Tag: solar energy

July 5, 2024

UK-based developer Severn Trent Green Power (STGP) has announced it is to construct three new large-scale solar farms, with potential for a fourth. By finalising a development rights deal with leading international solar company, Elgin Energy, STGP will transform its […]

July 2, 2024

Opposition leader Peter Dutton might have been hoping for an endorsement from economists for his plan to take Australian nuclear. He shouldn’t expect one from The Economist. The Economist is a British weekly news magazine that has reported on economic […]

June 27, 2024

The number of residential solar photovoltaics (PV) installations continues to increase across the United States. But that increase is slower for low-income households, who made up 23% of solar adopters as of 2022. A new technical report and other resources […]

June 11, 2024

The solar revolution has stalled out in some parts of the US, much to the delight of fossil energy stakeholders. However, anything can happen at any time, and it just has. The US power landscape is about to be shaken […]

June 3, 2024

The capacity for wind and solar energy in the European Union increased by 65% from 2019 to 2023, with Germany making the largest contribution, according to an analysis by energy think tank Ember. The report stated that Germany accounted for […]

March 5, 2024

The development of renewable and clean energy has been recognized as a crucial solution to the problems of deteriorating environment. Owing to the advantages of light weight, transparency, flexibility, and low cost, organic solar cells (OSCs) have attracted increasing attention […]

June 2, 2023

Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is releasing a suite of new and updated resources for consumers to meet the increase in demand for solar power created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). With the IRA’s incentives in place […]

March 20, 2023

The U.S. Department of Energy has committed $1 billion to develop solar energy in Puerto Rico, to help the island meet its goal of 100% renewables and to add resilience to a system plagued by hurricane damage, poor maintenance and […]

March 14, 2023

The solar power industry seems to be caught in the crosshairs of competing legislative agendas. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created incentives to increase solar capacity via tax credits, but the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) limits the […]

March 9, 2023

U.S. solar installations fell 16% in 2022 compared to the year prior, a drop caused largely by trade disputes and enforcement of new human rights protections that throttled supply chains. Even so, the U.S. added 20.2 GW of new capacity, […]

February 23, 2023

American Electric Power said it agreed to sell its 1,365 MW renewables portfolio to IRG Acquisition Holdings, a partnership owned by Invenergy, CDPQ and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure, at an enterprise value of $1.5 billion including project debt. The […]

February 7, 2023

A research team led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) demonstrated what they said is a new design for a grid energy storage battery built with low-cost metals sodium and aluminum. They said the design provides […]

February 3, 2023

There are now 75 community solar farms operating within ComEd’s northern Illinois service territory. ComEd and Summit Ridge, a developer and owner-operator of community solar farms, announced the completion of the 2.5 MW Speedway Solar project 10 miles south of […]

December 6, 2022

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said it will develop an updated plan to guide solar energy development on public lands through an updated Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The BLM is also initiating reviews of three proposed solar […]

October 24, 2022

SunPower came by at the end of September and added 21 panels to my south-facing roof. This is only possible since SunPower understands the previous installation and knows what steps to take to upgrade the system. You can upgrade your […]

October 20, 2022

Homeowners across the world have been investing in rooftop solar PV for at least two decades with much of that investment taking place over the past five years. As battery pricing has dropped, many of those same solar enthusiasts have […]

September 30, 2022

Daystar Power, a West African provider of hybrid solar power solutions to commercial and industrial businesses, announced its acquisition by Shell. The mobility company aims to deliver carbon emission reductions and power cost savings to C&I businesses across Africa thanks […]

September 26, 2022

Avia equipped several of its service stations in Poland with new photovoltaic installations in Poland. The brand upgraded its locations in Zakopane, Gorzków, Puławy, Chelmek and Jastrzębie Zdrój. The deployment of this technology is part of the company’s strategy to […]

July 20, 2022

Indiana solar installers knew their customers would be worse off when new, reduced rates for surplus solar generation took effect on July 1. But changes being ushered in by utilities go far beyond what the industry had been bracing for, […]

June 21, 2022

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has restarted its work on its controversial overhaul to the state’s solar energy-focused net energy metering policy. Work on the so-called “NEM 3.0” policy was paused indefinitely by the CPUC in February after receiving […]