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In a report issued by Clean Edge, Inc. on March 14 th , combined revenue for solar, and wind power, along with biofuels, increased 35.2 percent over the last year, leaping from $139.1 billion to 188.1 billion.
A South African family with a solar water heater on their home After experiencing a power crisis a few years ago and contending with the cost of domestic water heating, South Africa is leaning heavily towards an eco-friendly alternative. Over the past 14 years, the solar water heater market has grown a whopping 2000%, with more growth expected in the coming years. In South Africa, domestic water heating is responsible for 40% of an average household’s electric bill, and for the country as a whole, it accounts for 18% of their energy consumption. These needs were previously met with more traditional heating methods such as conventional geysers, but solar water heaters have proven far more cost-effective.
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Solar Water Heaters Booming in South Africa
The primary part of one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is now up and running, delivering renewable energy to help power the production of fuel-efficient small cars. The system is the result of collaboration between Ford, DTE Energy, Xtreme Power, the city of Wayne and the state of Michigan.
Soitec (Euronext Paris), a supplier of advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, has announced that its Concentrix concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology has been selected by Tenaska Solar Ventures to produce 150 megawatts (MW) of clean energy for San Diego Gas & Electric. The new CPV solar power plant, named Imperial Solar Energy Centre (ISEC) West, will be constructed on a 1,057-acre site in Southern California’s western Imperial County, and is expected to be completed in 2015. To support the project, Soitec will build a new factory in the San Diego region to manufacture its proprietary CPV modules. With an annual production capacity of 200 megawatts, the new CPV manufacturing facility will supply CPV modules not only to ISEC West, but to other utility-scale solar power projects throughout the desert southwest of the US. Read more here … Related posts: BP, RGE announce mega-solar plant in Germany China to build 1GW solar power plant Your computer could help develop a better solar cell
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Soitec to help develop 150-MW solar plant in CA
U.S. solar grew sharply in 2010, still lags Europe * U.S. solar market grew 67 pct in 2010 * U.S.