After falling from more than $9 per watt in 2007 to less than $5 in 2013, prices of solar electricity systems fell another 12 percent in 2014. And they’ll fall farther faster as manufacturers increase economies of scale, less-painful financing options spread through the consumer market, and “yieldcos” – huge, centralized solar-energy farms – draw billions of dollars into downstream...

Electronic sensors are ready to go to work in the food and beverage industry, ensuring consistent taste, purity, and quality in snacks and drinks. These “tongues” are decks of printed circuits, not slabs of pink flesh, but they work even better than nature’s original: They consistently detect the presence and strength of individual ingredients, allowing brewers, distillers and food processors...

Following Tesla’s debut of its home battery in April, Trina Solar – the world’s largest maker of photovoltaic panels – has announced its own entry into the battery market. The Jiangsu, China-based company (NYSE: TSL) will introduce grid- and microgrid-scale systems in Australia over the next 12 months and plans to offer a home system before 2017. The lithium-ion systems...

The Trends Research Institute’s Artful Aging trend line is strengthening. In Artful Aging, boomers and seniors begin to understand their quality of life is less connected to medications, coping devices and traditional thinking about retirement; it’s much more about taking control of body, mind and spirit. Smart entrepreneurs are beginning to see the bottom-line potential in targeting that emerging lifestyle...

The June  6 “Find Your Future In Trends” conference in Kingston, NY, was an enriching, dynamic exploration of essential trends taking hold in the second half of the year and how individuals can prepare for them. And now, the full five-hour video is available HERE for subscribers at a sharply reduced rate: $25 for 30-day access (non-subscribers are charged $50...

The international Group of 20 – the alliance of countries, known as the G20, with the world’s 20 largest economies and banks – reportedly has commissioned a study of the looming plight of fossil-fuel companies and its ground-shaking impact on the global economy. The International Energy Agency, a 29-country membership organization, has estimated that two-thirds of mineral assets held by...

By Gerald CelenteTrends Journal Publisher27 MAY 2015 Neither a conspiracy nor conjecture: By every quantitative measure, 21st century America has degenerated from being the beacon of democracy to a neo-feudal state. From crime and punishment to the vast wealth and income-inequality gap, the rules are different for the political elite and economic nobility than they are for the common man bound...