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In 2006, an estimated 30,000 homes had solar panels installed. California’s growing solar market is also making California a national leader in climate action and the clean energy economy. ““They think the state should do more to encourage rooftop solar, not make it more expensive”.

Amber Rudd has defended the government’s controversial cuts to support for the solar industry as another firm collapsed.

But the George Osborne acolyte, under increasing pressure from the Chancellor’s Treasury to rein in renewable energy costs, has changed tack, announcing plans to slash subsidies by nearly 90%.

“Solar plus storage presents opportunities for larger properties with demand charges, in contrast to individual residential property owners”. With its willingness to work with other pioneers in the industry, Panasonic Eco Solutions has become a one-stop shop for expertise in solar photovoltaic engineering, construction, finance, and even long-term operation and management.

Nationally there are around 35,000 jobs within the solar industry and its supply chain and job losses of up to 27,000 are predicted.

He said: “It is with great sadness that the directors of Southern Solar have no choice other than to appointment administrators”. “Reon is part of the Dawood Hercules Corporation – which is the single largest contributor to the private energy sector of Pakistan – that controls nearly 1,800 megawatts of generation capacity, boasting large-scale ventures such as the Hub Power Company Limited, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company, Tenaga Generasi Limited and Laraib Energy Limited”, he added. Dr Tripathi said solar energy would account for 1,00,000 MW of power while 60,000 MW would be generated by harnessing wind capacity.

One of the UK’s most trusted and pioneering solar installers has been forced to call in the administrators. John Craggs, its acting chief executive said: “We are bitterly disappointed with the changes proposed”. EnviroGroup is one of the founding members of Yingli Solar’s YINGLI 4 YOU Partner Program.

The social housing sector has been at the forefront of large-scale PV installation.

‘This makes a mockery of any claim the United Kingdom might have to be offering global leadership on climate change’.

In an effort to the reduce the impact of negative factors overseas, domestic firms have turned to their home market to explore more stable growth and are urging the government to relax a number of regulations to help promote green energy in the nation. More importantly though is that this decision will certainly affect the UK’s ability to achieve their strategic aims in addressing climate change and carbon targets.

A spokesman for the Solar Trade Association (STA) said: “The government’s proposals for solar are so extreme that most solar companies are not able to envisage surviving next year”.

Resilience for Free uses project data for buildings in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.to examine the financial case for installing solar+storage systems to support critical common area loads in multifamily affordable housing. But we don’t have to resign ourselves to $5/gallon gas prices, $200/month electric bills and $500 heating bills. “We’re looking at it and will respond once I’ve sufficiently digested what’s in the consultation”. “Now we need to tell people what we are going to do”.

To be clear, we’re not saying that petroleum will cease to be used, just that it will fall from its dominant position in energy and chemical production.

Contact Panasonic Eco Solutions for more information on solar energy in the United States and Canada.

Last updated: Saturday 17 October 2015

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Plans for solar panel energy at RRMR are on hold

ROCKFORD, Iowa – A north Iowa school is working to cut down on utility costs by investing in some renewable energy options, but their plan has hit a major standstill.

Utility bills for Rudd Rockford Marble Rock (RRMR) schools are through the roof, and they’re being paid for with the general fund for the district. District Superintendent Keith Turner says that every penny that comes out of that supply to pay for heating and electric, means there is less money for things like supplies and teacher salaries, so coming up with an idea to save that money was crucial.

The plan was to build a solar panel field on the south side of their buildings in Rockford. Energy from that project would serve the school, and any excess energy would help service the surrounding community. It sounds like the perfect solution, only not everyone thought so.

The plan has temporarily been put on hold because of a strict contract the city has with the company Nebraska Energy.

Math teacher, football coach and track coach Mark Johnson says he was surprised to get back to school this fall and not see any changes, especially since the plan would have helped bring more support into his classroom and athletic departments.

“It just makes sense,” he says. “We were going to possibly make money off of the solar project, which would put money back into the school and we could use that money to look at things and see where we could use the money and other places.”

