Distributed political power: Mayors for Solar Energy

Solar power has an important advantage that we all know well: it is able to deployed as a single solar module, or as a facility with a million modules. As such, it seems that across the United States the political push by solar power on conventional energy is occurring the same way: from the bottom, the top and the middle. …

Tesla cuts prices on solar-power systems to push sales: report

Tesla Inc. TSLA, +1.29% has slashed prices on its residential solar-power systems by as much as 25% in an effort to boost sales, Reuters reported Thursday, citing Sanjay Shah, the company’s senior vice president of energy operations. Effective immediately, price quotes for potential solar customers will be between $3,000 and $5,000 lower on average, Shah said, according to Reuters. Tesla …

What’s New in Residential Solar Energy?

  Solar energy is a vast energy resource that can be used for a variety of purposes, including electrical power, heating and cooling, fuel production, water heating, industrial process heat, transportation, and cooking. The cost of having a solar power system installed on your home has dropped dramatically over the last several years. As a result, more than 1 million homes are …

Solar Water Heater Market Analysis by Product Description, Growth Factors 2018 to 2025

Global Solar Water Heater Market Insights, Forecast To 2025; presents the worldwide Solar Water Heater market size (value, production and consumption), splits the breakdown (data status 2013-2018 and forecast to 2025), by manufacturers, region, type and application. This study also analyzes the market status, market share, growth rate, future trends, market drivers, opportunities and challenges, risks and entry barriers, sales channels, …

Oilfield in Oman set to get a solar plant to aid its crude production

<!– //www.cnbc.com/staticContent/showads.js –> MENUSEARCH QUOTES Sustainable Energy California headquartered GlassPoint Solar has signed an agreement with Occidental of Oman that could lead to the development of a solar thermal energy plant of more than two gigawatts. In a statement Tuesday, GlassPoint said that the prospective plant would be located at the Mukhaizna oilfield in the Sultanate of Oman. GlassPoint develops …

Solar Loans Emerge as the Dominant Residential Financing Product

Solar loans emerged as the dominant financing solution for residential systems in the first half of 2018, as existing loan providers scaled up through major installer partnerships and new loan providers grew via relationships with regional installers, according to the latest U.S. residential solar finance report from Wood Mackenzie. Loans claimed a 42 percent share of the residential market, outperforming …

Technologies that optimise home solar are still too expensive

Roof-top solar can be a critical way to cut carbon emissions from electricity use, but unsubsidised payback periods are still too long, where one critical missing piece is a cheap device to ensure households use as much of their home generation as possible. As battery prices fall further, these will become a critical part of home solar systems, by allowing …

Solar Water Heater Market 2018 Global Industry – Key Players Analysis, Sales, Supply, Demand and Forecast to 2025 – Press Release

Solar Water Heater Market 2018 This report studies the global Solar Water Heater market status and forecast, categorizes the global Solar Water Heater market size (value volume) by manufacturers, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan, China, and other regions (India, Southeast Asia). The major manufacturers covered in this report  Rheem  …

Astronomers spy most distant solar system object yet

<!– googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘post_link_unit’); }); –> View larger. | Solar system distances to scale showing the newly discovered 2018 VG18 – nicknamed Farout – compared to other known solar system objects. Illustration via Roberto Molar Candanosa/Scott S. Sheppard/Carnegie Institution for Science. Astronomers have discovered another small object in the outer solar system, the most distant solar system object yet known. …