Tag: solar panels

March 9, 2023

Latin America is poised to become a major renewable energy producer, with nearly a billion solar panels’ worth of large-scale clean-electricity projects slated to come online in the next seven years, a report found Thursday. In welcome good news for […]

February 14, 2023

From water-repellent to water-loving with ultraviolet (UV) light, surfaces are being developed that protect panels and glass facades from expensive and time-consuming cleanings. Solar panels get dirty. Dust, sand and other matter accumulate on their surface, preventing the sun’s light […]

February 9, 2023

Texans can now get paid for supporting the grid with their solar panels and batteries as part of a new virtual power plant pilot. What happens next could lead to the rapid deployment of resilient and clean distributed energy resources […]

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 […]

January 30, 2023

California is a leader in the energy transition. But even the most mature solar market in the U.S. hasn’t always gotten it right. The Golden State has watched from the sidelines as community solar programs across the country have been […]

January 10, 2023

Work is underway on the 134 MWdc (107 MWac) Arche Solar project in Fulton County, Ohio, near Toledo. The project is being developed under a 50:50 partnership between bp America and Lightsource bp. bp America said it secured a power-purchase […]

December 30, 2022

When you have a big retail space, it makes a lot of sense on the surface to cover the whole roof in solar panels. After all, there’s space and generating renewable energy is a good thing. But even the largest […]

December 29, 2022

Solar panels are great, but would like to see them on the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, or the Grand Canyon? Of course not. That would be silly. Yet many such historic places could use some emissions-free energy, especially […]

October 17, 2022

A recent analysis reveals the daunting number of variables that need to be considered when attempting to pair agricultural production and solar generation. Federal researchers know that solar panels and crops can coexist and provide mutual benefits in certain scenarios. […]

July 19, 2022

A Sandia National Labs-led research team has developed a transparent, polymeric-based coating that helps photovoltaic panels continuously shed snow and ice. Early field trials in Alaska demonstrated that coated panels can produce 85% more energy, compared to uncoated panels. Preliminary […]

May 5, 2022

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale (FARMS) funding opportunity, intended to award $8 million in funding for projects that examine how solar energy projects paired with agriculture–so-called […]

April 25, 2022

US perovskite company Tandem PV has closed on the first half of a US$12 million Series A raise after raising US$6 million for building a pilot manufacturing facility in its headquarters of San Jose, California. US-focused Tandem PV will use […]

March 23, 2022

Korean solar energy giant Hanwha Solutions said it plans to build out a “fully American” supply chain, cautioning that government incentives to support domestic manufacturing are critical to the proposal. Hanwha, owner of solar module manufacturer Q CELLS, said it […]

July 9, 2021

Most people don’t give the color of their roofs a second thought, but it could be costing their business a lot of money. White or light gray roofs can increase rooftop bifacial PV energy yields by up to 25 percent […]

April 30, 2021

There are 2,600 megawatts of solar power capacity installed in the U.S. today that can be considered community solar, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). That is a little less than 5% of all […]

November 19, 2020

The exemption for bifacial solar panels from Section 201 tariffs in the US has finally been repealed, meaning bifacial panels imported into the US are now subject to tariffs of 20%. Last month, prior to the US election, President Donald […]

July 6, 2020

SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ:SPWR) received the prestigious Smarter E-Award in the “Outstanding Projects” category in recognition of Powerhouse Brattørkaia, an 18,580-square-metre energy-positive future-proof office building located in Trondheim, Norway. SunPower supplied its high-efficiency Maxeon® solar panels for the project. Powerhouse Brattørkaia […]

April 2, 2020

The International Energy Agency will release research later this year showing that solar panels can be landfilled safely, amid growing concern over the disposal of renewable energy components. Solar panels have a range of recycling options, but none of them […]

February 19, 2020

The solar industry in the U.S. employed 249,983 people in 2019, a 2.3% increase compared to the previous year, according to The Solar Foundation’s “National Solar Jobs Census.” The 2019 numbers represent a small boon for the industry, which saw […]

January 20, 2020

Three solar arrays built by Clearway Energy Group totalling 110 MW and Hawaiian Electric’s West Loch solar array producing 20 MW came online on Oahu, Hawaii, in 2019. In addition, nearly 3500 new systems across Oahu, Hawaii Island and Maui […]