GLG News by Renewable Energy Experts in GLG Member Programs

Germany has been the PV powerhouse of the world as of late in production as well as installation. But declining feed in tariff rates are putting the squeeze on markets and margins.  Getting product from China and shipping more expensive domestically produced goods to North America may become an...

Retired admirals and generals state that climate change is a security risk that should be treated seriously before it requires military actions. The report was published few days before George Bush presented his plan and left for Europe for negotiations in G8 where both climate change, the situation...

Guess who signed the Kyoto Protocol for Germany in 1997 and took a 21% CO2 reduction target  as its contribution to the EUs overall 8% target? She is chairing the G8 Summit, so George Bush had to bring something with him. Chancellor Angela Merkel has a professional background in physics and chemistry...

Europeans are different from Americans in their tendency to avoid bluster and defiant guzzling in the face of an energy crisis.  Rather, they negotiate while developing more serious alternatives, especially in renewable energy.  One of those alternatives, solar thermal, has been flying under...

Texas is the number one wind power state in the US.  Its present inventory of over 3,000 MW can grow exponentially if there were major transmission access to the wind-rich West Panhandle.  The announcement by an FPL Energy unit could make this a near term reality.

The latest Roper poll shows that American want solar systems on new homes by an overwhelming margin.  But what is the realistic market to be expected when it comes time to actually sell a solar home?  And what are the steps necessary to achieve this market?

Solar photovoltaic needs to decline in price, while not doing such so drastically as to affect profitability.  One gauge of price watching, the Solarbuzz index, shows that US prices may have joined the Europeans in panels getting cheaper, although at a slow rate.

Sooner or later, market forces will have its effect, if allowed to work.  This is so even for the American love (or is becoming love-hate?) affair with driving more and more miles.  Is the leveling milage of American vehicle driving a blip or the start of a long term trend?

The growth rate of the global wind power market has slowly declined as the industry gets larger.  Europe, the first market, is already running low on land-based sites in the northern part of the continent.  New territories like deep water offshore sites are needed to continue industrial...

North and South Dakota have enormous wind power potential, which has not realized due to passive state policy and transmission issues.  But that may be changing with Xcel's announcement of developing a 200 Megawatt wind farm in North Dakota.