Renewable Energy Magazine - Solar Newsletter

Wednesday, 01 June 2011 Newsletter
Solar leasing and SPPA contracts: a new asset class Solar leasing and SPPA contracts: a new asset class
Renewables finance expert, John Joshi, opens his new blog on Renewable Energy Magazine by examining Solar Lease Structures (SLS) and Solar Power Purchase Agreements (SPPA) that have developed as an alternative to the traditional financing techniques for solar in the US.
Japan
100% of new homes to be solar powered by 2030… haven't we heard that one before?
100% of new homes to be solar powered by 2030… haven
As Japan sets up an independent panel to probe into the Fukushima disaster and Tokyo Electric Power reveals that the plant’s 2 and 3 reactors also suffered a meltdown, the country's Prime Minister reannounces plans to ensure solar panels are fitted on all new homes by 2030.
Challenges of using ‘variable’ renewables are surmountable, new IEA book says
A new book from the International Energy Agency (IEA), “Harnessing Variable Renewables: a Guide to the Balancing Challenge,” that there is a greater technical potential for balancing variable renewable energy output than is commonly assumed. That conclusion is based on case studies of eight geographic regions with sharply different power attributes.
PV

United States
North Carolina firm wins contract to create largest solar farm in Southeast

Norway
REC reducing production in the face of flagging market conditions

Germany
Opel to manufacture using solar power from largest rooftop solar system

Solar Impulse boosted by first international flight

Solar Thermal Electric

Spain
“World’s first” commercial-scale CSP plant with central tower receiver and thermal storage commissioned

US
Finalists announced for the CSP Today US Awards 2011

Spain
Sener develops new innovations in thermal storage for solar thermal plants

Panorama

Will the Fukushima disaster spark growth in sustainable energy investments?

Middle East
Abu Dhabi’s Masdar has $5 billion in solar, wind power projects

Agenda

Solar Investment Forum

Barcelona Global Energy Challenges


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