A Whole New Kind of Solar Energy Technology

http://scienceblog.com/60546/a-whole-new-kind-of-solar-energy-technology/

using gold and platinum? and they expect it to become cost effective...

The Open PV Project

https://openpv.nrel.gov/search

National Renewable Energy Laboratory database




http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/tech_lcoe.html

Levelized Cost of Energy Calculator let's you compare rates

Unsubsidised Roof-top Solar Power Grows Competitive

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/22/column-wynn-solar-subsidies-idUSL6N0BKEGQ20130222


The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed an open project database detailing the combined full installation cost, excluding incentives, of projects based in the United States.
The NREL database can be found here:   see article

In a useful reality check, NREL has its own simplified calculator which calculates the LCOE for a comparable installation at $0.25 per kWh.
The link to the NREL viewer can be found here:    see article

Boulder Scientists Leading Solar Energy Forecast Project

http://www.dailycamera.com/science-environment/ci_22650153/boulder-scientists-leading-solar-energy-forecast-project

forecasting is good for utility scale renewables. I still think decentralized is better...

Fox News Experts on Solar Energy are Completely Wrong

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/07/fox_news_expert_on_solar_energy_germany_gets_a_lot_more_sun_than_we_do_video.html


The Washington Post got it right:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/02/08/germany-has-five-times-as-much-solar-power-as-the-u-s-despite-alaska-levels-of-sun/