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Business Pulse
Canada’s solar industry hasn’t fully recovered since the Ontario feed-in tariff, but there are signs of renewed optimism
The biggest issue that the Canadian industry currently faces is talent acquisition.
Business Pulse
There’s a big limitation to the long-term performance of most new 600+ watt panels manufactured and installed these days
Increasing the overall output of your solar system has one fundamental limitation: mounting.
Studies and Modelling
New study quantifies, for the first time, the historical and future cost savings to the solar industry from globalized supply chains
The study builds on a 2019 paper published by Helveston in the journal Science.
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News
General Motors (GM) said it has secured the renewable energy it needs to power all of its U.S. facilities by 2025—there is a “but!”
In early 2021, GM moved up its all-renewables target date to 2030, then advanced that goal by five years this week.
Report and Analysis
Led by solar and wind, U.S. electrical generation by renewables over the past year has grown by 17.5%, according to data just released by the EIA
Year-to-date, renewables have provided 23.3% of total U.S. electrical generation compared to 20.6% a year earlier.
Studies and Modelling
Researchers have determined that moving solar arrays farther apart from each other can have benefits both in economics and efficiency
The research could be relevant for agrivoltaics, in which crops are planted adjacent to or below solar panels.