He says not only would this be helpful on a financial level, but an education level as well. He says that bringing solar energy into the school could open up countless doors to teach kids about renewable energy. “We thought it would be a great project for the school, and it would enable us to further the duration of our school,” Johnson says.

The concern about the school’s future is all thanks to the growing issue of expensive utility bills. Turner says that during the month of July, energy bills exceeded $19,000. “That’s $4000 more than it was the year before,” he explains.

“Our energy costs are in excess of about $160,000 a year, and for us as a small school with the declining enrollment, it means this year we project our costs are going to be about $400 per student to heat and cool our buildings,” Turner says.

All summer, teachers and faculty have been keeping thermostats warmer and classrooms darker in an attempt to save on these costs when kids aren’t around, but the RRMR school year kicks off next week and school officials hope a decision is made soon.

We’re told Nebraska Energy will be meeting today to further discuss the plans. We will continue to follow this story as more information becomes available.

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Trina Sets New Solar Panel Efficiency Record

Trina Solar announced last week its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record for high efficiency p-type multi-crystalline silicon solar panels.

Trina says its test Honey Plus multi-crystalline silicon module attained a new module efficiency record of 19.14% with an aperture area of 1.515 m2.

The results were confirmed by the National Center of Supervision and Inspection on Solar Photovoltaic Product Quality (CPVT) in Wuxi, China.

The 60-cell panel features advanced technologies including back surface passivation, local back surface field and half-cell module technologies. Trina says the half-cell module technology is not currently part of the Honey Plus products, but will be incorporated at a later date.

“To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a multi-crystalline Silicon PV module reaches an efficiency higher than 19%. It demonstrates that multi-crystalline Silicon PV modules can reach an efficiency level that was reserved to the most efficient solar cells before, such as mono-crystalline IBC or heterojunction cells,” said Dr. Pierre Verlinden, Vice-President and Chief Scientist of Trina Solar.

” This milestone achievement is the result of a very close collaboration among our silicon crystallization, solar cell and module scientists. We believe that innovation is playing the very essential role to Trina’s sustainable growth and long-term success. Our focus remains on developing innovative and cutting-edge solar power products and technologies to strengthen our leadership in the PV industry.”

In other recent news, the company announced the signing of an agreement with Toyo Engineering Corporation to supply approximately 116 MW of Trina Solar panels for use in Japan’s largest solar power project –  a 231-megawatt facility to be built in Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture.

Approximately 446,000 Trina Solar TSM-260PC05A modules will be used in the project, which will be situated on 1,210 acres of city land on the former Kinkai salt field.

The project is expected to commence commercial operations in the second quarter of 2019.

Trina Solar says Japan is a key market for the company and that solar will play a crucial role in the growing diversification of the country’s energy mix.

Trina Solar panels are also popular choice in Australia, where they are often used in residential solar power system installations.

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Panel perfect: Australia's largest solar plant complete

The final solar panel has been installed at Australia and the Southern Hemisphere’s largest solar photovoltaic plant in Nyngan, NSW, paving the way for more utility-scale solar plants to be built in Australia.

A total of 1.36 million solar panels have been successfully installed at the Nyngan site, which is now supplying 50MW of renewable energy to the national electricity market. When fully operational, the plant will produce 102MW peak output. The plant surpasses ACT’s 20MW Royalla solar farm as Australia’s largest.

The plant, once fully operations, will also surpass South Africa’s 96MW Jasper PV Project as the Southern Hemisphere’s largest. The project will slot into 27th position in the worldwide list of largest PV plants, according to Wikipedia.

Owner AGL Energy and developer US-based First Solar today joined NSW Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts and NSW Environment Minister Mark Speakman on site to celebrate the milestone.

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“Low-emission technology like our Nyngan Solar Plant is an important part of AGL’s journey towards a decarbonised electricity generation sector,” AGL managing director and CEO Andy Vesey said.

“We are pleased to be adding to AGL’s and Australia’s portfolio of renewable energy generation and assets, he added, with the company saying it had invested more than $3 billion in renewable energy projects in the last decade.

