We want to get away from fossil fuels and in the long term solar seems the best bet.
Short- and long-term solar fluctuations have important influences too.
For solar energy, according to the report, the near-term goal is for solar electricity to be competitive with retail electricity rates, with a long-term goal to compete with central fossil fuel power plants.
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While we continue to believe that the significant opportunities to meet global energy needs with solar power will drive long-term market growth, in the near-term we expect challenging conditions in the solar industry to continue.
In the solar industry, the long-term goal must be to drive innovation so that solar can be cost-competitive without subsidy.
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In the medium term, solar power combined with improved battery storage systems will make a difference, as will military vehicles with hybrid electric engines.
By most accounts, the former exceeds the latter, so in the long term installing solar cells wastes energy that is, their lifetime net energy is a loss.
Another worry: a worldwide shortage of tellurium, which is produced as a mining by-product, to fuel First Solar's long-term growth.
In the short term, more solar companies, especially second-tier companies, will fail.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the long-term cost of solar power (including capital investment and maintenance) comes to 25 cents per kilowatthour.
But Wang assumed the measures will be spread out over a few years to provide longer-term demand for solar panels and installations, partly in the hope of bridging a gap in global demand and restoring a market balance.
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As for solar, he says that the fundamentals for the long-term are good, with significant additions of solar installations around the world continuing.
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One of the promises made by the President in his first term was to put solar on the White House.
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The corporation then signs a long-term contract to buy the solar electric power from the third party at rates that are almost always less than what it would pay its traditional utility.
The most promising initiatives near term, he thinks, include solar thermal, high-altitude wind power and deep drilling to tap geothermal power.
Its data may allow scientists to better understand and predict how various surface features absorb and reflect solar radiation, which influence both short-term weather patterns and longer-term climate trends.
The DOE Loan Guarantee Program Office has provided a draft term sheet for the California Valley Solar Ranch project, which is a significant milestone in the process leading to a conditional loan guarantee commitment.
Of the various technologies available, bioenergy is assessed as having the biggest long-term potential for growth, followed by solar and wind power.
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In the long term, the development could bring about solar powered cars.
If you want a fairly reliable sector play as a proxy for President Barack Obama winning a second term, one of the brightest picks is solar.
Using energy to make solar cells is, accordingly, speculative, not a long term means of reducing consumption of non-renewable fuels.
The building owner will sign a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the electricity the solar array generates and will pay 5.5% interest on the loan Mosaic provides to install the panels.
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Also, we have seen some of the lagging sectors and forgotten stocks perk up. like Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC) and the solar stocks, usually a sign that at least a short term top is imminent.
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The Antelope Valley Solar Projects will sell power to Southern California Edison under long-term power purchase contracts.
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The long-term goal is to export more than 6, 000 megawatts of solar-generated power to Europe by 2020.
Homeowners typically sign a long-term contract of 15 to 20 years with the companies that pay for solar equipment and labor and make sure the solar panels work properly during the lifetime of the contract.
Longer term, were we served by more renewable power generators (wind, solar) we would be better protected against unpredictable price spikes in oil and gas markets that may come when political winds blow in an unexpected direction.
The long-term answer, Japanese bosses believe, is to move into clean technologies such as solar panels and electric-car batteries new areas where Japanese firms are already strong.
In other words, unless there are bottom feeders in the market with a long-term bullish outlook on the sector, 2012 promises to be a killer for China solar.
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