Articles Tagged with ''solar power''

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its Loan Programs Office (LPO) will make up to $1 billion in loan guarantees available to support commercial-scale distributed energy projects, such as rooftop solar with energy storage and smart grid technology.

Installed prices for residential and small nonresidential systems completed in 2014 were $0.40 per watt (W) lower, and prices for large non-residential systems were $0.70 per W lower, than in the prior year.

An innovative large scale heat pump system from Star Renewable Energy and E.ON will work with a solar energy installation to supply E.ON’s community energy center in Cranbrook to the east of Exeter, with renewable heating and hot water.

PosiGen Solar Solutions marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by making a solar contribution to the city of New Orleans to help create a resilient City Hall. PosiGen, with partners SimpliPhi Power and Schneider Electric, is providing 25 kW of solar PV panels, energy storage, and an educational monitoring display.

The installed price of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States continues to fall significantly. This is according to the latest edition of Tracking the Sun, an annual PV cost tracking report produced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

As demand and support for energy efficiency, long-term cost reductions, and other benefits provided by solar installations grow, so does concern over how solar will look after current federal tax credits expire at the end of 2016.

As renewable energy systems continue to become more desirable, the need for qualified installers continues to grow. 

On Aug. 26, 2015, Hot Water Products Inc. and AMS Steam Products LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary, will host a grand opening and training event at their new facility located at 7500 N. 81st Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a variety of events between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Available online, the free guide offers those interested in solar power a one-stop shop to better understand the basics of solar energy and ownership options and includes key questions to ask solar installers before entering a transaction. 

Following years of module oversupply and artificially low pricing, the solar photovoltaic (PV) market is expected to shift from a high-cost, subsidized source of energy to a growing market with the potential to displace other energy technologies, notes Navigant Research.