Residential Solar Power News
While the United States isn’t reaching its solar power potential, new information from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association makes it clear that over the past year growth has been substantial worldwide. In 2009, stymied by floundering economies, the growth of solar panel capacity was 7.2 gigawatts (GW). However, 2010 brought lower solar panel prices and [...]
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Forget tax credits. Forget rebates. Forget renewable energy standards. It is feed-in tariffs (FITs) that are really driving the global solar market. According to a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, FITs are responsible for 75 percent of global solar panel installations.
“A Policymaker’s Guide to Feed-In Tariff Policy Design” found that FITs are the [...]