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2014 biggest year ever for solar, but oil price threat looms

By Erik Curren | March 23, 2015

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In 2014, record low prices for solar panels fueled a solar boom. The U.S. alone installed 30% more solar photovoltaic capacity than in 2013, making last year the biggest ever for solar PV, according to the 2014 Year-in-Review Solar Market Insight report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Industry analyst Tam Hunt argues that in a few years, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: commodities, oil price, silicon, solar power

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