The US Department of Energy has targeted 2030 as the date to which 20% of all electricity consumed in the US will come from wind. Texas managed 6,223 megawatts from wind on a day in October when demand load was 35,000 (17.78%). Earlier that day (3am to be exact), wind produced 25% of ERCOT’s demand, according to [...]
While the world stops and watches the Copenhagen meetings, I find some stats that CNBC is reporting as very interesting from a capital investment perspective: $451 million in private equity deals flowed into the solar sector in the third quarter of 2009, with service companies getting more attention than manufacturing or research-oriented ones. That investment [...]
Lowe’s announced last week that it would start selling PV panels in California and nationwide in 2010. They are obviously for home use but it is interesting nonetheless. They also mention that you can special order a wind turbine soon.
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