Germany sets new solar power record, ins ute says

[TDMVPDPOY]

like i said this sort of the stuff doesnt work out for the govt, cause they want a share of the pie in it with the energy companies....if everyone goes green with systems installed and feed back into the grid, they are forcing these producers/suppliers into becoming buyers of the consumer generated market....no wonder why each year you keep on hearing about the buy-back price of electricity feed into the grid is going decreasing for the consumer, that there is no cost/benefit margin returns.....

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More Solar Power in TX Could Save Consumers Over $520 Million, New Study Finds

A new report released today analyzed how much electricity prices for Texas consumers would have been reduced in the summer of 2011 by adding solar capacity to the Texas electricity market. In total, it found potential savings of over $520 million for state electricity consumers.

Additionally, the study found that additional solar capacity would help considerably to reduce growing blackout threats in the state.

The key findings of the report are that “adding photovoltaic solar to the Texas electricity grid in the summer of 2011 could have saved customers an average of $155 to $281 per megawatt hour (MWh) and that avoiding fuel, operations and maintenance costs associated with fossil fuels plans could have saved customers an additional $52 per MWh. Taken together, the total customer benefits of adding solar PV to the Texas grid was valued at more than $520 million.”

Aside from electricity prices, a major concern facing Texas residents this year is that Texas electricity reserves have fallen below targets and will, thus, challenge operations this summer

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/19/...=Google+Reader

So much of south + west half TX is sun-drenched and wind-blown wasteland, a huge, renewable energy resource.

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Could California Save 30% or More on Solar Power?

The Golden State has covered over 50,000 roofs with solar PV in the past decade, but could it also save 30% or more on its current solar costs? Renewable energy guru Paul Gipe wrote up a study last month that found that Californians pay much more per kilowatt-hour of solar power than Germans do (accounting for the difference in the solar resource). The following chart outlines the various ways Californians pay for solar, compared to the Germans



Switching energy policies could save ratepayers billions.

A 24-cent CLEAN contract price for California solar (to match the German contract) would replace the entire slate of existing solar incentives with an overall average cost 30% lower than the current combined incentives. If 2011 is a banner year and the state sees 1 gigawatt (GW) of installed capacity, the savings to ratepayers of a CLEAN program (over 20 years) would be nearly $3 billion.

If the CLEAN price were adjusted down to assume that projects could use the federal tax credit, then California could set the contract price as low as 18.5 cents per kWh, 5 cents less than is currently paid by California ratepayers (although requiring projects to use tax credits has significant liabilities).

Several states and municipal utilities (Vermont; Hawaii; Gainesville, FL; and San Antonio, TX) have already shifted to this simple, comprehensive policy, with promising early results. Californians should consider whether holding to an outdated and complicated energy policy is worth paying billions of dollars extra for solar power.

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/09/14/...n-solar-power/

[Wild Cobra]

More Solar Power in TX Could Save Consumers Over $520 Million, New Study Finds

A new report released today analyzed how much electricity prices for Texas consumers would have been reduced in the summer of 2011 by adding solar capacity to the Texas electricity market. In total, it found potential savings of over $520 million for state electricity consumers.

Additionally, the study found that additional solar capacity would help considerably to reduce growing blackout threats in the state.

The key findings of the report are that “adding photovoltaic solar to the Texas electricity grid in the summer of 2011 could have saved customers an average of $155 to $281 per megawatt hour (MWh) and that avoiding fuel, operations and maintenance costs associated with fossil fuels plans could have saved customers an additional $52 per MWh. Taken together, the total customer benefits of adding solar PV to the Texas grid was valued at more than $520 million.”

Aside from electricity prices, a major concern facing Texas residents this year is that Texas electricity reserves have fallen below targets and will, thus, challenge operations this summer

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/06/19/...=Google+Reader

So much of south + west half TX is sun-drenched and wind-blown wasteland, a huge, renewable energy resource.

How much of the price is subsidized by the other 49 states?

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How much of the price is subsidized by the other 49 states?

Why are you against tax/govt policy guiding clean, renewable energy, but love/are indifferent to $100Bs tax expenditures to dirty, carbon energy?

[Wild Cobra]

Why are you against tax/govt policy guiding clean, renewable energy, but love/are indifferent to $100Bs tax expenditures to dirty, carbon energy?

I don't think you understand the difference. Why should I waste my time trying to explain?

How about first, showing me you know the proper definition of "subsidy." If you can, I may entertain trying to explain my thoughts to you.

[Drachen]

This looks pretty cool, this will capture the infared rays while still converting all visible light.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/a...nfrared-light/

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I don't think you understand the difference. Why should I waste my time trying to explain?

How about first, showing me you know the proper definition of "subsidy." If you can, I may entertain trying to explain my thoughts to you.

so now you're playing dumb about "subsidy". How about just giving taxpayer money away to oilcos by not or under collecting lease money, accelarated depreciation for all kinds of , etc, etc, etc. And then indebting taxpayers by invading Iraq to secure UK/US access to oil.



http://priceofoil.org/fossil-fuel-subsidies/

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This looks pretty cool, this will capture the infared rays while still converting all visible light.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/a...nfrared-light/

yep, capturing energy in IR and UV ranges would be awesome.

And they need to research how to make the panels less sensitive to heat. Hotter the panel means less output. Is why panels work even on cloudy or hazy days.

Too bad we didn't spend the $1T in Repug wars on battery, panel, wind, materials research. aka, those wars were "opportunity costs"

[TeyshaBlue]

This looks pretty cool, this will capture the infared rays while still converting all visible light.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/22/a...nfrared-light/

Damn....beat me to it!