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Entries from March 2018

A Saudi Arabian Spark to Energy (r)Evolution

March 28th, 2018 · 1 Comment

200 gigawatts of solar… Wow … Saudi Arabia and Softbank have signed a memorandum of agreement to pursue 200 gigawatts of new solar projects in Saudi Arabia over the next 10 years in what could amount to a $200 billion deal. For a little perspective, that 200 gigawatts is more solar than existed worldwide in […]

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Tags: economics · solar

When it comes to solar/wind, is it past time to stop leading with carbon savings …

March 1st, 2018 · Comments Off on When it comes to solar/wind, is it past time to stop leading with carbon savings …

For years, going solar and/or buying wind came at a financial cost in most situations. Putting aside off-grid or unreliable grid situations, people ‘went solar’ because they saw it as the right thing to do even if those electrons would end up costing them more. Solar installations were so expensive that the invariable advice, from […]

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Tags: economics · solar