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$15 DIY Solar Panels–Utility Companies Running Scared As Solar Has Groundbreaking Year (Picture, Video)
No need to ask why old technology utility companies want to drive sollar into the ground, ED
Today’s new economy is driven by industries that are characterized by cutting-edge technology and high growth. Sound familiar? Well, it should.
Remarkably, America’s solar energy industry, which continues to grow at a very brisk pace, now has more employees than tech giants Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter combined. And to top it all off, 2014 turned out to be another record-shattering year!
Simply put, when looking at America’s energy future, solar can be a real game changer, providing more
and more homes, businesses, schools and government entities across the U.S. with clean,
reliable and affordable electricity, while also helping states to meet proposed new
obligations under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. (photo: EcoWatch)GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have just released the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2014 Year in Review report, the definitive source of installation data, forecasting and policy analysis for the U.S. solar market. Newly installed solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity for the year reached a record 6,201 megawatts (MW), growing 30 percent over 2013’s total. An additional 767 MW of concentrating solar power (CSP) came on-line in the same period.
Solar accounted for one-third of our nation’s new generating capacity in 2014, beating out both wind energy and coal for the second year in a row. Only natural gas constituted a greater share of new generating capacity.
Without question, the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has helped to fuel our industry’s tremendous growth. Since the ITC was passed in 2006, more than 150,000 solar jobs have been created in America, and $66 billion has been invested in solar installations nationwide. We now have 20 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar capacity—enough to power 4 million U.S. homes—and we’re helping to reduce harmful carbon emissions by 20 million metric tons a year. By any measurement, the ITC has been a huge success for both our economy and environment.
In 2014, for the first time in history, each of the three major U.S. market segments—utility, commercial and residential—installed more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of PV.
The U.S. utility-scale segment broke the GW mark in 2011 and has since grown by nearly 1 GW annually. In 2014, 3.9 GW of utility-scale PV projects came on-line with another 14 GW of projects under contract.
The commercial segment in the U.S. also installed more than 1 GW in 2011 but has not shared the same success as the utility-scale segment. In 2014, the commercial segment installed just over 1 GW, down 6 percent from 2013. The report notes, “Many factors have contributed to this trend, ranging from tight economics to difficulty financing small commercial installations.” But GTM Research expects 2015 to be a bounce-back year for the commercial segment, highlighted by a resurgence in California. MOREHERE
they are not going to let this happen in the U.s.A. Before the utmost priviledge of having solar panels powering all of our technology they will destroy everything before you and me ever get to have a luxury like this and other beyond 21st century technology.
Solar is nice in theory but really impractical beyond the homeowner who plans on being in a location for a very extended period of time. PV cells have been quite cheap for a long time. It’s all of the other crap that goes along with it that is expensive. Even the neat focus innovation in the video will require a fair amount of extra items and the skills of a plumber and electrician for the vast majority of people.
Thorium reactors are the only available solution for our needs with current technology. It would end the need for most of the oil drilling, coal plants, and fracking. Now this is a technology being purposely ignored.
Have been solar and hydro powered for over 30 years.
In that time no advancement has been made with panels except for the bonding glue, which now lasts a lot longer.
They do not work in the dark and they don’t store power.
A generating plant needs to run at night to offset the base load.
And stupid needs to turn things off when not using.
There are better things that are not available. So they convince people this prehistoric source of power is it.
Hydro is it if you have a creek, river or other water flow. The amount of untapped kinetic energy in water flow in all countries is huge. The cheapest and cleanest of the lot by a long way.