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Air Pollution Can Cut Solar Panel Efficiency By Up To 25%

A new study has disturbing news for India’s solar power industry. It claims that dust and particulate matter (often a by-product of diesel engines) can reduce solar panel efficiency by 17% to...

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....

Saudi Arabia To Offer More Than 1 Gigawatt Of Solar & Wind In Second Tender Round

Saudi Arabia is set to offer more than 1 gigawatt of contracts to buy renewable electricity by the fourth quarter of this year, according to an official speaking this week. The plans...

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...

California’s Solar Energy Set Power Supply Record in March

California met its goal to produce about half the state's electricity from renewable sources for three hours on March 11, a new estimate from the U.S. government shows. The U.S. Department of Energy's...

China’s Solar Power Capacity More than Doubles in 2016

 China's installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity more than doubled last year, turning the country into the world's biggest producer of solar energy by capacity, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Saturday. Installed PV...

First 100% Solar-Powered Airport Expands its Capacity

The world’s first airport to be solely powered by solar energy is set to increase its capacity from 15.5 MW to 21.5 megawatts (MW) to power its new international terminal. In 2015, Cochin...

American Fern Inspires Groundbreaking New Solar Storage Solution

Energy storage has been a leading obstacle to widespread adoption of solar energy, but that may be about to change. A new nature-inspired electrode developed by two scientists at RMIT University in...

Thailand-Based B.Grimm Group Developing Hydropower Projects in Laos

B.Grimm Power Co., a unit of Bangkok, Thailand-based B.Grimm Group, in conjunction with its partners, plans to continue developing hydropower plants in Laos, according to an announcement on March 17. Preeyanart Soontornwata, president...

First Utility-Scale Project on Tribal Lands to Power 100,000 Homes

First Solar held a commissioning event last week on a 250-megawatt solar facility on the Moapa River Indian Reservation. This is the first utility-scale solar project on tribal lands. Morgan Stanley put together...

Greenpeace Praises Dubai Over Solar Energy Park Milestone

Campaign group Greenpeace has praised Dubai on the completion of the second phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Julien Jreissati, Arab World campaigner at Greenpeace Mediterranean, said the solar...

Germany Converts Coal Mine Into Giant Battery Storage for Surplus Solar and Wind Power

Germany is embarking on an innovative project to turn a hard coal mine into a giant battery that can store surplus solar and wind energy and release it when supplies are lean. The...

NYC’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral Goes Green with New Geothermal Plant

When St. Patrick’s Day revelers parade past St. Patrick’s Cathedral on NYC’s 5th Avenue this coming Friday, they will be celebrating not just the patron saint of Ireland, but also a renewable...

California Generates Enough Solar Power to Meet Half Its Energy Needs

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) took a shot at Sec. of Energy Rick Perry, former Republican governor of Texas. Remarking on Perry's view of Texas as an energy powerhouse, Brown said, "We've...

Solar Power Growth Doubled in 2016 Driven by China and US Demand

The amount of new solar power capacity installed worldwide rocketed by 50 per cent last year, driven by increasing demand from both the US and China, according to new data. Global solar PV...

SunPower Breaks Ground in Oregon

SunPower Corp has started construction of the 56MW Gala solar plant in Crook County, Oregon. The company has appointed Moss as the general contractor for the construction work. The project is expected to...

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