The General Situation – Electricity Supply and Urbanization Issue #2: it is not the lack of energy, but a lack of access to the energy available. Kenya should primarily focus on extending its distribution infrastructures, not its production infrastructures. Only 15% of Kenya’s population has access to electricity. To modernize […]

The General Situation – Hydropower It is difficult to determine whether the Kenyan economy provides the framework for a healthy solar industry. Kenya’s geography seems to suggest there is considerable potential for a profitable market in solar resources. Annual horizontal insolation in Kenya peaks at around 2000 kW/m2, and an […]

Originally published in pv magazine, 2012. – TAKING SOLAR POWER TO THE NEXT LEVEL Solar Bankers LLC is an Arizona-based company in the field of renewable energy, focusing on solar power. Together with its sister company, Apollon Solar, it is one of the pioneers of next-generation photovoltaic solutions. With the […]

Saudi Arabia is obviously characterized by climatic patterns ideal for the effective functioning of solar technology and a profitable non-hydrocarbon industry. Such patterns include high intensity solar radiation for almost the entire year, and considerable annual sunshine durations. Consider, daily global solar radiation on horizontal surfaces reaches an average of […]

Solar Bankers visited Hai Phong, Hanoi and Da Nang in December, last year, to investigate this emerging, South-East Asian economy’s attitude towards renewable energy. The Hai Phong News broadcasted Solar Banker’s meeting with the city-government of Hai Phong on national television. Below is the original broadcast, with Vietnamese audio and […]

Current mechanisms of the American economy are preventing the American consumer from purchasing solar-products with the competitiveness and price-effectiveness he desires. His desires may be easily met, but the American government opts to interfere with the economy’s natural dynamics of demand and supply by deterring consumers from acquiring the, actually, […]

Many question the ability of renewable energy sources, such as wind- or photovoltaic-systems, to effectively and sufficiently supply households with electricity. In its encounters with international solar markets, Solar Bankers has frequently observed considerable performance-variations in wind- and photovoltaic-technologies. Such variations render current renewable-energy technologies very unreliable and inconsistent supplies […]