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| Thursday, June 6, 2013 12:00pm - 12:50pm |
Gravity Power’s Design Change and Progress Update | Tom Mason |
| Friday, July 19, 2013 12:00pm - 12:50pm |
What Happened for Solar During the 2013 Texas Legislative Session? | Russel Smith |
| Tuesday, August 13, 2013 4:00pm - 4:50pm |
Combining PPAs and PACE: The Path to Commercial Solar Prosperity | Yann Brandt |
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November 18, 2011 11:28am
Turning Green into Greener
March 8, 2012 4:03pm
Shining Light on Renewable Energy in Developing Countries
March 8, 2012 4:04pm
Interfacing with the Electrical Grid
March 8, 2012 4:05pm
Principal Solar Institute Power Plant Ratings
August 31, 2012 10:24pm
Introduction to PSI Ratings
August 31, 2012 10:44pm
Webinar Q&A with Peter Lynch: Why Not? The Case for an American Feed-In Tariff
October 11, 2012 6:59pm
SOLAR INDUSTRY GOES MAINSTREAM: Revolutionary PV Module Rating System Empowers Solar Professionals
November 13, 2012 9:58am
Solutions for the Texas Energy Shortage
March 7, 2013 10:42am
Navigating Environmental and Regulatory Issues to Reduce Risk
March 7, 2013 10:44am
Next Generation Vehicles: Addressing Air Quality, Fuel and Efficiency
March 7, 2013 10:51am
Investing in the Power of the Sun - The Capitalist Case for Solar Energy
March 7, 2013 10:51am
Energy Efficiency & Sustainability in Organic Food Supply
March 7, 2013 10:52am
TECHNOLOGICAL NICHES: Concentrated Solar Thermal vs. Photovoltaic Solar
March 7, 2013 10:53am
Navigating by the Sun: U.S. Department of Defense Takes Aggressive Lead as Early Adopters of Solar Energy
March 7, 2013 11:28am
Feed-In Tariffs: The Proven Road Not Taken... Why Not?
March 7, 2013 2:16pm
First Solar deal in New Mexico brings solar in line with coal prices April 1, 2013 10:15am
First Solar deal in New Mexico brings solar in line with coal prices: First Solar acquired a 50-MW solar power project in New Mexico with a PPA (El Paso Electric) for 5.79 cents/kWh, and a state production tax credit of 2.7 cents/kWh. At 8.49 cents/kWh total revenue, this is one of the lowest-priced solar projects in the U.S, and the largest in New Mexico.
Original article from Patrick O’Grady, Managing Editor- Phoenix Business Journal
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Energy Department today announced $20 million in new funding that will help integrate concentrating solar power (CSP) systems with fossil fuel power plants. December 17, 2012 4:53pm
Energy Department today announced $20 million in new funding that will help integrate concentrating solar power (CSP) systems with fossil fuel power plants.:
These hybrid systems leverage the infrastructure of fossil fuel plants such as turbine and transmission systems, helping to reduce the cost of solar-generated electricity and bring CSP plants online quicker. Today, between 11 gigawatts and 21 gigawatts of CSP could be built and integrated into existing fossil fuel plants in the United Stat...
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Are Solar Developer Fees Declining? November 19, 2012 1:00am
Are Solar Developer Fees Declining? : “An appropriate level of development fees from what we’ve seen might be 15 percent with a range of 10 to 20 percent” commented Tony Grappone, Novogradac CPA partner in the Boston office referencing solar transactions he had advised on.
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Deconstructing Solar Industry Myths October 24, 2012 6:48pm
Deconstructing Solar Industry Myths: Shyam Mehta tackles some common misinformation coming out of the solar industry:
The Oil-Solar Myth
The Myth of Grid Parity
The Myth of Co-Located Manufacturing
Myth Until Proven Otherwise: Modules as a Commodity
Certainly, there is certainly a growing perception in the market that modules are a commodity… But perception is not reality
Prices have to be paid right now, while the risk of under-performance or failure may not become a reality until several...
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Exploring the Dark Underbelly of Solar Leasing October 16, 2012 9:57am
Exploring the Dark Underbelly of Solar Leasing : Some California solar companies report that leased solar costs 40% more than customer-owned solar, leading the Treasury Department to investigate if this is designed to yield higher tax credits and depreciation benefits.
Reuters has a background article on this issue, saying “The Treasury Department’s inspector general is investigating a popular stimulus program that allowed rooftop solar panel projects to turn tax credits into cash grants, ac...
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Western Solar Zones to Streamline Development on Public Lands October 16, 2012 9:52am
Western Solar Zones to Streamline Development on Public Lands :
The Department of the Interior has approved 17 zones for utility-scale solar energy projects on about 285,000 acres of public land with combined resources of nearly 32,000 megawatts (MW). It also sets up a process to allow development of what the DOI calls “well-sited projects” on 19 million acres outside those zones. PEIS estimates that the zones and the variance areas will eventually lead to about 23,700 MW of development.
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