GLG News by Solar Panel Installers

Headlines and feature articles focus on more fuel-efficient cars, like hybrids, and increased public transit and bicycle usage.  But the fundamental trend in the US, as borne by this US Census Bureau report, is that American drivers remain adhered to going solo.  Combined with...

Hydrogen fuel remains a tantalizing medium for providing power and heat (remember it's not an energy source, but stored energy), but what energy sources will provide this fuel?  Will it be extracted from nonrenewable hydrocarbons like coal,  or will renewable wind or solar power split water...

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...

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.