https://solarfactor.com Solar power information and news Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:31:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://solarfactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-New-Project-32x32.png https://solarfactor.com 32 32 https://solarfactor.com/wine-industry-leads-way-on-solar-uptake-in-australia/ Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/wine-industry-leads-way-on-solar-uptake-in-australia.html Dozens of wineries in Australia’s premier wine state are harnessing the sun’s power for purposes beyond growing grapes. South Australian wineries are embracing solar energy at twice the rate of other business sectors, installers say.

]]> Dozens of wineries in Australia’s premier wine state are harnessing the sun’s power for purposes beyond growing grapes. South Australian wineries are embracing solar energy at twice the rate of other business sectors, installers say.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/comparing-central-inverters-and-string-inverters-in-utility-scale-solar-systems-in-north-america/ Tue, 13 Dec 2016 10:52:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/comparing-central-inverters-and-string-inverters-in-utility-scale-solar-systems-in-north-america.html System designers have more options today than ever before when architecting solar systems. While this may seem like a great advantage, these options necessitate an ever growing number of decision points in the design process.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/linearly-extensive-electricity-businesses/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/linearly-extensive-electricity-businesses.html In my book, The Microgrid Revolution: Business Strategies for Next Generation Electricity, October 2016, Praeger, I make the case for differentiation of electricity services. That is, parsing the electricity business into product-markets, and pursuing each as an opportunity. Each rectangle in Figure 1 may be treated as a standalone business, and a business plan written for its pursuit.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/linearly-extensive-electricity-businesses-2/ Fri, 09 Dec 2016 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/linearly-extensive-electricity-businesses.html In my book, The Microgrid Revolution: Business Strategies for Next Generation Electricity, October 2016, Praeger, I make the case for differentiation of electricity services. That is, parsing the electricity business into product-markets, and pursuing each as an opportunity. Each rectangle in Figure 1 may be treated as a standalone business, and a business plan written for its pursuit.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/solar-and-renewable-energy-trends-in-2017/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 20:41:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/solar-and-renewable-energy-trends-in-2017.html The solar and renewable energy industries are constantly evolving — and sometimes changing abruptly – and this will continue in the new year that is soon upon us. Here’s what can we expect from 2017:

]]> The solar and renewable energy industries are constantly evolving — and sometimes changing abruptly – and this will continue in the new year that is soon upon us. Here’s what can we expect from 2017:

]]> https://solarfactor.com/notes-from-the-solar-underground-2016-what-just-happened/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:40:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/notes-from-the-solar-underground-2016-what-just-happened.html 2016 was a wild year and not just for solar. Voters seem to be rejecting the status quo in favor of the unknown in many countries. After decades of reliance on government incentives, subsidies and mandates the global solar industry may be inured to unpredictability but the industry as a whole should be wary of global trends.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/what-now-renewable-energy-in-the-age-of-trump-a-time-for-efficiency/ Wed, 07 Dec 2016 11:20:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/what-now-renewable-energy-in-the-age-of-trump-a-time-for-efficiency.html There is a saying that the two things you should never see made are laws and sausage. As a political activist from the city once hailed as HOG Butcher of the World, I can confirm the truth of it.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/what-do-the-2016-elections-mean-for-the-clean-power-plan/ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/what-do-the-2016-elections-mean-for-the-clean-power-plan.html President-Elect Trump has repeatedly claimed that climate change is a “hoax,” and has appointed notorious climate denier Myron Ebell to run the transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

]]> President-Elect Trump has repeatedly claimed that climate change is a “hoax,” and has appointed notorious climate denier Myron Ebell to run the transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

]]> https://solarfactor.com/cities-are-crucial-to-the-future-of-energy/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/cities-are-crucial-to-the-future-of-energy.html Last month, politicians, energy executives, and energy experts met in Istanbul for the 23rd World Energy Congress. A new report written by Arup for the congress outlines that although cities consume the majority of the world’s energy and house the majority of its people, they have little control over how energy is produced, distributed, or used.

]]> Last month, politicians, energy executives, and energy experts met in Istanbul for the 23rd World Energy Congress. A new report written by Arup for the congress outlines that although cities consume the majority of the world’s energy and house the majority of its people, they have little control over how energy is produced, distributed, or used.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/cities-are-crucial-to-the-future-of-energy-2/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/12/cities-are-crucial-to-the-future-of-energy.html Last month, politicians, energy executives, and energy experts met in Istanbul for the 23rd World Energy Congress. A new report written by Arup for the congress outlines that although cities consume the majority of the world’s energy and house the majority of its people, they have little control over how energy is produced, distributed, or used.

]]> Last month, politicians, energy executives, and energy experts met in Istanbul for the 23rd World Energy Congress. A new report written by Arup for the congress outlines that although cities consume the majority of the world’s energy and house the majority of its people, they have little control over how energy is produced, distributed, or used.

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