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EU Rooftop Solar Standard alone could solar power 56 million homes
Today, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive officially enters into force, with its publication in the Official Journal of the EU. Successful implementation of the EU Rooftop Solar Standard under the EU...
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Launches $12.5 Million Distributed Energy Funding Initiative
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced Thursday that it was launching a new AUD$12.5 million funding initiative for pilot projects and studies that focus on integrating distributed energy resources into the electricity...
Microsoft Inks First Asia Renewables Deal in Sunseap Rooftop Solar Tie-Up
Microsoft has signed its first renewables deal in Asia, inking an agreement with Singaporean solar firm Sunseap to buy all the electricity from a new 60MW rooftop solar project.
The deal, announced yesterday,...
Rooftop Solar Lowers Peak Electricity Demand In Australian Heatwave
Households and businesses played a key role in reducing peak demand and capping wholesale electricity costs in South Australia last month, with data showing that rooftop solar played a major role in...
Solar Panels Do Work On Cloudy Days
Some critics of solar power say that solar panels don’t produce electricity on cloudy days. This claim is false. Solar panels can still can produce 10–25% of their typical output on a...
Australia Secured Record Clean Energy Investment In 2017
Australia recorded its best ever clean energy investment year in 2017, according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, taking in $9 billion in 2017, up 150% on 2016 and lifting...
Tata Power Launches India’s First Solar Carport
Indian companies continue to push for innovation with an endeavor to meet the highly ambitious renewable energy target set by the government. The conducive policy and regulatory regime for the development of...
Rooftop Solar Provides 48% of South Australia Power, Pushing Grid Demand to Record Low
South Australia’s level of minimum demand hit a new record low this weekend – barely a week after the previous benchmark was set – with a fall to just 587 MW last...
South Miami = 1st City Outside California To Enact Rooftop Solar Mandate
Yes, South Miami, Florida, supports the Paris Climate Agreement. The city has reason to do so, as concerns are large that Miami and surrounding areas will sink into the wild blue ocean...
Chinese Government Confirms 24.4 Gigawatts Worth Of New Solar In H1’17
China’s National Energy Administration last Friday confirmed previous reports that the country had installed a mammoth total of 24.4 GW worth of new solar across the first half of 2017, up from...
Indian Rooftop Solar Developer CleanMax Will Receive $100 Million Investment From Warburg Pincus
In a major, and much-needed, boost for the Indian rooftop solar power market, a US-based private equity firm will invest $100 million in one of the leading rooftop solar developers in India.
CleanMax...
Google Creates “Dandelion” To Promote Geothermal Energy
Google has set up an independent business outside the Alphabet umbrella called Dandelion. The new company was created to promote new geothermal system technology. Dandelion will attempt to do for residential heating...
Vivint Solar Continues Expansion With Move Into Virginia
One of the United States’ leading residential solar installers, Vivint Solar, has continued what is turning out to be an impressive year of expansion, by announcing that it has expanded into the...
In Rooftop Solar’s New Boom, Installing Solar PV Is A No-Brainer
When South Australia Senator Cory Bernardi – committed Conservative and staunch abstainer from drinking “renewable energy Kool-Aid” – confirmed last week he had installed 12kW of rooftop solar at his Adelaide home,...
Air Pollution & Dust Cuts Solar Cell Energy Output By Over 25% In Some Parts Of The World, Study Finds
A new study has now quantified the solar cell energy output loss occurring around the world as a result of air pollution and dust — bringing one of the most serious limitations...
Duke Energy Behind North Carolina’s Proposed Solar Policy Change
Alongside Highway 401 in northern North Carolina is a 21st-century twist on a classic rural scene. A few miles outside of Roxboro, sheep graze among 5,000 panels at the Person County Solar...
