Solar water heater Market Manufacturers, Share, Demand, Countries, Type and Application, Forecast to 2022

Global Solar water heater Report offers a specific market study and outlook prospects of the market. The analysis covers major information that helps to explore data which is helpful for the executives, industry experts, analysts and other people get ready-to-access and self-analyzed review along with graphs and tables to help understand market overview, Scope and market challenges. Global Solar water heater …

Bipartisan senators ask Treasury Secretary to expand storage tax …

Dive Brief: Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday asking for the expansion of energy storage eligibility under the renewable investment tax credit (ITC). They’re seeking a determination from the Department of the Treasury on whether storage systems for residential or commercial use would fully qualify for the tax credits if retrofitted …

Company working on leases for huge solar farms in southwest Minnesota

Invenergy is working with landowners in eight sections east of Brewster for the Brewster Bright Solar project. In addition to the site for the solar farm, the company also has an agreement in place for construction of a substation, as well as an interconnect with the Brewster substation, creating the overall project on about 1,100 acres. The other project is …

Carpeting Sahara with wind and solar farms could make it rain

reader comments 128 If you’ve spent any time thinking about the world’s dirty energy problem, you’ve probably pondered some impractical “What if?” scenarios. Solar panels in space beaming energy down, or covering Nevada in solar panels—that kind of thing. Well, a new study led by Yan Li, Eugenia Kalnay, and Safa Motesharrei at the University of Maryland actually asks something …

Weary of Power Outages, Puerto Ricans Find Solace in Solar

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Rafael Guzmán and Leinaí Romero spent more than four months without power after Hurricane Maria struck last September, relying on a generator to run a refrigerator, two fans and cellphone chargers. When the married couple learned in April they were having a baby, they made a pledge: “We aren’t going through that again.” They installed 16 solar …

Ivory Coast looks to solar vehicles to replace bush taxis

JACQUEVILLE (IVORY COAST) (AFP) –  Hi-tech, cheap — and quiet. The Ivorian resort of Jacqueville just outside Abidjan is betting on solar-powered three-wheelers as it looks to replace traditional but noisy and dirty bush taxis. “It’s cheaper and relaxing!” says local trader Sandrine Tetelo, of the Chinese-made “Saloni” or “Antara” tricycles, which could eventually spell the end for old-school “woro-woro” four-wheelers …

Solar Industry Seeks to Slash Red Tape With New Automated Permitting Initiative

Permitting and inspections are notoriously tedious tasks. In the rooftop solar industry, they’re also very costly — when industry members say they don’t need to be. To fix the issue, the Solar Energy Industries Association and The Solar Foundation today launched the Solar Automated Permit Pro​cessing (SolarAPP) initiative, which is designed to streamline permitting and slash the cost of installing solar on homes and businesses. …

Solar Diverters Can Supply Solar Hot Water From A Rooftop Array, Without Adding Any Extra Plumbing

Clean Power Published on September 22nd, 2018 by Derek Markham 0 September 22nd, 2018 by Derek Markham  Installing a solar diverter can essentially help convert a home’s hot water heater into an energy storage system, allowing solar homeowners increase their self-consumption during peak production hours. The conventional method of generating solar hot water, which uses the thermal energy of sunlight …