Renewable Energy Blog

We could be headed for a solar power renaissance as costs keep dropping Politicians and lobbying groups still regularly dismiss the science of climate change and efforts to increase the use of cleaner forms of energy like wind and solar. However, any opposition to the...

In Its Largest Quarter Ever, U.S. Solar Market Saw Nearly 2 MW of PV Installed Per Hour in Q3 2016 The United States solar market just shattered all previous quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) installation records. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy...

Economics to Keep Wind and Solar Energy Thriving On the plains of West Texas, new wind farms can be built for just $22 per megawatt-hour. In the Arizona and Nevada deserts, solar projects are less than $40 per megawatt-hour. Compare those figures with the U.S. average...

Renewable energy to hit 9 percent of U.S. total in 2017 U.S. renewable-energy generating capacity is not only growing, but it is beginning to erode coal's share of the electricity-generating mix, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The...

Community solar ‘most significant’ growth market in US A new option for corporations interested in fueling their operations with clean energy is arising: community-scale solar. An insight brief (PDF) from RMI’s Shine initiative, which aspires to aggressively...

North American pipeline hits 62 GW                                                    The North American solar market has developed a non-residential PV pipeline of over 62 GWdc, representing over 4,000 individual projects. The vast majority of this capacity is under...

Here’s Where Utility-Scale Solar Is Thriving in the United States According to GTM Research’s Utility PV Market Tracker, as of August 2016, there are 11 states with 500 megawatts or more of PV projects in development and a total of 20 states with 200 megawatts or more...

Community Solar Offers Alternative That Utilities Like ….. If rooftop solar is the clean-energy threat to utilities, then community solar farms are the middle ground traditional power companies can live with. Both produce electricity that utilities are required to buy...

Solar Industry Experiences Record-Breaking Growth It seems like clockwork at this point. With each new Solar Market Insight (SMI) report, the solar industry sees more historic growth and this new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association...