain the impact,” says a SharedSolar engineer. Germany plans to replace their nuclear power plants with renewable energy and will be constructing ginormous offshore wind farms and gigantic new grids. Their country is unified about renewable energy and indeed already is a world leader in installed solar. Meanwhile, back in the USA, Congress just decimated subsidies for renewable energy and we still [...] |  | ||||
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