GLG News by Solar Panel Manufacturing Experts

China's announcement of a $265 billion investment in renewable energy is a welcome sign for the clean power industries.  But the bulk of that investment will go toward hydropower.  The wind power market will be getting a relatively small portion, and solar will have to content itself with...

The European Union looks like it will come close to their goal of generating 21% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2010.  This achievement comes despite environmental issues like higher than expected temperatures, which may in fact spur continued action.  This growth bodes well...

There are over 12,000 megawatts (MW) of wind powered installations in the US, with many thousands more MW being built or in active planning.  The US potential can be hundreds of thousands of MW, resulting in tens of billions of dollars of annual revenue, and a significant reduction in...

A national Renewable Portfolio Standard is an admirable goal, and one I personally support.  But, my more jaundiced eye sees the RPS not working well or at all due to the inherent federal, state-based nature of our power system, except where it crosses state lines, and even then, it will be...

Conergy AG is the world leader in integrating, or installing solar electric (photovoltaic) systems.  They have branched out from PV and Germany, diversifying their operating markets and employing other renewable energy technologies.  Their business model has been successful in reducing the...

While the headlines and most investors focus on solar electricity, or photovoltaic power, solar thermal systems continue the strong growth in markets like Europe.  Simpler technology and higher energy conversion capability makes this a major energy saver, as well as another growing industry in...

PepsiCo's acquisition of renewable energy certificates ("REC's" or "green tags") may be a sign that another big corporation is getting serious about reducing pollution or long-term energy costs.  Or it can just be public relations fluff for a corporation used to spending huge amounts of money for...

American consumers have demonstrated great resilience in absorbing higher gasoline costs, whether in trade off of expenses, deferments or going further into debt.  It may be a function of overall energy costs exceeding a certain percentage of household incomes.

The bias in our present way of doing things is a snapshot mentality that if something doesn't work the way it is supposed to right now, we tend to discard it.  Thus a report like Greenpeace's premise that renewable energy can be cheaper than non-renewables is discounted, because, after all, it...

New federal energy legislation that will promote greater efficiency and less pollution will be extremely difficult to enact because of the political, geographic and social complexity of the United States.  Even if this legislation is enacted into law, the effect will be slow in forthcoming because...