The Ministry of Electricity is tendering a 30 MW plant, four 50 MW projects, and two much bigger projects, with capacities of 225 MW and 300 MW. The plants are intended to begin commercial operations…
The Ngonye Solar photovaltic (PV) plant in Zambia has started operations and has been connected to the national grid. Enel Green Power (EGP), a subsidiary of Italian power giant Enel, confirmed the…
Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Solargiga Energy in China have discovered that caffeine can help make a promising alternative to traditional solar cells more…
PV installations in countries outside of China are forecast to grow 43 percent in 2019, IHS Markit predicts. Europe will see even higher growth, led by Spain.
Solar Steel, division of Gonvarri Steel Services is supplying 500 MW of its RackSmarT fixed tilt structure to the PV Project named Nunez de Balboa, which will become the largest PV plant installed to…
Rising demand for solar panels is having a major effect on the worldwide price of silver, which could lead to solar panel production costs becoming far higher in the future, new research from the…
Efficient near-infrared (NIR) light-emitting diodes of perovskite have been produced in a laboratory at Linkoping University. The external quantum efficiency is 21.6%, which is a record. The results…
Nevada’s grid would work smoothly and reliably while delivering 50 percent of the state’s electricity from clean, renewable energy sources like solar, geothermal, and wind according to an analysis…
SOLARINET INC., CANADA
SOLARINET INC. started as a Solar Power systems distributor in Canada for the big manufacturers like Schneider, Outback, Canadian Solar, Magnum and others and build a network…
The dual use of land for the harvesting of solar electricity and agriculture is economical and has an enormous potential for arid climate zones. This is the result of a pilot project in Germany.
Tatu City in Kenya has installed its first solar power plant. This is in line with the city’s long term commitment to environmental conversation through harnessing renewable energy sources.
The result was certified by the solar cells laboratory at the calibration and test center of Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research. Imec’s measurements showed cell bifaciality surpassed 80…
A 65 kW installation relying on 250 monocrystalline panels of 250 W each is providing energy at the Zucchelli Station, Italy’s permanent Antarctic base on Terra Nova Bay.
Resilient solar panels will…
Ukraine in the first quarter of 2019 commissioned 861.1 MW of renewable energy facilities, which is 5.4 times more than in the same period last year, and 16% more than in the whole 2018. These data…
Nigeria is set to construct its largest rural mini grid aimed at electrifying more than 634 households, seven schools, three hospitals, eight religious organizations, and more than 90 businesses in…
Rapid and low-cost development of renewables can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a lack of affordable energy storage is one factor preventing wind, solar and other clean energy sources from…
Can renewables cost less than fossil fuel generation? And are they as reliable? It appears so, especially when they are coupled with a suite of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as virtual…
Seven questions about commercial solar self-consumption to Michael Vogtmann, Chief Executive of the Franconian Section of the German Solar Energy Society (DGS).
Diesel generators off — solar energy on. A historic moment for the nearly 2,000 inhabitants of the small Caribbean island of Saba: For the first time, the sun is the sole electricity supplier.