The plant is part of a $440 million solar plant spend by AGL on two plants, which is supported by $166.7 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and $64.9 million from the NSW Government, and which will see Nyngan complemented by a 53MW solar plant in Broken Hill, also developed by First Solar, bringing the combined capacity to 155MW.

The remaining 50% of generation from the last two sections of modules will be progressively brought online in the next few months, and once complete will be able to power more than 33,000 homes annually. The Broken Hill plant expected to be fully operational by the end of 2015.

Mr Vesey said the project had been a boon to western NSW: “On average our project has seen a monthly spend of between $350,000 to $500,000 in local communities on indirect costs, including accommodation, food, petrol and other suppliers to support the project’s construction,” he said.

AGL also said the construction of the plant had created more than 250 onsite jobs as well as off-site jobs to supply material as well as roles responsible for the design, management and support of the project.

First Solar Asia-Pacific chief Jack Curtis said local procurement accounted for over 55% of the total procurement spend on the Nyngan Solar Plant. 

Source: ARENA

“First Solar has pursued every opportunity to support local and regional businesses throughout the construction of the Nyngan Solar Plant,” Mr Curtis said. “In addition to boosting the local economy through job creation, First Solar supported Australian automotive parts manufactures who were exploring new business opportunities. They produced vital parts, like mounting structures, transformers and switchgear to the plant.”

ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said the project brought Australia a step closer to cost competitive large-scale solar PV.

“ARENA has been working with AGL and First Solar during the planning and construction stages to ensure the energy industry can benefit from their experiences,” he said. “To date we have published 19 reports covering a range of topics from planning, approvals and logistics to procurement, construction and grid connection.

“Pooling and sharing this knowledge will make it easier and cheaper to develop large scale solar plants in Australia by helping reduce financial, regulatory and technical barriers.”

Mr Frischknecht said Broken Hill was “well underway” with ground posts installed, pallets of solar panels arriving and newly constructed network components ready to supply renewable energy into the grid, adding it would “benefit from the learnings gained in developing and constructing Nyngan.”

Mr Curtis reiterated the ARENA CEO’s views that the project would drive other ‘big solar’ developments Down Under.

“These 1.36 million modules will have a higher energy yield than traditional crystalline silicon modules, particularly in hot climates, will produce no carbon emissions and will require no water during operation.

“Utility scale solar PV is already cost competitive with conventional generation in many parts of the world and will increasingly deliver economic stimulus to rural Australia without depleting natural resources,” he said.

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Look before taking solar panel leap

Batavia Russell and her husband, John Russell, plan to put solar panels on the roof of their Denia neighborhood home this year, but they will wait until fall in hopes they can qualify for a rebate from the city.

They had to hunt a bit, too, for the right company to do the job, she said. They will hire a neighbor who has experience with the work.

“Do business with someone you know,” Batavia Russell said.

The first company the couple signed to do the work decided to stop doing residential installations, John Russell said. He didn’t fully understand the company’s relationship with the city until he started asking more questions about the city’s programs.

The city of Denton offers rebates for a variety of energy-saving home improvement projects, from smart thermostats and attic insulation to energy-efficient windows. Through Denton Municipal Electric, the city-owned utility, the city also offers a limited number of rebates each year to its customers who generate their own electricity with rooftop solar panels.

The rebates are part of the city’s annual budget, which is often depleted soon after it becomes available each October.

But the city doesn’t have partners or any kind of approved list of contractors for the programs.

For practical reasons, the utility doesn’t maintain a waiting list for solar rebates either, according to Brian Daskam, spokesman for DME, which has 55,000 customers across the city.

He confirmed the utility has received complaints from customers about solar installers and contractors, including promises of rebates long after the money has been depleted.

DME also has heard complaints about installers making exaggerated claims of energy savings.

The owners of North Texas Psychiatry and Psychotherapy put solar panels on the roof of their building, a house converted into an office suite on North Locust Street, in late 2012.

The installation is one of about 60 around Denton, most of which received rebates from DME, according to Daskam.

