Tag: rooftop solar

Google and E.ON Team Up to Shine Light on German Rooftop Solar Potential

E.ON and Google have teamed up to launch a solar "offensive" in Germany that will help simplify and streamline the process for identifying prime rooftop solar sites. The duo announced yesterday that Google's...

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...

Australia Launches Overdue Shift to Solar

Australia is well-known for its abundance of sunshine. But while the county has largely relied on its coal reserves to generate electricity for decades, solar energy is often described as an untapped...

Australian Rooftop Solar Installs Are Up 43% In 2017

A summer of record high temperatures, heat waves and unplanned electricity outages appears to have put a rocket under the Australian rooftop solar market in 2017, with installations at end of February...

India Officially Doubles Its Solar Parks Target to 40 Gigawatts

The Indian government has confirmed that it will go ahead with a second phase of its solar power park program. The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance in the union budget...

Lightsource Renewable Energy Launches £600m Solar Buyback Program

UK-based renewable energy developer Lightsource is looking to diversify its revenue streams through a new program which will invest up to £600 million over the next five years in buying up solar...

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...

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