The emergence of small-scale renewable energy such as rooftop solar panels brings new challenges for consumers and energy utilities, says the newly-appointed president of Eurelectric.
Magnus Hall,…
A team of scientists at The University of Manchester has solved a key flaw in solar panels after 40 years of research around the world. Solar panels are among the most available system of generating…
By 2021 the country is aiming to have well over half of its power generated by wind or solar energy
On the road from Wadi Rum to Petra in Jordan, where signs point to the Sheikh Zayed solar complex…
Construction of 40 MW Malindi solar photovoltaic project in Kenya has commenced.Globeleq, project developers and Africa’s leading independent power producer announced the reports.
The project which…
BRITAIN will launch a new scheme to pay households producing energy from renewable sources, such as solar panels, for their surplus electricity, the government said on Sunday.
Around 800,000 homes…
A new, technology-friendly generation is more open to innovation than before. At the same time professional managers, brought in by established landowners, are keen to adopt the best methods to…
Just days after Trina Solar proclaimed a record-breaking result of an efficiency test, JinkoSolar are now saying that their cheetah size cells and N-type cells have achieved a maximum conversion…
The International Renewable Energy Agency released a report on May 29th reaffirming renewable power as the “cheapest source of electricity.
IRENA’s annual assessment of clean power economics has…
The Portuguese utility is seeking permission to deploy a 4 MW floating solar plant at the Alqueva water reservoir in southern Portugal. The solar array will feature around 10,000 PERC half-cell solar…
Zimbabwe is set to construct three solar photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 250MW by independent producers at a cost of US $400m. According to the project leaders, the projects comes…
If you blinked, you missed it. An obscure energy company based in Denver has just figured out how to provide rural electricity ratepayers with what they desire: renewable energy at low prices that…
Thanks to “innovative business models” and the combination of PV with batteries, Japan’s “solar boom” is far from over, market expert Izumi Kaizuka of RTS PV has said.
Despite the imminent demise of…
Though PV will remain in the shadow of wind and hydropower in the north of Europe, an ambitious solar deployment scenario in Sweden could lift the market into the gigawatt club through to 2040.
Is…
Some 4.51GW of wind and almost 15GW of solar given the green light by Chinese authorities.
Chinese authorities have approved renewable energy projects totalling almost 21GW under a new zero-subsidy…
Gabon has announced the start of construction of eight solar power plants in three regions of the country. Solar Power Projects Régis Nzoundou Bignoumba, General Manager of the Deposit and…
The Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC Group) is set to invest US $66m in Malindi solar project. British Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeremy Hunt revealed the plans during his tour in…
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is the process of converting energy from daylight into electricity and the brighter the day the more generation takes place.
The technology is well proven; electricity…
When you've been surviving in all sorts of environments for billions of years, you pick up a few tricks for harvesting light as efficiently as possible – and now long-living, light-emitting…