Sentences with phrase «solar generation business»

It is one of the largest providers of capital to U.S. companies that distribute solar generation business.

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Chicago - based Intelligent Generation, one of the startups the Smart Grid cluster supported, has created a software program that connects to the hardware of the electric grid and allows a home or business to capture solar energy, store the energy in batteries and release it to the grid when needed.

Building on its BP Solar business — which BP expects to hit revenues of $ 1 billion in 2008 — BP Alternative Energy manages an investment program in solar, wind, hydrogen and combined cycle gas turbine power generation, which the company predicts could amount to $ 8 billion over the next 10 ySolar business — which BP expects to hit revenues of $ 1 billion in 2008 — BP Alternative Energy manages an investment program in solar, wind, hydrogen and combined cycle gas turbine power generation, which the company predicts could amount to $ 8 billion over the next 10 ysolar, wind, hydrogen and combined cycle gas turbine power generation, which the company predicts could amount to $ 8 billion over the next 10 years.

Today, renewable energy resources like wind and solar power are so affordable that they're driving coal production and coal - fired generation out of business.

In January 2013, EEI published a playbook detailing how distributed solar energy generation is a threat to the utility industry's business model which in large part relies on large, costly fossil fuel power plants.

«In the project Solar Poland you will find farms that are committed to the production of fine foods (organic and traditional) as well as to taking a caring attitude to the environment, through maximizing the economic and ecological use of renewable energy sources in their homes and businesses... By staying at a Solar Poland farmhouse you will play your part in supporting a clean and green future — helping to make Polish countryside an even more pleasant environment for us and for future generations.»

«IKEA Group investments into wind and solar energy generation contribute to the shift to a low carbon economy, and from a business perspective, help to secure our future as we become energy independent.

And in the past few weeks, investment banks such as UBS, along with Macquarie Group and Deutsche Bank have all noted how the solar industry is reframing energy markets in Europe, and beyond, and turning once profitable coal and gas fired generators into marginal businesses, and forcing many to close or to embrace a more rapid change to renewables and distributed generation.

Within the electric sector, fee avoidance options include energy efficiency, installing solar energy or some form of carbon - free distributed generation on your home or business, subscribing a community solar project, or signing up for a competitive supplier option that procures high levels of renewable energy credits (RECs) or procures clean energy directly through a long - term contract.

The draft CES came in for withering criticism from the solar industry, environmentalists, and renewable power experts because it called for capping the kind of solar power known as distributed or behind - the - meter generation — that's what people and businesses put on their roofs — at about 20 megawatts a year.

However, it does rate highly when it comes to the amount of solar power generation capacity installed statewide (third in the nation), as well as the energy cost savings residents and businesses can and are realizing from solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.

Community solar projects provide American homeowners, renters and businesses access to the benefits of solar energy generation unconstrained by the physical attributes of their home or business, like roof space, shading, or whether or not they own their residence or building.

IKEA Group investments into wind and solar energy generation contribute to the shift to a low - carbon economy, and from a business perspective, help to secure our future as we become energy independent.»

The Model: At the entrepreneur level, Empower Generation provides training, access to capital, and brand marketing support to women who independently own solar sales businesses.

There's a 20 - year contract in place to buy the solar - generated power for 13.9 cents per kilowatt hour — in effect, Tesla is now in the power generation business.

Experts believe small - scale energy generation can help in the push for more renewable energy with businesses, communities, schools and homes playing their part by installing items like solar panels for heating, biomass boilers and combined heat and power supplies.

France - based Total is the first oil supermajor aggressively to enter new areas of business including solar plus storage and distributed generation, notes Lux Research in a new report: «Superpower Darwinism: What Big Oil Can and Can not Do About Total's Billion - Dollar Battery Move.»

EEI identified distributed generation such as residential solar power as the biggest near - term threat to the utility industry «s business model in a January report entitled «Disruptive Challenges.»

ALEC's new model bill targeting net metering (and distributed energy) may also be the first assault of EEI's long - term strategy to address business competition from distributed energy generation like solar.

SolarCity is banking on a «microgrid - as - a-service» scheme that will integrate solar arrays and Tesla batteries with management software to provide demand response and smooth generation peaks and troughs, but whether that and other business models will work remains an open question.

Ausra has had a bit of a roller - coaster ride as a business, starting in Australia but relocating to California to produce its solar thermal electric - generation technology, and going from darling of the solar power plant industry to... well, this.

Regen looked closely at the business case for co-locating storage with generation, and speakers at the launch event said one of the main advantages was that solar farms have existing grid connections, potentially saving developers a big cost to connect.

Multiple units can be stacked for more water generation capacity for larger homes or businesses, but the solar thermal units aren't included in the purchase price either, so that will need to be figured in as an additional cost.

Of course, as I noted in January when I wrote that solar was the # 2 source of new US generation capacity in 2013, this only includes large projects, not the thousands of homes and businesses that have been putting solar panels on their roofs.

The traditional regulated utility business model allows for generation and distribution, but as more grid - connected rooftop solar (and other Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) sources) come on line, the utility will not be getting as much revenue for generation, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribugeneration and distribution, but as more grid - connected rooftop solar (and other Distributed Energy Generation (DEG) sources) come on line, the utility will not be getting as much revenue for generation, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribuGeneration (DEG) sources) come on line, the utility will not be getting as much revenue for generation, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribugeneration, yet still has to maintain and upgrade on the grid distribution side.

In fact, according to California Distributed Generation Statistics, a state - run site, it has 703,133 distributed solar projects (like a rooftop solar installation), generating 5,637 megawatts (MW) of power for homes and businesses.

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Looop leverages its know - how in the solar power generation field to procure residual power at dramatically lower prices than the market average and will supply it to this new mining business.

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Solar energy generation is quickly becoming a mainstream business.