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24 Sep '12, 5pm

Sorry, Critics - Solar Is Not a Rip-Off: On September 21, the LA Times ran a story about large-scale solar proj...

Sorry, Critics - Solar Is Not a Rip-Off: On September 21, the LA Times ran a story about large-scale solar proj...

Ratepayers have always funded power plants – whether coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydro, biomass, wind or solar. Earlier this year, the California Public Utilities Commission issued a report highlighting how the falling cost of renewable energy is leading to cost-competitive prices for utilities, with costs not only having been significantly reduced to date, but with the “prospect that prices in future years will be lower still.” The study found that: (a) In 2020, the total statewide electricity expenditures of achieving a 33% RPS is projected to be 10.2% higher compared to an all-gas scenario. (b) Even if California makes no further investments in renewable energy, this analysis projects that average electricity costs per kilowatt-hour will rise by 16.7% in 2020 compared to 2008 in real terms. Government has always employed a variety of incentives to encourage the developm...

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Solar for All: Xcel Energy Teams with REC Solar and CEC to Bring Community Solar to Colorado

Solar for All: Xcel Energy Teams with REC Solar...

renewableenergyworld.com 24 Sep '12, 6pm

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Are Solar Jobs in the U.S. Rising or Declining?: Too often, encouraging stories about our economy are replaced

Are Solar Jobs in the U.S. Rising or Declining?...

renewableenergyworld.com 24 Sep '12, 6pm

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renewableenergyworld.com 25 Sep '12, 9am

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Solar Commitment: SEIA Environmental Initiative...

renewableenergyworld.com 24 Sep '12, 2pm

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renewableenergyworld.com 24 Sep '12, 6pm

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theenvironmentalblog.org 30 Sep '12, 5pm

German Solar Power Capacity Hits All-Time High… Again (More Solar than Rest of Europe)

German Solar Power Capacity Hits All-Time High…...

cleantechnica.com 24 Sep '12, 10am

I've been reporting and writing on a wide range of topics at the nexus of economics, technology, ecology/environment and s...

Europe Dominated Solar Panel Installations in 2011

Europe Dominated Solar Panel Installations in 2011

renewableenergyworld.com 25 Sep '12, 5pm

The study summarizes and evaluates the current activities regarding manufacturing, policies and market implementation worl...

White House Solar Panels are the New Unicorns

ecorazzi.com 24 Sep '12, 3pm

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altenergystocks.com 23 Sep '12, 12pm

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Germany: Solar Passes Wind

Germany: Solar Passes Wind

solarfeeds.com 22 Sep '12, 4pm

Germany is fast becoming the world`s first developed country that generates more electricity with solar cells than with wi...

btw, Germany is on path to overshoot its 35%-RE-target by 2020 Germany's Renewable Energy Goal

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solarfeeds.com 23 Sep '12, 7pm

At the end of last month the Economist published an article on Germany’s energy transition to renewables labeling it a “lu...

Solar & Battery Orders; Solar Stock and EV Woes...

altenergystocks.com 22 Sep '12, 2pm

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renewableenergyworld.com 28 Sep '12, 4pm

“For all intents and purposes, the New Jersey market is dead,” said Paul Detering, CEO of Tioga Energy, on a panel at the ...