Given George Shultz’s “driving on sunshine” line (about solar-charged Leaf) maybe someone can get permission to record a revamped version of “I’m Walking on Sunshine”!
World Environment Day kicks off in Manila with startup of largest rooftop PV array in Philippines, atop Asian Development Bank. Illustrates challenge of this technology. Said to provide 613 megawatt/hours per year. About equivalent of 250 Philippine homes, or 25 American homes. Dr Zhengrong Shi of Suntech in the house.
German Solar Troubles
Headline roundup distributed by Benny Peiser:
1) German Solar Industry Faces Bankruptcy - Bloomberg, 14 December 2011
2) German Blood-Letting Will Kill More Green Subsidy Farms - Reuters, 14 December 2011
3) Back To Black: German Solar Firms Go From Boom To Bust - Reuters, 15 December 2011
4) The Truth About Durban: EU Carbon Price Plunges To Record Low - Reuters, 14 December 2011
5) Terence Corcoran: Collapse Of The Green-Energy Bubble - Financial Post, 15 December 2011
6) Matt Ridley: Chris Huhne, The Anti-Energy Secretary - City A.M., 15 December 2011
"I have never seen anything..in my 20 years in the power industry that involved less risk.. It is just filling the desert with panels."
— NRG’s chief executive, David W. Crane, quoted in @nytimes story on the subsidy rush in renewables.
Head teacher uses cellphone to turn on the solar light at Uganda school. Listen to the kids. Shared Solar is a neat experiment!
Romm Helps Clarify Value, and Limits, of Solar
Good to seee Joe Romm correct some of the hype in gushy solar-industry comparisons of solar installation to nuclear plant output, and highlight the utility of photovoltaics as a way to survive summer peaks in electricity demand:
