Solar

The International Energy Agency has unveiled a global COVID-19 recovery plan for the global energy sector which outlines a three-year series of actions designed to revitalize economies, boost employment and make energy systems cleaner and…

One Step off The Grid Tesla has teamed up with global catamaran racing championship, SailGP, to help the fledgling sport’s usually diesel-fuelled mobile recharging stations switch to solar and battery storage. SailGP said it had worked…

No doubt, distributed energy resources (DER) are here to stay. The shift from stationary power to distributed generation is forcing the energy industry to come up with new methods to measure the value of DER. People generally refer to the…

Engineering and consulting company, Wood, said this week that it secured two solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts from an unnamed American power and energy company. Wood was selected following a tender process…

100% renewable power is more possible, practical and affordable than ever Many of us will agree that the rising number of local and state governments declaring mandatory targets for 100 percent reduction for electric utilities is a good…

Global PV giant Trina Solar has made a renewed push into the large-scale PV market, with the launch of TrinaPro Mega, an ultra-high power module series with an output of more than 500W. The new modules are a higher power take on the…

The shared ownership model could help low-income areas and provide economic payoffs too, a separate analysis says. Utility lobbying has blocked community solar expansion, but a recent study suggests it’s been effective in part because…

This week, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that digital service and consulting company, Infosys, signed The Climate Pledge, making a commitment to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early. The pledge calls on new signatories to be net…

ASX-listed oil company Viva Energy says it is weighing up the addition of a solar farm and battery storage system at its Corio refinery in Victoria, as part of a post-Covid pivot into lower-carbon energies, including the emerging hydrogen…

Geronimo Energy, a National Grid company, announced the initial construction for two Michigan solar projects that has signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Consumers Energy. The projects, Bingham Solar and Temperance Solar, are part…