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The Plunging Cost of Solar PV
The plunging cost of solar PV from the end of 2008 to the start of 2012 has been well documented. It amounted to a fall of around 70 per cent. What is less well understood is that the price of solar modules continues to fall dramatically. ...
Unsubsidized Grid Parity Reached in India
Deutsche Bank just released new analyses concluding that global solar market will become sustainable on its own terms by the end of 2014, no longer needing subsidies to continue performing. _______________________ LEARN MORE Learn more about energywhiz....
Billion Dollar Breakthrough in Solar Efficiency?
For years, scientists have studied the potential benefits of a new branch of solar energy technology that relies on nanosized antenna arrays theoretically capable of harvesting more than 70 percent of the sun’s electromagnetic radiation and simultaneously converting...
Spinning Conical Solar Cells – 8 cents per KW?
The average cost of electricity in the US is about 12 cents per kWh. The asserted cost of V3Solar’s Spin Cell is quoted by the company as being 8 cents per kWh! A 3rd-party solar specialist has apparently verified the cost projection, and his technical review is...
Graphene Supercapacitors
The UCLA researchers have developed a groundbreaking technique that uses a DVD burner to fabricate micro-scale graphene-based supercapacitors — devices that can charge and discharge a hundred to a thousand times faster than standard batteries. These...
What 4 Global Trends Will Drive 21st Century Investing?
2nd in a series of excerpts from the book The HIP Investor (John Wiley & Sons, 2010). See other articles in the series here. Human, social and environmental challenges surround us. In recent years, many capitalists have treated these seemingly intractable issues...