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 …

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. …

Atlantic brings its renewable water heating tech to The Big 5 and Solar Decathlon Middle East

Consultant French company supporting student-led initiative to create the ideal solar house prototype at Solar Decathlon Supplied Content Atlantic, a French water heating specialist, will be showcasing its latest range of products at The Big 5 taking place from the 26-29 November at Dubai World Trade Centre. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet with regional team leaders who will …

Solar Water Heaters Market Analysis, Revenue, Price, Market Share, Growth Rate, Forecast by 2023

Solar Water Heaters Market Report provides Key information on Sales Channel, Distributors, Traders and Dealers, Sales Channel, Direct Marketing, Indirect Marketing, Marketing Channel Future Trend, Distributors, Traders and Dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, Appendix, Methodology, Data Source. The Solar Water Heaters Market report covers a huge area of information including an Overview, Comprehensive analysis, Definitions and Classifications, Applications, and Expert …

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 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 …

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 …

Instant Water Heater Market to Witness Surge in Demand Owing to Rising End-use Adoption

Instant water heaters, which are also called inline, tankless, or instant-on water heaters, are the type of water heaters that can instantly heat water without storing it internally, in the device. High thermal conductivity is one of the major advantages of instant water heaters, and copper heat exchangers are used in most designs of instant water heaters. The operation of some …

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. …