Night Falls on China’s Solar Industry | Via Meadia

The solar bubble has burst. US policymakers may be tempted to sigh with relief that it’s hitting China and not America hardest, but the Solyndra debacle ought to show them not to feel too at ease.

We hope American politicians and policymakers take an important lesson from the ailing solar power industry: Subsidizing uncompetitive technologies is a fool’s errand; better to spend the money on R&D until they can stand up in the marketplace on their own.

Twitter / carbonbrief: Debating the UK's energy future ...

Debating the UK's energy future on Radio 5 now. Highlight so far: "Solar is terrible at night". http://ow.ly/iuD04

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Weather Talk: Winter snowpack may not be gone by month’s end | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

This year, the weather pattern appears to be cool and wet, suggesting it will likely be April before we see much of what’s under the snow.