Seven solar manufacturing start-up firms have each received $1 million to develop a “robust prototype” that they could use as a calling card in seeking private investment. The manufacturing processes ...
Read MoreBeijing already owns 24% of Greece’s electricity transmission system operator and has pledged to back a new Greece-EU funded interconnector to Crete which is set to open up more possibilities for sola...
Read MoreWhen completed, the University of Queensland’s (UQ) 64 MW Warwick Solar Farm could make it the worlds’ first university to offset 100% of its electricity from its own renewable energy asset. As comple...
Read MoreAxpo, a utility based in baden, is building a 2-megawatt facility at the Muttsee reservoir in Glarus, Switzerland.The plant is expected to achieve high levels of power generation, particularly through...
Read MoreWith wide adoption of electric vehicles and heat pumps, Colorado’s least-cost grid would reach 21 GW of solar capacity, 12 GW of wind, and 7 GW of storage by 2040, while electric rates would decline. ...
Read MoreThe preliminary draft of the climate policy package presented by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the recent UN Climate Action Summit in New York dedicated a single phrase to solar energy, stating t...
Read MoreDon’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...
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