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World’s First 24/7 Solar Power Plant Powers 75,000 Homes
SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Project in Tonopah, Nevada is quietly providing clean, green solar energy to 75,000 homes in the Silver State even when the sun isn’t shining.
Crescent Dunes is the first utility-scale...
700,000 solar panels have been installed on our facilities so far
The Prime Ministers of Sweden and Serbia confirmed that IKEA will invest 300 million euros in Serbia by the end of the year at the World Economic Forum in Davos during January....
Solar Panels Have Gotten Thinner than a Human Hair
South Korean scientists have created solar PV cells that are 1 micrometer thick, hundreds of times thinner than most PV and half again as thin as other kinds of thin-film PV. (The...
Solar Massive Expansion
Munich, Germany – The share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) could increase from 2 per cent today to as much as 13 per cent by 2030, according to a...
AET Completes 5MW Solar Project in Puerto Rico
Applied Energy Technologies (AET) announced that it has completed a 5MW solar installation project with Rosendin Construction Puerto Rico, in Juncos, Puerto Rico. The modules added to the project are Hanwha Q...
Solar Impulse Arrives in Europe, Pointing the Way to the Future of Transportation
Seville, Spain, and Zurich, Switzerland, June 23, 2016 – Earlier yesterday, Solar Impulse, a groundbreaking solar aircraft, completed a 71-hour transatlantic flight from New York to Seville in the course of its...
SolarCity Expands to Houston Area, Launches Popular Solar Service for the First Time
HOUSTON – SolarCity, America’s #1 solar power provider, is making its popular solar service available to homeowners in Greater Houston for the first time. SolarCity makes it possible for area homeowners to...
Australians Have Spent almost $8bn on Rooftop Solar since 2007
Solar Citizens says since the 2012-13 financial year, rooftop solar owners have saved about $1bn on their household bills each year.
Australian households and small businesses have invested more than $1bn a year...
ABB Inverter Dramatically Boosts Performance of Solar Power Installations
Zurich, Switzerland, June 20, 2016 – ABB’s PVS980 central inverter – an essential component in every solar installation that converts direct current (DC) produced in solar panels into alternating current (AC) for...
Solar Impulse 2 Begins Transatlantic Stretch of Global Journey
The sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft set off from New York’s JFK airport early on Monday, embarking on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight around the world to promote renewable energy.
The...
Average Costs for Solar and Wind Electricity Could Fall 59% by 2025
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 15 June 2016 – The average costs for electricity generated by solar and wind technologies could decrease by between 26 and 59 per cent by 2025, according to a...
ABB Connects Power to the Indian Grid from one of the World’s Largest Solar Plants
ABB has successfully commissioned five substations to integrate a 648-megawatt (MW) solar project at Kamuthi in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the national transmission grid. The project was awarded...
100 MW-AC Solar Project to Power the Santiago Metro
SunPower and Total’s Pelican solar project will supply 42% of the subway system’s electricity needs, and a wind plant will supply another 18%.
Today SunPower, Total and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced a...
ABB and Solar Impulse show that a clean energy future is achievable
As Hawaii embarks on the complex transition from a fossil-fueled past to a clean energy future, Solar Impulse and ABB are proving that renewables are a reliable power source.
By flying halfway around...
England’s green power: East Riding best for wind while Cornwall tops solar
Analysis by Green Alliance has mapped onshore wind turbines and solar panel installations for the first time. The East Riding of Yorkshire is England’s top area for producing wind power, a new...
North America’s largest coal power plant to become 44-MW solar farm
Located on the shores of Lake Erie, the Ontario Power Generation Nanticoke Generating Station was once North America's largest coal-fired power plant. It was once capable of producing almost 4,000 megawatts at...
