Susan Kraemer
Articles
- Clever policy propels residential solar adoption
A new bill passed in California could be on the right path to revolutionising the residential solar market with little or no risk to all benefiting parties.
Tue, 2012-07-03 02:53 - PV Intelligence Brief 22 June – 3 July 2012
K Road’s Moapa Solar Project tribal land approved Companies mentioned: K Road, U.S. Department of the Interior, Clenergy, Bundestrat and Bundestag, Eni, MIT Energy Initiative, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, Turner Renewable Energy, The Southern Company
Tue, 2012-07-03 04:45 - Thin Film Intelligence Brief 22 June – 3 July 2012
Thin film market to rise 7% by 2015 Companies mentioned: SBI, First Solar, SoloPower, Department of Energy, Abound Solar, BELECTRIC, and Solar Frontier
Tue, 2012-07-03 04:59 - CPV Intelligence Brief 22 June - 3 July 2012
Emcore comes down to earth with rooftop CPV Companies mentioned: Emcore, Soitec Solar, NREL, Solar Junction, Silex, Solar Systems, SolFocus
Tue, 2012-07-03 05:19 - PV Intelligence Brief 4 – 17 July 2012
1BOG bought by Ontario’s Pure Energies Group Mentioned: One Block Off the Grid, Pure Energies Group, Solis Partners, Advanced Solar Photonics, The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy, Yingli, Jinko Solar, Sky Solar, Sigdo Koppers and the China Development Bank
Mon, 2012-07-16 09:36 - CPV Intelligence Brief 5 – 17 July 2012
DOE loan recipient Alamosa gets visit from Republican congressman Mentioned: Cogentrix, AT4 Wireless, ENAC, ABB, Lux Research, IQE, Solar Junction, SolFocus
Mon, 2012-07-16 10:26 - Thin Film Intelligence Brief 5 – 17 July 2012
Solexel raises $36m in difficult funding market Mentioned: Solexel, Solar Frontier, Solyndra, Intermolecular, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, International Solar Electric Technology
Mon, 2012-07-16 11:27 - Material changes in thin-film solar: Cheap, non-toxic thin film from zinc, tin and phosphorus?
PV-Insider spoke with Dr. Scanlon to get some details on what could be a potential game changer for the thin film industry, which is now in trouble as PV prices drop.
Tue, 2012-07-17 02:50 - Thin Film Intelligence Brief 1 – 14 August 2012
MiaSolé restructuring calls for strategic partner Companies mentioned: MiaSolé, Soltecture, Ascent Solar Technologies, TFG Radiant Investment Group, Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS, Schüco, Dow, Imagine Homes, First Solar
Tue, 2012-08-14 07:10 - CPV Intelligence Brief 1 – 14 August 2012
Emcore consolidates terrestrial CPV business Companies mentioned: RES America, Emcore, Suncore, Soitec
Tue, 2012-08-14 07:44 - PV Intelligence Brief 1 – 14 August 2012
Army to procure $7bn in renewable energy Organizations mentioned: U.S. Army, Department of the Interior, Solar Reserve, enXco, NextERa, RES America, First Solar, Suntech Power Holdings, German Federal Network Agency, PSE&G, ERC, NREB
Tue, 2012-08-14 08:30 - CPV Intelligence Brief 15 – 28 August 2012
NREL/Solar Junction bag R&D 100 award Companies and organisations mentioned: NREL, Solar Junction, Sol Focus, Southwest Solar Technologies
Tue, 2012-08-28 04:58 - PV Intelligence Brief 15 – 28 August 2012
Isophoton snags the Dominican Republic’s first PV project Companies and organisations mentioned: Isofoton, Solarif, Jiangsu GCL, Jiangxi LDK, Luoyang Sinosico, Chongqing Daquan, Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Development Agency, GCL-Poly
Tue, 2012-08-28 07:04 - Thin Film Intelligence Brief 15 - 28 August 2012
Foundry heavyweight suspends new investments Companies and organisations mentioned: United Microelectronics Corp, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, New Energy Technologies, AQT Solar, First Solar, Export-Import Bank, IBM
Tue, 2012-08-28 10:58 - A new market in micro-scale solar cogeneration
Chromasun and Cogenra are two companies forging an entirely new path in cogenerating electricity and hot water using low concentrating PV (LCPV) for commercial rooftops.
Tue, 2012-09-11 11:35 - Carrot and stick policies push CPV in Australia, California
Carbon taxes and mandates to add more renewables, in tandem with funding, are driving solar development in a carrot and stick arrangement.
Tue, 2012-09-11 11:53 - OPINION: Millions spent on anti-solar TV ads
You would think it was solar energy on the US ballot in this year’s US Presidential election campaign by the growing number of campaign advertisements attacking solar power, writes Susan Kraemer.
Mon, 2012-10-08 08:58 - Is California's grid prepared for rapid uptake of renewables?
Like Germany with its extremely ambitious offshore wind goals, California has ambitious goals, with 20 GW of renewables contracted with utilities to come online by 2020. About half of that is to come from solar. But is there a danger of transmission not being ready in time?
Mon, 2012-10-08 09:30 - Georgia: the best state to welcome the solar utility concept?
A US solar developer has just presented an innovative proposal to Georgia’s Public Services Commission (PSC) to build utility scale solar projects and sell power directly to ratepayers, at lower rates, which it can do by setting up as a mutual company.
Tue, 2012-11-06 13:00 - Is the solar industry prepared for a quality blowout?
When a utility selects a solar project, it is essentially committing to a fuel still good after twenty or thirty years out in the sun and the rain. How to be sure it has lasting value, and that if it fails; that it won’t hurt the entire industry?
Tue, 2012-11-20 07:28 - US solar firms prepare for end of ITC
In the United States, a federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has been an attractive lure for investors in solar projects. However, the ITC was given a limit: it is designed to phase out in 2016.
Tue, 2013-03-05 07:30 - Vertical integration: fast track to solar success?
Why are just a few solar firms doing so well, while so many solar manufacturers are going out of business? Do the vertical operation models of First Solar and Hanwha offer a solution in a fragile market?
Sat, 2013-03-30 05:37 - First Solar-TetraSun: what’s the strategy?
PVInsider had the opportunity to hear from First Solar Director of Business Development for Japan, Karl Brutsaert about the company’s recent surprise acquisition of the Silicon Valley start-up TetraSun.
Tue, 2013-04-30 03:14 - Pacific Islands attracts $635m for renewables
Forty renewable projects on the Pacific islands secured a total of $635m in loans and grants in a two day meet-up with international aid donors at the Pacific Energy Summit in Auckland that took place earlier this year. Along with the funding, we hear some focused advice.
Tue, 2013-06-11 13:00 - Eliminating bad wafers early would save money, but is the market ready?
Scientists at NREL have developed an instrument to detect and eliminate weak wafers so money is not wasted on their enhancement. The potential annual savings to the industry are in the billions.
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