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In India, Solar Power As Cheap As Oil in 2 Years

Annika Tostengard — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:00:24 +0000

According to the India Ratings and Research group (Ind-Ra), within two to three years the country’s citizens will be able to enjoy cheap solar. The group credits the dropping cost of producing solar power, which in turn will motivate more people to go solar and drop the price even further. The price of solar photovoltaics has dropped […]

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Top 5 Solar Technologies That Save Lives Around the World

Mila Luleva — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:22:42 +0000

For most people in the Western world, solar power is seen as the alternative method for energy generation that many choose because it is clean, efficient and could save money in a long run. However, millions around the world do not have the comfort of having this choice, and they solely rely on solar technologies […]

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2012 Best Year for US Solar Power, Linked to Inexpensive Panels

Benji Jerew — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:07:11 +0000

Last year was an all-time high for US solar power, placing highest globally for the first time. In the last few years, the US market for photovoltaic panels has been around 5% to 7%, but 2012 saw an increase of 76% over 2011, bumping the US solar power market share over 10% globally. Solar Energy […]

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V3Solar Spin Cells: Solar Power at Its Cheapest

Mila Luleva — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:49:13 +0000

Electricity generated from solar cells has been the subject of debate for quite some time now. As clean and as environmentally friendly it can be, its price has presented a limitation. CleanTechnica released an exclusive article this week, showing the latest technology in the solar field. The V3Solar Spin Cell could be just the solution […]

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Solar Panel System: How to Build a Cheap One

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:20:18 +0000

A cheap solar panel system will forever be the best solution to expensive electric bills. Solar cells are getting cheaper each year. While you could pay up to $10,000 for an off-the-shelf installation and could cover the system’s price in just over 10 years, it’s still better and more educational to make one yourself. Let’s face it: […]

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Roger Angel: The Astronomer Who Will Probably Change Solar Power as We Know It

Mike Sandru — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:17:22 +0000

The challenge with solar energy is to figure out how to make it cheap and so everybody in the industry takes his shot. It’s also the case with astronomer Roger Angel, who put the basis of REhnu Company and is now asserting that the big new solar collector he plans to build will bring down […]

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Solar Power Made Cheaper with ArrayPower's Individual Inverters

Mike Sandru — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:51:45 +0000

ArrayPower’s claim that is has produced a “sequenced inverter” design should be met with utter joy and a round of applause, since it’s exactly the kind of improvement the solar industry expected. Why? Because it reduces the cost of solar power by 10% and significantly boosts the efficiency of solar panels. How does it do […]

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Arab Oil Prince Fears Rising Gas Prices, GE Forecasts Dawn of Solar Power

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 30 May 2011 07:21:28 +0000

If you haven't been watching the news for the past few years, there's a war going on in the world of energy. While Arab Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, the 19th richest person in the world and one of the ones who make a huge profit from oil, said to CNN he's worried about the prices of oil going up, Mark M. Little from GE tells Bloomberg that in 3 to 5 years we'll be able to produce electricity from solar panels for as little as 15 cents/kW, far less than by using oil.

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