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Tesla Now Powers this Island with Solar Energy
American automaker Tesla has recently built a solar energy project in Kauai in Hawaii, The Verge reported.
The Kauai project consists of a 52 megawatt-hour battery installation plus a 13 megawatt SolarCity solar...
Vivint Solar Expands Into Colorado
Just two days after US solar installer Vivint Solar announced that it had acquired $100 million in its latest round of financing, the company announced that it was expanding its residential services...
The First Large-Scale Solar Farm Built in Australia Will Soon Quadruple in Size
The Greenough River solar farm in Western Australia, the first large-scale solar farm in the country, plans to quadruple in size from 10MW to 40MW.
The plans by co-owners Synergy, the government-owned generator...
Utility-Scale Solar Grew 72% Per Year Between 2010 & 2016
Utility-scale solar installations—including both photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies—grew at an average rate of 72% per year between 2010 and 2016, faster than any other generating technologies. Utility-scale solar (plants with a...
Researchers At Australia’s University Of Newcastle Testing Printed Solar Panels
A team of researchers headed by Professor Paul Dastoor at the University of Newcastle in Australia has begun testing printed solar panels. The experimental panels are made by printing a special electronic...
Solar Power Brings Light to Dark Corners of Indian Train Stations
The pounding of trains running through the night does not disturb the fatigued sleep of the homeless migrants huddled at the foot of the sky bridge at Visakhapatnam railway platform.
“It is the...
Mumbai Society Switches to Solar Power Will Save ₹5 Lakh a Year
Grace Co-operative Housing Society, Vasant Oscar, Mulund (West), switched to solar energy last month and will save Rs 5 lakh per annum in electricity bills, which means a monthly saving of Rs41,000....
New Solar PV Additions To Exceed 1,000 Gigawatts Between 2017 & 2026, Predicts Navigant
The global installed capacity of distributed solar PV between 2017 and 2026 is expected to reach 429 gigawatts, while an additional 591 gigawatts of utility-scale solar are also expected to come online...
Australia’s Solar Capacity Reaches 6 Gigawatts, Is Expected To Double By 2020
Australia’s total solar power capacity has reached 6GW and is expected to double over the next few years as Australian households continue to invest in rooftop panels to reduce electricity bills, and...
Deep-Sea Mining Could Help Develop Mass Solar Energy but Only at a Cost to the Environment
Scientists have just discovered massive amounts of a rare metal called tellurium, a key element in cutting-edge solar technology. As a solar expert who specialises in exactly this, I should be delighted....
Houston, You Now Have Solar Power
On Friday, Houston announced it will be purchasing 10.5% of its energy from the SolaireHolman utility-scale power plant located eight hours away in Alpine, Texas. The plant is one of the largest...
Report: UK Grid ‘Unprepared’ for Solar and Electric Vehicle Surge
The UK's energy system could suffer "serious consequences" unless action is taken now to prepare for the rapidly-growing number of clean technologies accessing the grid, according to a new report by think...
Mountaintop Removal Site Could Become Kentucky’s Largest Solar Farm
Kentucky, like most of the Appalachian region, has been in economic distress since the bust of the coal mining industry. But, new hope for jobs and the ravaged environment may come in...
Stanford Completes Rooftop Solar On 15 More Buildings
Starting in 2012, Stanford University began an ambitious program to bring solar power to its Silicon Valley campus. The University’s Department of Sustainability and Energy Management reviewed 20 proposals from solar energy...
Albuquerque Investing $25 Million in Solar Panels for City Buildings
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is about to start putting its money where its mouth is. The City Council unanimously passed a resolution last year calling for the city to get...
Solar Deployment Nosedives as Feed-In Tariff Cuts Begin to Bite
Solar deployment across the UK has suffered a sharp slowdown in the wake of cuts to Feed-in Tariff (FiT) incentives, according to new analysis of government figures from the Solar Trade Association...
