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The Aachen Solar Tariff Model

April 6, 2007

Paul Gipe

In the early 1990s the city of Aachen (Aix-en-Chapelle) Germany set the world of solar energy on its ear. Until that time development of solar PV depended entirely on direct and substantial subsidies.

Freiburg’s Solar Siedlung (Settlement)

April 6, 2007

Paul Gipe

Craig Morris, author of Energy Switch, recently gave me a whirlwind tour of the Solar Siedlung in Freiburg, Germany. The ... Read more

German Solar PV for Free Says Walter Fischer

April 2, 2007

Paul Gipe

German Solar PV for Free Says Walter Fischer

April 2, 2007

Paul Gipe

Protecting creation. Lutheran church with a roof top of solar PV in the village of Schönau, Baden-Württemberg. In Germany, ... Read more

Gore Calls for Renewable Energy Tariffs

March 21, 2007

Paul Gipe

Gore Calls for National Renewable Energy Tariffs in Congressional Testimony In testimony before the Senate Environment and Public ... Read more

Germany Installed 1,150 MW of Photovoltaics in 2006 Says Magazine

March 11, 2007

Paul Gipe

Photon magazine is reporting that 1,150 MW of solar photovoltaics were installed in Germany in 2006. If confirmed this another world record for the German solar industry and the first time that annual installations in any one country exceeded the gigawatt level.