Researchers have developed an electricity-free method to cool buildings while simultaneously trapping the sun's heat for future use.
A team from the University at Buffalo were able to turbo charge a…
The French energy company will build the facility on the water reservoir of the Lazer hydroelectric plant, to double its production. Construction is expected to require 13 months.
Until recently, rooftop solar panels were a clean energy technology that only wealthy Americans could afford. But prices have dropped, thanks mostly to falling costs for hardware, as well as price…
The 1GW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in the United Arab Emirates has reportedly begun powering the production of aluminium, a world first and a major milestone on the path to…
Two floating solar projects forming a cluster that is claimed to be Southeast Asia’s largest floating install have started commercial operations in Vietnam.
The Ho Tam Bo floating solar project and…
These 366 images of the Sun were made by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite in 2020.
This satellite is continuously monitoring the changing activity of the Sun. One image was selected to represent each day of…
A pathbreaking project from AES will combine solar generation, batteries and multiple reservoirs and hydro generators.
Hawaii's island of Kauai further burnished its reputation for figuring out…
California solar veteran Barry Cinnamon is looking forward to more solar and storage — and less COVID-19 — in 2021.
Dave Barry said it best when summarizing 2020: “This was a year of nonstop…
New framework contains conditions for future expansion.
The German Government has confirmed new renewables laws will come into force on 1 January.
The law amending the Renewable Energy Sources Act…
A 50 MW PV project, located in northern central Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, has begun supplying electricity to the national grid. Full commercial operations for the plant are expected to begin…
Ankit Kapasi and Kishore Ganesan from SOFIES India are working on Solar Waste Action Plan (SWAP) project in India, which is looking to investigate both the technical and economic feasibility of a PV…
Solar and onshore wind get 1 gigawatt each while floating offshore wind seeks foothold.
Spain has launched a tender for up to 3.18 gigawatts of renewable generation in its first auction under a pay-…
State-owned utility PT PLN (Persero) is seeking proposals from independent power producers to build large-scale solar plants.
The Indonesian government wants the country to deploy 6.5 GW of solar by…
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Wednesday that the country has great potentials in the field of renewable energies and can have a significant role in developing the region’s…
The Loudima family in Congo have long been without electricity but they have found an environmental solution: solar power.
In the remote districts of Pointe Noire, the Congolese start-up Hélios…
The fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, that Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is building, will have the largest energy storage capacity in the world of 15…
Carvey Maigue, from the Philippines, used a substance made from crop waste.
A novel material made from rotting fruit and vegetables that absorbs stray UV light from the sun and converts it into…
Electricity access has fallen for the first time in seven years in sub-Saharan Africa, but a boost to solar power could offer a way forward, says the chief of the International Energy Agency (IEA).