Sentences with phrase «of new solar capacity»

And then there's the global picture, and records broken in terms of new solar capacity and new investment.

By contrast, a total of 481 megawatts of new solar capacity was installed in the United States last year, mostly from thousands of rooftop solar arrays, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group.

Calculations based on these assumptions result in a combined total estimation of between 46 GW and 50 GW of new solar capacity for 2018.

The results for 2008 shouldn't be too much of a surprise: the most solar integrated utility was Northern California's PG&E, its 85 MW of new solar capacity blowing the competition out of the water — those 85 MW were over 44 % of the total field.

India's impressive 2016 for solar showed no signs of slowing down in the year's final month, with data from market analysts Mercom Capital Group revealing that more than 1.7 GW of new solar capacity was tendered in December.

The entire 100 MW of new solar capacity is expected to be brought online towards the end of fiscal year 2017, with both Adani and Azure developing the projects on a build - own - operate basis for SECI, which has signed a 25 - year fixed PPA for this new solar capacity.

Accounting for the majority of the new solar capacity offered was the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), the government's sanctioned solar division that is the driving force behind a push to build 1 GW of rooftop solar PV atop government buildings nationwide.

Data from the analysts reveals that a total of 1,776 MW of new solar capacity was tendered in the final month of 2016, with the Solar Energy Corporation of India responsible for more than 1 GW.

One hundred gigawatts of new solar capacity will cost in the trillions of rupees, requiring both higher electricity rates and massive funding from the central government.

In 2017, the world will add about 80 gigawatts of new solar capacity.

State solar investment at affordable housing is expected to accelerate drastically thanks to the passage of Assembly Bill 693 (Eggman, 2015), which commits to a goal of installing at least 300 MW of new solar capacity on affordable housing, and allocates up to $ 1 billion over the next decade to do so.

In fact, of the 6 GW of new solar capacity added in the US during 2014, 63 % of it came from utility - scale plants.

«In a record - breaking year for renewable energy creation worldwide, the 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity was higher than all other technologies, including other renewables, nuclear and fossil fuels.»

Admitting that the U.S. is the «laggard» in solar, Eckhart said he believes the country will catch up to the current market leader, Germany, which had 2000 MW of new solar capacity installed in 2009.

Record amounts of new solar capacity have been installed over the past two years.

This year, experts forecast that solar companies will install 73 gigawatts of new solar capacity, up from 51 gigawatts in 2015.

Not exact matches

The world added more solar power capacity than any other type of energy in 2017, outpacing all fossil fuels, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

China alone has a target of building 49 gigawatts of new capacity between now and 2020, Agence France - Presse reports, roughly equalling the world's current installed solar capacity.

Looking ahead to 2040, China is forecast to capture more than 40 percent of the world EV market, according to a recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), as well as nearly 30 percent of total new wind, solar and nuclear capacity additions.

The new facility is expected to First Solar's total capacity to 7.6 GW by the end of 2020.

Wind and solar dominated new electric capacity commissioned in the first three months of 2018 — even before you count behind - the - meter installations.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; cancelation of utility - scale feed - in - tariff contracts in Japan; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

First Solar's manufacturing capacity is currently sold out through the middle of 2020, taking into account its new facilities.

Altogether, this means that with both its current Series 4 and the new Series 6, First Solar expects to have around 3 GW of annual capacity in 2018, 5 GW in 2019 and 5.7 GW in 2020.

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

And in just the first nine months of 2015, solar accounted for 31 percent of all new electric generating capacity.

Praise for a «level of predictability» Market projections from SEIA and partner GTM Research indicate the U.S. solar market will add roughly 72 gigawatts of new capacity between 2016 and 2020, pushing the country's net solar capacity to more than 100 GW, or roughly 3.5 percent of all electricity produced in the United States.

According to the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation, only China exceeded Japan over the last 12 months in adding new solar capacity, with much of the new generation coming from rooftop solar systems.

The authors say that as energy storage density improves — and with their work it is now approaching the capacity of lithium batteries — applications for the new technology include such possibilities as solar pads that collect energy from the sun by day, then store it for heating food, living spaces, clothing or blankets at night.

So this research has set out «to analyse the capacity new materials have to absorb solar energy as well as to seek appropriate strategies to move from the lab to actual operations,» pointed out Ikerne Etxebarria, a researcher of the UPV / EHU and IK4 - Ikerlan.

Just since last year, nearly 700 MW of new solar thermal capacity came online with the completion of three large power plants in the Southwest.

The dynamics of solar processes can be captured on shorter time scales, and the improved light - gathering capacity of the new telescopes allows us to extract more information from spectral lines with higher fidelity and accuracy, especially with respect to magnetic field measurements.

And yes central power will be another piece (nuclear is great for baseload power... it operates at 90 % capacity factors even if the price of building a new plant has risen by 130 % since 2000) Centralized wind and solar will mature but then there's the transmission issue...

643 SecularA said,» when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.»

By the time that new nuclear power plants can even begin to generate any «carbon free» electricity, we can build and deploy hundreds of gigawatts of wind and solar generating capacity — and that's with today's mainstream, already commercialized technology, let alone the innovations like thin - film solar that are just beginning to enter the market.

Now, some readers will think this is far - fetched, but I think that in the not - too - distant future the day will come when 100 percent of new electricity generation capacity added to the USA's electric grid is wind and solar.

Despite difficult financial circumstances, the global solar industry added additional capacity of 6.4 gigawatts in 2009, according to a new assessment by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association.

PV Magazine reports that NREL's new analysis of the technical potential of solar photovoltaics and concentrating solar power in the US places the total amount that can be installed just under 200,000 GW, capable of generating just under 400,000 Terawatt - hours annually — hugely exceeding the electricity generating capacity of the US for 2010 of 4,125 TWh.

[D] espite additions of substantial wind, solar, and nuclear capacity, when properly adjusted for capacity factor (the amount of annual energy produced per unit of capacity) to reflect production capability, the amount of new coal energy added to the China grid last year exceeded new solar energy by 17 times, new wind energy by more than 4 times, and even new hydro by more than 3 times.

In total, nearly 1,900 MW of new utility - scale solar capacity was added, bringing the state's utility - scale capacity for all solar technologies to 5,400 MW by the end of 2014.

The capacity of new solar panel installations last year increased 95 percent compared to 2015, the Research and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced Tuesolar panel installations last year increased 95 percent compared to 2015, the Research and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced TueSolar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced Tuesday.

Touting a recent report showing North Carolina led all states in new capacity in the first quarter of this year, Duke has denied intentionally trying to delay solar construction.

Reposting this big news from Solar Love: Herman Trabish of Greentech Media has happened across a pretty interesting find — 97 % of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012...

The new design reduces the total solar capacity of the project from 440 MW to 392 MW (a loss of 48 MW).

An IER study shows that the levelized cost [vii] of new wind capacity is 2.7 times more expensive than the levelized cost of existing coal - fired capacity and the levelized cost of new solar photovoltaic capacity is 3.5 times as expensive as the levelized cost of existing coal - fired capacity.

Herman Trabish of Greentech Media has happened across a pretty interesting find — 97 % of new electricity generation capacity in line to be added to the California grid in the second half (2H) of 2012 is from solar power projects.

First Solar's manufacturing capacity is currently sold out through the middle of 2020, taking into account its new facilities.

The benefit for a 5 kilowatt home system of the 30 % Federal Investment Tax Credit, combined with a 25 - year life and New Jersey's residential capacity factor of 13.5 %, implies a subsidy of $ 33 per megawatt - hour over the life of the system, based on estimates from a solar rooftop vendor.