It hasn’t happened yet, but it’s a distinct possibility: in a recent report, analysts have predicted that China’s solar market will experience a glut in late 2009. In light of the sky-high prices of imported polysilicon, Chinese manufacturers such as LDK Solar and Suntech (Suntech is China’s largest solar cell producer, and the world’s [...]

With the credit crunch exploding into full-on crisis mode, it has been a busy (and expensive) week for Congress. Most of the attention has fallen on the Fed’s plan to have the federal government buy up distressed mortgage-backed securities in the hope of avoiding broader failures in the financial system. Amid the ensuing hullabaloo, lawmakers’ [...]

While solar power has proven to be profitable and easily adopted in developed nations, it is also one of the renewable energies most suitable for the developing world. Countries such as India, Brazil, and Nigeria, where sunlight is plentiful and the costs of climate change are likely to be high, are well suited to adopting [...]

In the face of 391 power outages in its main power lines during the first half of 2008 and an estimated national energy shortage of 1,000 to 2,000 megawatts, Venezuela is expanding its energy production with various renewable energy projects, one of which incorporates solar.

Through its Energy Revolution Mission, the South American nation has [...]

The financial market’s turbulent week is certainly going to have an impact upon the energy sector, and we will get to that soon. Right now the main line of journalists and financial analysts are focusing on the extent and nature of the troubles with a focus on New York financial circles, but the shock waves [...]

As recent years have shown, social entrepreneurship in the developing world doesn’t have to come from philanthropic behemoths such as Google or Microsoft—they can start right at home in the grassy steppes, rainy jungles or dusty cities. Case in point: Sunlabob’s solar initiative in Laos, which has brought solar lanterns, panels and even entire [...]

It appears as if the solar tax credit may not be doomed, after all. The Wall Street Journal reports that a bi-partisan effort is underway to push the credit in as part of a wider suite of legislation.
This credit is crucial to nurturing the solar industry and allowing it to strengthen and expand itself enough [...]

How does a solar panel system really work? A guide for the layman and beginner.

Let us rejoice as India cements the beginning of a (hopefully) long relationship with solar with plans for its first polysilicon solar project, its largest solar thermal plant and the world’s largest solar farm. Not bad for a country just recently getting into the game—and perhaps expected, for a country with a potential generation capacity [...]

It’s evident Florida lawmakers and regulators are taking steps to ensure that the Sunshine State lives up to its nickname. As reported by the Miami Herald, the Public Service Commission (PSC) will increase the rate paid to owners of renewable-energy systems. At issue is net metering, the process by which excess electricity from such systems—called [...]