Kerri Vellotti, office manager for the medical office, said the installation qualified for a rebate and the owners also noticed a big difference in the electric bills once the panels had come online.

“It was as much as 75 to 85 percent less,” Vellotti said, although not every month.

Their installer told them it would take six to seven years before the panels would pay for themselves in electrical savings, an estimate Vellotti said was about right.

DME requires solar installers and other energy-efficiency contractors to register with the agency before their customers can qualify for a rebate, but that does not mean the company has been vetted or endorsed by the city, Daskam said.

The city recently began publishing a list online at www.cityofdenton.com with other information about the rebate program, which is called GreenSense.

Before investing in solar panels, Daskam recommends homeowners and business owners take advantage of a free energy audit from DME to learn what upgrades are best for their property.

Solar panels have become less expensive in recent years, dropping about 30 percent in price between 2010 and 2013, according to a report from the Union for Concerned Scientists. But investing in the recommended 5-kilowatt system for the average home remains on the same scale as buying a new car, or about $23,000 before tax credits and rebates.

For the customer ready to invest, Daskam and the Better Business Bureau recommend homeowners and business owners research the contractor’s history.

Jeannette Kopko, spokeswoman for the BBB Serving Dallas and Northeast Texas, said the nonprofit compiles information on all businesses, not just BBB members, in 13 North Texas counties, including Denton and Collin counties.

The group publishes the information online for the public for free at www.bbb.com/dallas. In addition to complaints made to the nonprofit, the BBB also gathers and publishes any records of recent government investigations.

Businesses are given a rating, from A+ to F, and the reasons for that rating, Kopko said.

Businesses that join the BBB must agree to meet standards for truthfulness in their practices to be accredited by the nonprofit, Kopko said.

Each of the member’s advertising and marketplace practices must withstand continued scrutiny to maintain its BBB accreditation.

Kopko recommended that consumers be sure to read and understand anything they are being asked to sign, too.

People often sign agreements thinking they are estimates, she said.

Review any agreement for information on the scope of work, the time period it will be completed and for what price. Check, too, for cancellation privileges and how problems are resolved, she said.

For those who cannot resolve a problem with the company directly, Kopko recommended filing a complaint with the BBB. A representative will help try to get the complaint resolved.

In addition, the complaint and the company’s response becomes part of the record with the BBB, she said.

If someone believes a solar installer has made misleading claims, Kopko recommended complaining not only to the city utility, but also to the BBB.

“If we can substantiate that [claim], we will tell them to modify it — it must be truthful or they have to stop using it,” she said.

PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE can be reached at 940-566-6881 and via Twitter at @phwolfeDRC.

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REC Group and Sunrun Increase Solar Panel Supply Agreement to 100 Megawatts

REC Group and Sunrun Increase Solar Panel Supply Agreement to 100 Megawatts

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OSLO, NORWAY AND SAN FRANCISCO — FEBRUARY 25, 2015 — REC Group (Oslo Stock Exchange: RECSOL), a leading global provider of solar energy solutions, and Sunrun, the largest dedicated residential solar company in the United States, today announced the expansion of their supply agreement signed in August 2014. Under the terms of the deal, Sunrun will purchase 100 megawatts (MW) of REC’s high-quality, high-performing Peak Energy solar panels, with deliveries scheduled throughout 2015.

“Our original panel supply contract with Sunrun called for a minimum of 50 MW, with an option for up to 100 MW, so this doubling of volume underscores the solid relationship between the two companies and our position in the U.S. residential market,” said Arndt E. Lutz, senior vice president of REC Group and managing director of its North American business. “Customers like Sunrun understand the value of REC’s high standards of quality, reliability and integrity inherent in our products and the way we do business.”

“REC is committed to consistently delivering volume quantities of its high quality panels,” said Paul Winnowski, chief operating officer of Sunrun. “This enables Sunrun to provide consumers with the best and most reliable solar panels on the market for their home solar system. Our decision to strengthen our partnership reflects the confidence we have and that our qualified installers have in REC’s high-performance rooftop solar products today and in the future.”

