The answers are very different, even mutually exclusive, depending on whether you: - Are interested in solar for environmental reasons, or - Are interested in solar for self-reliance reasons. If you re interested in green power, or you want to lower your environmental footprint, and the grid is available, the worst thing you can do is hook up a photovoltaic solar-battery-inverter…
For many people, powering their homes or small businesses using a small renewable energy system that is not connected to the electricity grid - called a stand-alone system - makes economic sense and appeals to their environmental values. In remote locations, stand-alone systems can be more cost-effective than extending a power line to the electricity grid (the…
As solar energy’s popularity continues to grow among homeowners, it’s changing the way people buy and sell homes. Because solar has been found to consistently add value to homes, real estate agents need a new way to fairly value solar homes and make sure house hunters can easily find key solar system information. New data standards from Lawrence Berkeley National…
What if the institution that financed your business could also light up your house? Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have mostly stayed out of the pay-as-you-go solar (PAYGo) space, but that may be changing — creating both new opportunities and challenges for financial inclusion, as it brings MFIs into consumer financing. Photo Credit: Hailey Tucker, 2016 CGAP…
BHOPAL: After 33-hour long auction, Madhya Pradesh s Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Project — the world s largest solar park — created a record! Now, Madhya Pradesh will produce the cheapest solar power in the country at just Rs 2.97 per unit! The auction for 750-MW park being developed in three segments of 250 MW each spread over 1, 500 hectares of land in Gurh tehsil…
In Chad only 1 in 20 people have electricity. But the Central African country has lots of sun. A UK company is developing the first solar plant in one of the world’s poorest places. Robert Pacquement and the Djermaya Solar development team do not shy away from a challenge. His Djermaya Solar development team has worked with Chad’s government for the past three…
Solar panels are everywhere. They power roadside phones, power plants and homes. This is due to the extraordinary advancements in the field of solar energy during the past hundred years. However, mankind has a long history of using the sun’s energy. Even the ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese used glass and mirrors to concentrate sunlight and light fires. In…
The solar power grid inaugurated at Ambar mosque. (HT Photo) Standing outside the city’s only all-women mosque on PGI Road here, Shaista Ambar said, “Mehtaab ghar mein aftab utar aya hai (The Sun has dawned on the house of the moon).” The founder president of the All-India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board was referring to the inauguration of a solar power grid…
Solar leases, which typically last up to 20 years and keep the ownership of solar rooftop panels in third-party supplier hands, peaked in 2014, with 74% of solar-panel home customers choosing that option. In the fourth quarter of 2016, however, the market that had been quickly moving away from leases jumped the shark, and only 47% of homeowners chose leasing…
By 2017, it is expected that 40 thousand solar electric generation systems will be installed, an increase of 150 percent compared to last year, said Carlos Flores Macías, director general of the solar panel installation company Conermex. In a conference, the director stressed that this would mean a business of 250 million dollars, which is double that registered…
BENHAM, Ky. (WYMT) - An unlikely building is switching to solar powered energy. The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum in Benham is owned by Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. Communications Director Brandon Robinson told WYMT, they re hoping to save money by the switch. We believe that this project will help save at least eight to ten thousand dollars…
If you spend anytime at all reading information about solar energy on the Internet you will have come across one of those ads: “Do it Yourself Solar!” “Build Solar Panels at Home! “Go Green and Save Green!” and on and on. Sounds enticing - after all, who wouldn’t like to green up their life while saving money? But the scammers have you squarely in their sights…
The popularity of solar power has led to the rise of another renewable technology: solar batteries that can store extra solar power for later use. Companies like Tesla are developing batteries that can be installed with solar panels to create “solar-plus-storage” systems for your home. Read on to learn more about residential solar batteries, and find out if you…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new concept could bring highly efficient solar power by combining three types of technologies that convert different parts of the light spectrum and also store energy for use after sundown. Combining the technologies could make it possible to harness and store far more of the spectrum of sunlight than is possible using any one of the…
211 Carnegie Center Princeton New Jersey U.S.A. Company Perspectives We generate power. Our assets are real and diverse. Our strategies provide value to our stakeholders and the electricity market. We re NRG Energy and we re proud of the work we do. History of NRG Energy, Inc. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, NRG Energy, Inc. is a wholesale power generation company…
Rising energy costs equal great solar power incentives for homeowners There has never been a better time then today to invest in solar panels and solar power for the home. The technology continues to improve and ‘early-adoption’ tax incentives are still active in many states. Pair that with the continued rise of traditional energy costs and it creates the perfect…
Environmental Benefits of Solar Panels It’s no secret that two major selling points of switching to a solar-powered lifestyle are 1) savings on your utility bills, and 2) reducing your carbon footprint. Regardless of the reason you’re choosing to More Info Measuring the Cost Against the Benefits of Solar Energy Ten years ago, the upfront cost of installing PV…
