Comments on: Need for speed: California’s clean power buildout

By: Emmanuel

Emmanuel — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:13:31 +0000

pls i wont to be one of your member

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:02:57 +0000

Typo — Germany installed 7.5 GW in 2011.

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:01:12 +0000

Germany installed 7.5 GW in 201. However, 3 GW was in the month of December alone showing the pace at which distributed PV can be installed in a mature market with a forcing policy mechanism (in this case, impending FIT decline).

By: Ucilia Wang

Ucilia Wang — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:58:13 +0000

In case there is any confusion, solar isn’t the only renewable energy that qualifies under California’s RPS program. Germany is the largest solar market in the world, but its installation rate is slowing. And that rate isn’t 1 GW per month. The forecast is 6-8 GW of PV in Germany for 2012 (Bloomberg New Energy Finance and IHS).

By: Energy Advocate

Energy Advocate — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:15:01 +0000

California’s solar buildout can’t be called fast by any real comparison.
In Q1 2012 New Jersey deployed more solar.

Compare the 2.7 GW estimate for 2012 for CA to Germany deploying 1 GW *per month*.
And Germany is doing it cheaper per Watt.
And California has 70% better solar resources.
And Germany is doing it with small-scale systems that don’t require expensive, controversial transmission lines

California’s lagging performance when compared to the rest of the world can only be considered a failure of California energy policy