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This Forbes article shows why India needs solar!
Titled “India’s huge need for electricity is a problem for the planet,” a detailed Forbes article highlights how 300 million (30 crore) Indians are having either scarce electricity or a complete lack of it.
Most of […]
Installing a Rooftop Solar System – A User’s Perspective
Here’s a nice and detailed news report/perspective report on how a US resident went about installing a rooftop solar system on his house.
What I like his taking time to detail each and every aspect of […]
How High Grid Network Charges are Driving Rooftop Solar Adoption in Australia
An over-investment in grid network has resulted in “network charges’ on Australian electricity bills being the highest in the world.
But by charging these high prices, have the networks created conditions that will lead them to be undercut by […]
1 Million Solar Homes in the US Soon
By Feb 2016, the United States would have hit an important landmark in solar power – it will have 1 million houses with solar panels on their rooftops, says this news report.
There are about 125 […]
Solar Cost Comparison Tool for the US Rooftop Solar Sector – SolarIQ
The web platform SolarIQ provides a useful cost comparison tool for the US residential solar market.
By comparing actual sales costs of solar systems in your area, the tool shows you what you should be paying. They also […]
Virtual Net Metering – A Really Disruptive Concept for Rooftop Solar
It was perhaps about 2 weeks back that I was sitting in a prominent apartment complex in Hyderabad, where one of the association members, an eco-conscious senior citizen was keen on going solar.
The apartment complex was […]
In Chile, Utility Solar Cheaper than Fossil Fuels – 6,5 cents/kWh vs. 8.5 cents/kWh
Solar and wind energy are lower cost than fossil fuels in Chile, reports Deutsche Bank, with solar the cheapest source of electricity generation.
In an industry note, Deutsche Bank writes that in the country’s last tender […]
Super Low Solar Prices Worldwide in 2015 – Lowest at 3.87 cents/kWh
I had written some time back about a price of Rs 4.63 per kWh (about 7 US cents) for solar power in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and had also wondered out loud whether such […]
And Now, Solar Powered Aliens
Perhaps it is a sign of popularity of solar power that solar panels are discussed now not just by investors, scientists and heads of governments, but also by conspiracy theorists or being a bit more […]
What are Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Solar Panels?
Going by the hype in the market with many panel makers claiming they are Tier 1, one would have thought that there is a clear standards body that attests the various panels as belonging to one […]