Market Insights Report: State of the Renewable Energy market

[Iron Bran]

This is a great market analysis report.

Consumer Attitudes about Renewable Energy -- Trends and Regional Differences.pdf


Summary:

Based on this analysis, NMI found the following: . Created in 2002, the syndicated consumer database contains responses from 2,000 to 4,000 nationally representative U.S. adults (meaning the demographics of the sample are consistent with U.S. Census findings) each year. A sample of 2,000 has a confidence interval of +/-2.2 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, which decreases to +/- 1.2 percentage points with 4,000 respondents. NMI used the database to analyze consumer attitudes and behavior related to renewable energy and to update previously conducted related research. Specifically, this report will explore consumer awareness, concerns, perceived benefits, knowledge of purchase options, and usage of renewable energy as well as provide regional comparisons and trends over time.

[Iron Bran]

Consumer perceptions of Renewable energy

Consumer Perceptions of RE.jpg

[Sunking]

You got more SPAM than a Hog Farm

[russ]

Love those surveys! With a little thought put into the questions and careful selection of areas surveyed you can get most any answer you want.

That someone has heard of renewable power or carbon footprint does not mean they have any more than a shallow political feeling about them. This was highlighted in the question about options available for green power.

[john p]

I read a very good article on global warming the other day and it had a very simple graph to show it was correct.
Global warming is directly related to how many pirates there now are sailing the oceans

brief figures show that in 1820 there were about 4500 pirates 1880 about 1250 in 1940 about 800 in 2000 about 400. and every time there has been a reduction there has been a corresponding increase in global warming.

[Iron Bran]

104,000 Total grid tie PV installs in the US

Here is another market report. I like this stuff because it gives accurate data of the overall market. To some, especially those who work in marketing, that info may be important.

Top 10 .jpg

"Over 34,000 grid-connected PV installations were completed in 2009, with 92% of these at residential locations. By contrast, residential systems accounted for only 36% of the PV capacity installed in 2009, as discussed previously.

At the end of 2009, 104,000 PV installations were connected to the U.S. grid, including over 93,000 residential installations. The average size of non-residential systems is more than ten times the average size of residential systems."

IREC-Solar-Market-Trends-Report-2010_7-27-10_web1.pdf

[Iron Bran]

Pls post!

So aarrrgh you going to show us this graph???

I read a very good article on global warming the other day and it had a very simple graph to show it was correct.
Global warming is directly related to how many pirates there now are sailing the oceans

brief figures show that in 1820 there were about 4500 pirates 1880 about 1250 in 1940 about 800 in 2000 about 400. and every time there has been a reduction there has been a corresponding increase in global warming.

[john p]

I tried to copy it across but eye couldnt.
but if you google "Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" you can see it and the article

[john p]

the graph

[johnkimball@sunelec.com]

We need more residential systems and small business systems and less solar farms

I won't list the arguments. I've written them or said them so many times its gotten too boring to do it again. I will simply say the incentive money should not be used to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Besides I like solar homes, their interesting, you can go in them and see the energybeing used, how the system is put together and installed. You can drive by in your car and see them and grade them on whethher they are ugly or beautiful. You can even, usually, talk to the owners.

Solar farms are boring, ugly, ruin the land, oh oh here I go again.

Goodbye. Your smart enough.

Thank you.

John Kimball
provide more jobs, etc.

[Iron Bran]

"Your smart enough"

Clearly

[JERRYG]

As far as I can see, the US Solar market is a wealth distribution boon for the upper middle class... Under the guise of being the next big thing in green living. These lease programs out there for people without the capital to invest are damn close to a scam by installers feeding off the government teet. What no one sees is that the industry will fade quick when the subsidies go away.

What happens when all the reputable installers close shop, and all those warranties are hung out to dry?

[Sunking]

What happens when all the reputable installers close shop, and all those warranties are hung out to dry?

Same thing that happened to 8-track tapes and buggy whips. As for electricians no problem as solar is a very small part of their business model.