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South Africa Now Has Over 10 GW of Wind & Solar Generation Capacity
South Africa’s energy generation shortfall issues have been well documented here on CleanTechnica and in other forums. This has led to unprecedented electricity rationing in the country, infamously known as electricity load-shedding. South…
How Queensland neighbours are sharing their solar power
The real challenge is storing it.Now, a groundbreaking trial near Brisbane is leading the charge toward a clean and affordable energy future by allowing neighbours to share their solar power.A groundbreaking trial near Brisbane is…
Merchant market delivers again for Genex solar farms as big battery switches on
Total 0 Shares Listed renewable energy and storage developer Genex Power continues to reap the rewards of the merchant market for its two operating solar farms.
The company’s latest quarterly update reveals that the average price…
Trina Solar gets all-clear from Clean Energy Regulator
Trina Solar has been given a green light by Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator, more than three years after finding the company had made a solar panel certification mistake which raised questions over manufacturing standards. August 4, 2023…
Sarcos and Blattner team up to develop autonomous robotic solar construction system
Advanced robotic systems provider Sarcos and leading renewable energy installer Blattner Company signed a collaboration agreement to further develop and refine Sarcos' autonomous robotic solar construction system designed for…
Tesla Revenue Up 47%, Gross Profit Up 7% Year Over Year
Tesla continued to rake in the cash in the second quarter of 2023, on the back of record global deliveries. The company brought in nearly $25 billion in revenue in the second quarter (Q2), which was 47% more than in Q2 2022. But let’s look…
Electricity price pain set to continue until at least 2027
For the first time since the reports began, technology costs - that is, the price of building and maintaining new technology, such as a coal-fired power stations or solar installations - rose across every energy source.Coal-fired power…
Developer backs battery retrofit to unlock new revenue streams
Clean energy investor Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities expects to gain access to additional revenue streams in Australia’s National Electricity Market after completing the retrofit of a battery energy storage system at an operating…
World’s largest ‘solar-to-hydrogen’ project commissioned in China
Sinopec, one of the world's largest oil and petrochemical enterprises and China's largest hydrogen producer, announced the commission of what it claims to be the world's largest solar-to-hydrogen project in Xinjiang, China—where there is…
How To Build A Better Grid That Can Reach Our Clean Energy Goals
While the United States races to switch to clean, reliable solar and storage, all of this work could come to a screeching halt if we don’t address the elephant in the room: our electric grid is too small.
Over the next 15 years, the…