Don’t look now, but a new trend may be forming within the solar industry. Earlier this week, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey made public plans to construct a 13 MW, 7.5 MWh solar + stora...
Read MoreState regulators in Idaho shot down Idaho Power’s proposal to decrease the net metering rate for residential solar owners by 50% — with a unanimous vote. The measure was defeated when the Idaho Public...
Read MoreA decade ago, entrepreneurs and investors alike believed that silicon wafer-based photovoltaics would soon be a relic. Tens of billions of venture and corporate dollars chased novel technologies that ...
Read MoreThe upcoming 2019, as the second largest US photovoltaic market in the world after China, has experienced a restless year. The photovoltaic + energy storage model has developed rapidly, and the trend ...
Read MoreDesert tortoises roam inside and outside a 15 MW community solar farm owned by Valley Electric Association in Nevada, thanks to fence openings that Bombard Renewable Energy built in. The plants that d...
Read MoreStanford researchers have a plan that would balance 2,000 GW of solar capacity and 2,300 GW of wind power with 3,300 GW of battery capacity and a large amount of flexible load. Consumers would save 64...
Read MoreThe solar industry has seen rapid growth over the past decade, and a major contributing factor has been the surge in solar farms popping up across the globe. In this article, we’ll explain the differe...
Read MoreLast year, The Solar Energy Co.,Ltd claimed a world record for efficiency of a “transparent solar cell” with a “certified” 9.8% power conversion efficiency. According to the startup, the efficiency of...
Read MoreIn 2019, the EU added 16.7GW of solar photovoltaic installations to its portfolio, a 104% increase since 2018. This sharp increase marks the largest increase in solar power generation since 2010. So f...
Read MoreChina-based developer Hangzhou Fengling Electricity Science Technology recently finished building a 120 MW solar plant on the surface of the Changhe and Zhouxiang reservoirs in Cixi, Zhejiang province...
Read MoreThe island of Kauai’s journey to 100% renewable power reached an important milestone in 2019, with the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) reporting that for the year, the island achieved 56% rene...
Read MoreGermany’s Sinn Power has developed what it calls the world’s “first floating ocean hybrid platform' by combining wave, wind and solar power. The Gauting-based startup has secured $6.2 million from Sch...
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