solar industry Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:17:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Renewable Energy Production on the Downswing in Europe https://www.greenoptimistic.com/renewable-energy-production-on-the-downswing-in-europe-20130610/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/renewable-energy-production-on-the-downswing-in-europe-20130610/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:17:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38243 European energy policy is in dire straits. The fact that Spain is in the process of cutting subsidies for renewable energy production points to the slow decline of green initiatives in Europe. The European solar industry grew too big too quickly thanks to a plethora of start-up grants and subsidies during the 2000s. EU energy […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/renewable-energy-production-on-the-downswing-in-europe-20130610/feed/ 0 38243 International Solar Manufacturers Against EU’s Tariffs For Chinese Imports https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-manufacturers-eu-chinese-imports-20130412/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-manufacturers-eu-chinese-imports-20130412/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:28:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36190 Over 1000 international solar manufacturing companies have submitted a joint complaint to the European Commission urging them not to continue with their plan to impose tariffs on solar panels imported from China. It is hugely speculated that after launching an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against unfair subsidies for Chinese solar makers, EU will now follow […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-manufacturers-eu-chinese-imports-20130412/feed/ 0 36190 German Solar Power Production Costs Could Beat Fossil Fuels by 2020 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/german-solar-power-prices-20101103/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/german-solar-power-prices-20101103/#respond Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:18:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11616 Germany's solar power subsidies still fascinate and amaze me. The same goes with the well-known German exactness, which has calculated that the price solar power in their country is estimated to outweigh the price of coal and fossil-derived energy.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/german-solar-power-prices-20101103/feed/ 0 11616 Sanyo Develops Flexible Solar Cell That's Thinner Than Human Hair https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sanyo-develops-flexible-solar-cell-thats-thinner-than-human-hair-20091127/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sanyo-develops-flexible-solar-cell-thats-thinner-than-human-hair-20091127/#respond Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5530 After announcing the company's plan to become Japan's largest solar manufacturer and one of the top players in the domestic solar industry, Sanyo claimed that it has developed a new type of flexible solar cell that is thinner than a human hair.

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