Solar energy is an important source of power generation in the modern world, and its absence can be equally critical for the power markets. On March 20, 2015, a solar eclipse in Europe profoundly impacted regional power markets. The continent underwent an absence of a major portion of its sunlight from 8:30 to 11 a.m., […]
A recent decision by the European Commission to impose tariffs on Chinese solar panels has been causing a lot of furore in the European market over the past month. It all began when an investigation was launched in September of last year into a complaint issued by German solar panel manufacturer, SolarWorld, about illegal ‘dumping’ […]
At the IHS CERAWeek energy conference in Houston last week, BP CEO Robert Dudley made it clear that his company was exiting the solar business. BP has invested billions of dollars over several decades into solar research but has indicated that it hasn’t yielded much of a return. Dudley did however mention that this didn’t […]