The amended Sunrun agreement is the latest in REC’s string of major panel supply agreements and installations in the U.S. market. REC has signed 703 MW of long-term supply agreements for the residential, commercial, and utility segments in the U.S. market since May 2014. The Norway-based company is expanding its production capacity to 1.3 gigawatts at its state-of-the-art, vertically integrated Singapore manufacturing facility.

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REC is a leading global provider of solar energy solutions. With more than 15 years of experience, we offer sustainable, high-performing products, services and investments for the solar industry. Together with our partners, we create value by providing solutions that better meet the world’s growing energy needs. REC is headquartered in Norway and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: RECSOL). Our 1,700 employees worldwide generated revenues of $647 million in 2013. For more information, visit www.recgroup.com.

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Sunrun pioneered solar as a service, a way for homeowners to go solar without high upfront cost, and is the largest dedicated residential solar company in the U.S. Sunrun provides end-to-end service for homeowners to choose cleaner, cheaper solar energy and fix their electric costs for 20 years. The company designs, installs, finances, insures, monitors and maintains the solar panels on a homeowner’s roof, while families pay just for the electricity at a lower rate than their current utility. Since Sunrun introduced solar service in 2007, it has become the preferred way for consumers to go solar in the nation’s top solar markets. For more information, please visit: www.sunrun.com.

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Rolling Hills solar panel project is just the beginning for district

By Judy Peterson

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Photograph by George Sakkestad Rolling Hills Middle School in Los Gatos had solar panels installed in 2011, with more solar installations planned for the future. Marshall Lane Elementary School in Saratoga is also going solar.

When the Campbell Union School District installed solar panels at Rolling Hills Middle School in Los Gatos in 2011, it was the beginning of a now-celebrated energy conservation program.

The district received the Energy Leadership Award at the Green Schools & Colleges Summit held recently in Pasadena, and is also in line for special funding through the California Energy Conservations Assistance Act.

The Energy Leadership Award was for the net-zero energy multipurpose building at Blackford Elementary School. The building features rooftop solar panels, a full-glass front and skylights, daylight occupancy sensors to control lights, automated windows, thick insulation and a white roof. Energy is produced year-round by the solar panels and surplus energy is stored in a grid for later use. It’s expected to produce more than or equal to its energy consumption each year.

The Blackford multipurpose building is the first of eight energy efficient buildings the district plans to construct as part of its overall energy-saving strategy.

“Rolling Hills was the first school to have solar panels and we’ll be adding to that,” district spokeswoman Marla Sanchez said. “Marshall Lane will get solar, too.”

The district was also awarded a $7.5 million zero-interest loan for solar installation projects and energy efficiency measures that will be implemented at 11 schools. The loan was one of three awarded to school districts by the California Energy Commission. The projects are expected to save more than $480,000 a year.

Allison Williams contributed to this story.

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Published Jun 30, 2014 at 4:00pm

A solar panel farm could be sprouting in Griffiss Business and Technology Park.

The Griffiss Local Development Corp. Board of Directors approved an option with a Vermont-based installer of solar energy systems for a project Thursday. The firm, groSolar, is looking at about 20 acres of undeveloped land off of Perimeter Road between the Griffiss Institute building and Family Dollar warehouse.

The company also has a project in the works with the city. It intends to install nearly 10,000 solar panels in rows on about four acres at the former Tannery Road landfill.

If the company pursues a lease at Griffiss following completion of a feasibility study and other reviews like environmental and electrical grid interconnect, it will pay GLDC up to $40,000 in the first year. There would be an annual 2 percent escalator for the remainder of the 25-year lease. There’s also a five-year renewal option.

During the directors’ discussion of the option, GLDC attorney Jef Saunders recommended language covering removal of the solar panels by the company at the end of the lease and requiring a fence around the panels.

The fee for the option is $500.

GLDC staff said the electricity generated by the panels would be sold to by groSolar to customers.

The firm’s website says it has completed more than 2,000 installations nationwide, including applications atop brown fields and landfills, commercial, educational, municipal facilities, and manufacturing plants.

Solar panel farm at Griffiss proposed

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